diff --git a/api/GetAverageData.py b/api/GetAverageData.py
index bebb4fcc9d7c09eed5fff513c4e0b50cbdab7627..b46546516d4b92d21aabada2b6269727e1db915c 100644
--- a/api/GetAverageData.py
+++ b/api/GetAverageData.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import psycopg2
 from psycopg2 import sql
 
 cfg = configparser.ConfigParser()
-cfg.read('config.ini')
+cfg.read('../config.ini')
 assert "POSTGRES" in cfg, "missing POSTGRES in config.ini"
 assert "INTERPOLATION" in cfg, "missing INTERPOLATION in config.ini"
 param_postgres = cfg["POSTGRES"]
diff --git a/api/api.py b/api/api.py
index 350becc2fa110636f8e33feee46b8fc9cf0f87b5..0f0fa09246d0bae0f8936e8bdfaa2e447bf4fe9c 100644
--- a/api/api.py
+++ b/api/api.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import configparser
 from GetAverageData import get_interpolation_data_for_point
 
 cfg = configparser.ConfigParser()
-cfg.read('config.ini')
+cfg.read('../config.ini')
 assert "POSTGRES" in cfg, "missing POSTGRES in config.ini"
 param_postgres = cfg["POSTGRES"]
 
diff --git a/dataacquisition/ExportToDatabase.py b/dataacquisition/ExportToDatabase.py
index 3b1be20fbfe58bbd9f4b4c0e8ab995bfd0e17a45..b1746e225e67257e93c56b511e7336c8200dd0a6 100644
--- a/dataacquisition/ExportToDatabase.py
+++ b/dataacquisition/ExportToDatabase.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import configparser
 from api.GetAverageData import get_interpolation_data_for_point
 
 cfg = configparser.ConfigParser()
-cfg.read('config.ini')
+cfg.read('../config.ini')
 assert "POSTGRES" in cfg, "missing POSTGRES in config.ini"
 param_postgres = cfg["POSTGRES"]
 param_interpol = cfg["INTERPOLATION"]
diff --git a/dataacquisition/config.ini b/dataacquisition/config.ini
deleted file mode 100644
index 6f7d770cc774e3c78e94a9d8b5f3d1851801a158..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/dataacquisition/config.ini
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-[POSTGRES]
-host = localhost
-port = 5432
-user = postgres
-password = postgres
-dbName = temperatures_berteld_morstein
-
-[INTERPOLATION]
-; neighbouring measurements used for interpolation
-amount_neighbours = 5
-; in km. 25km or 10km possible
-matrix_density = 25
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dataacquisition/test_ExportToDatabase.py b/dataacquisition/test_ExportToDatabase.py
index 5b9b02f8e159ae46987c976c582a9266d2308f42..2c04bd32bb368c29aeb974acc219d3abc3f39af8 100644
--- a/dataacquisition/test_ExportToDatabase.py
+++ b/dataacquisition/test_ExportToDatabase.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import psycopg2
 import time
 
 cfg = configparser.ConfigParser()
-cfg.read('config.ini')
+cfg.read('../config.ini')
 
 assert "POSTGRES" in cfg, "missing POSTGRES in config.ini"