diff --git a/api/FilterLists.API/appsettings.Development.json b/api/FilterLists.API/appsettings.Development.json
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index f1e4e2425..000000000
--- a/api/FilterLists.API/appsettings.Development.json
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-{
-  "Logging": {
-    "IncludeScopes": false,
-    "LogLevel": {
-      "Default": "Debug",
-      "System": "Information",
-      "Microsoft": "Information"
-    }
-  },
-  "ConnectionStrings": {
-    "DefaultConnection": "Data Source=.\\SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=ContactsDB;Integrated Security=True;MultipleActiveResultSets=True"
-  }
-}
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