diff --git a/templates/logs-dev.vhost.erb b/templates/logs-dev.vhost.erb
index 07cbaa9..268e374 100644
--- a/templates/logs-dev.vhost.erb
+++ b/templates/logs-dev.vhost.erb
@@ -67,14 +67,18 @@ NameVirtualHost <%= @vhost_name %>:<%= @port %>
       Satisfy Any
     </Files>
   </Directory>
-  # Redirect .*/<%= @ara_middleware_database_directory %> to the ARA sqlite wsgi middleware
-  # This middleware automatically loads the ARA web application with the
-  # database located at .*/<%= @ara_middleware_database_directory %>/ansible.sqlite.
+  # ARA sqlite middleware configuration
+  # See docs for details: https://ara.readthedocs.io/en/latest/advanced.html
   SetEnv ARA_WSGI_TMPDIR_MAX_AGE <%= @ara_middleware_tmpdir_max_age %>
   SetEnv ARA_WSGI_LOG_ROOT <%= @docroot %>
   SetEnv ARA_WSGI_DATABASE_DIRECTORY <%= @ara_middleware_database_directory %>
 
-  WSGIScriptAliasMatch ^.*/<%= @ara_middleware_database_directory %> /usr/local/bin/ara-wsgi-sqlite
+  # Redirect .*/<%= @ara_middleware_database_directory %> to the ARA sqlite wsgi middleware
+  # This middleware automatically loads the ARA web application with the
+  # database located at .*/<%= @ara_middleware_database_directory %>/ansible.sqlite.
+  # If we get a request directly to the database file, don't load the middleware
+  # so that users can download the raw database if they wish.
+  WSGIScriptAliasMatch ^.*/<%= @ara_middleware_database_directory %>(?!/ansible.sqlite) /usr/local/bin/ara-wsgi-sqlite
 
   # Everything beyond this point is rewritten to htmlify.
   # Make sure we don't do that for dynamic ARA reports.