How to not overwrite data on deploy?

As a heads up I’m new to databases and such, so sorry in advance.

I have a Wappler project using SQLite and I have added an admin area where I can manage data on the site. When I deploy the site to DigitalOcean it’s all fine and I can edit and make new entries in the database using the admin area. If I go and make changes to the Wappler project and redeploy it, it erases/resets any changes I have made. I assume it is replacing the database on DigitalOcean with a copy of my local one?

How can I make it so when I want to make changes to my site it won’t overwrite the database when I deploy the changes?

Not sure if I am missing something or if this is how it is intended to work?