diff --git a/pkg/datastore/datastore_container.go b/pkg/datastore/datastore_container.go
index 8473f04c..9d64b664 100644
--- a/pkg/datastore/datastore_container.go
+++ b/pkg/datastore/datastore_container.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package datastore
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/url"
+	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -59,6 +60,18 @@ func initializeDatabase(dbConfig *settings.DatabaseConfig) (*Database, error) {
 	var connStr string
 	var err error
 
+	if dbConfig.DatabaseType == settings.DBTYPE_SQLITE3 {
+		if _, err = os.Stat(dbConfig.DatabasePath); err != nil {
+			file, err := os.Create(dbConfig.DatabasePath)
+
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+
+			defer file.Close()
+		}
+	}
+
 	if dbConfig.DatabaseType == settings.DBTYPE_MYSQL {
 		connStr, err = getMysqlConnectionString(dbConfig)
 	} else if dbConfig.DatabaseType == settings.DBTYPE_POSTGRES {
diff --git a/pkg/settings/setting.go b/pkg/settings/setting.go
index 78f06de0..df64cde3 100644
--- a/pkg/settings/setting.go
+++ b/pkg/settings/setting.go
@@ -293,12 +293,7 @@ func loadDatabaseConfiguration(config *Config, configFile *ini.File, sectionName
 
 	if dbConfig.DatabaseType == DBTYPE_SQLITE3 {
 		staticDBPath := getConfigItemStringValue(configFile, sectionName, "db_path")
-		finalStaticDBPath, err := getFinalPath(config.WorkingPath, staticDBPath)
-
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
+		finalStaticDBPath, _ := getFinalPath(config.WorkingPath, staticDBPath)
 		dbConfig.DatabasePath = finalStaticDBPath
 	}
 
@@ -397,7 +392,7 @@ func getFinalPath(workingPath, p string) (string, error) {
 		return p, nil
 	}
 
-	return "", err
+	return p, err
 }
 
 func getConfigItemStringValue(configFile *ini.File, sectionName string, itemName string, defaultValue ...string) string {