diff --git a/src/backend/src/main.ts b/src/backend/src/main.ts
index d360536..9626532 100644
--- a/src/backend/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/backend/src/main.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { ValidationPipe } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { HttpExceptionFilter } from './shared/filters/http-exception.filter';
 import { AppModule } from './app.module';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
-import { resolve } from 'path';
+import { dirname, resolve } from 'path';
 import { spawn } from 'child_process';
 import helmet from 'helmet';
 import { EnvironmentEnum } from './environmentEnum';
@@ -17,11 +17,17 @@ async function bootstrap() {
     throw new Error('DOWNLOADS_PATH environment variable is missing');
   }
 
-  const folderName = resolve(
+  const downloadsPath = resolve(
     __dirname,
     process.env[EnvironmentEnum.DOWNLOADS_PATH],
   );
-  fs.mkdirSync(folderName, { recursive: true });
+  fs.mkdirSync(downloadsPath, { recursive: true });
+
+  const dbPath = resolve(
+    __dirname,
+    process.env[EnvironmentEnum.DB_PATH] || './config/db.sqlite',
+  );
+  fs.mkdirSync(dirname(dbPath), { recursive: true });
 
   if (envFlag(EnvironmentEnum.REDIS_RUN)) {
     try {