diff --git a/server/src/database/sqlite.ts b/server/src/database/sqlite.ts
index ec57d52..46770dd 100644
--- a/server/src/database/sqlite.ts
+++ b/server/src/database/sqlite.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
+import fs from 'fs';
 import { verbose } from "sqlite3";
 import { validate as validateEmailAddress } from 'email-validator';
 import Database from "./index";
 
 const sqlite3 = verbose();
 
+if (!fs.existsSync('./data')) {
+    fs.mkdirSync('./data');
+}
+
 const db = new sqlite3.Database('./data/chat.sqlite');
 
 // interface ChatRow {
diff --git a/server/src/index.ts b/server/src/index.ts
index 1244434..b5ffb48 100644
--- a/server/src/index.ts
+++ b/server/src/index.ts
@@ -95,12 +95,8 @@ export default class ChatServer {
     }
 
     async initialize() {
-        if (!fs.existsSync('./data')) {
-            fs.mkdirSync('./data');
-        }
-
-        await this.objectStore.initialize();;
-        await this.database.initialize();;
+        await this.objectStore.initialize();
+        await this.database.initialize();
 
         try {
             this.app.listen(port, () => {
diff --git a/server/src/object-store/sqlite.ts b/server/src/object-store/sqlite.ts
index 04b30b0..c50a55c 100644
--- a/server/src/object-store/sqlite.ts
+++ b/server/src/object-store/sqlite.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
+import fs from 'fs';
 import { verbose } from "sqlite3";
 import ObjectStore from "./index";
 
 const sqlite3 = verbose();
 
+if (!fs.existsSync('./data')) {
+    fs.mkdirSync('./data');
+}
+
 const db = new sqlite3.Database('./data/object-store.sqlite');
 
 export interface StoredObject {