diff --git a/src/init/init_db.ts b/src/init/init_db.ts
index 5e30f97..c158151 100644
--- a/src/init/init_db.ts
+++ b/src/init/init_db.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
 import Database from 'better-sqlite3';
+import fs from 'fs';
+import path from 'path';
 
-const db = new Database('./src/lib/data/tatort.db');
+const fullPath = './src/lib/data/tatort.db';
+const dir = path.dirname(fullPath);
+
+if (!fs.existsSync(dir)) {
+	fs.mkdirSync(dir);
+}
+
+const db = new Database(fullPath);
 
 let createSQLStmt = `CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS users
         (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,