diff --git a/server/core/SqliteConnectionPool.js b/server/core/SqliteConnectionPool.js
index 25043bf8..054aee91 100644
--- a/server/core/SqliteConnectionPool.js
+++ b/server/core/SqliteConnectionPool.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-const fs = require('fs-extra');
 const utils = require('./utils');
 const sqlite = require('sqlite');
 
@@ -11,7 +10,6 @@ class SqliteConnectionPool {
     }
 
     async init() {
-        fs.ensureDirSync(this.config.dataDir);
         const dbFileName = this.config.dataDir + '/' + this.config.dbFileName;
 
         this.connections = [];
diff --git a/server/index.js b/server/index.js
index 3db9dab3..7a0adda1 100644
--- a/server/index.js
+++ b/server/index.js
@@ -4,14 +4,23 @@ const {initLogger, getLog} = require('./core/getLogger');
 initLogger(config);
 const log = getLog();
 
+const fs = require('fs-extra');
 const express = require('express');
 const compression = require('compression');
 
 const SqliteConnectionPool = require('./core/SqliteConnectionPool');
 
+async function init() {
+    await fs.ensureDir(config.dataDir);
+    await fs.ensureDir(config.tempDir);
+}
+
 async function main() {
     const connPool = new SqliteConnectionPool(20, config);
     
+    log('Initializing');
+    await init();
+
     log('Opening database');
     await connPool.init();