diff --git a/pkg/datastore/db.go b/pkg/datastore/db.go
index a7b09da..2c72c4e 100644
--- a/pkg/datastore/db.go
+++ b/pkg/datastore/db.go
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import (
 	_ "embed"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"log"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"time"
 
 	"epigas.gitea.cloud/RiskRancher/core/pkg/domain"
@@ -18,9 +20,14 @@ var schemaSQL string
 //go:embed defaults/*.json
 var defaultAdaptersFS embed.FS
 
-func InitDB(filepath string) *sql.DB {
+func InitDB(dbPath string) *sql.DB {
 
-	dsn := "file:" + filepath + "?_pragma=journal_mode(WAL)&_pragma=busy_timeout(5000)&_pragma=synchronous(NORMAL)&_pragma=foreign_keys(1)"
+	dir := filepath.Dir(dbPath)
+
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(dir, 0755); err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Failed to create database directory: %v", err)
+	}
+	dsn := "file:" + dbPath + "?_pragma=journal_mode(WAL)&_pragma=busy_timeout(5000)&_pragma=synchronous(NORMAL)&_pragma=foreign_keys(1)"
 
 	db, err := sql.Open("sqlite", dsn)
 	if err != nil {