diff --git a/src/app.ts b/src/app.ts
index ff40a111ee..0260d30e51 100644
--- a/src/app.ts
+++ b/src/app.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import routes from "./routes/routes.js";
 import custom from "./routes/custom.js";
 import error_handlers from "./routes/error_handlers.js";
 import { startScheduledCleanup } from "./services/erase.js";
+import sql_init from "./services/sql_init.js";
 
 await import('./services/handlers');
 await import('./becca/becca_loader');
@@ -21,6 +22,9 @@ const app = express();
 
 const scriptDir = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
 
+// Initialize DB
+sql_init.initializeDb();
+
 // view engine setup
 app.set('views', path.join(scriptDir, 'views'));
 app.set('view engine', 'ejs');
diff --git a/src/services/sql_init.ts b/src/services/sql_init.ts
index f630336810..2a4d967152 100644
--- a/src/services/sql_init.ts
+++ b/src/services/sql_init.ts
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ import backup from "./backup.js";
 
 const dbReady = utils.deferred<void>();
 
-cls.init(initDbConnection);
-
 function schemaExists() {
     return !!sql.getValue(`SELECT name FROM sqlite_master
                                  WHERE type = 'table' AND name = 'options'`);
@@ -160,29 +158,33 @@ function optimize() {
     log.info(`Optimization finished in ${Date.now() - start}ms.`);
 }
 
-dbReady.then(() => {
-    if (config.General && config.General.noBackup === true) {
-        log.info("Disabling scheduled backups.");
-
-        return;
-    }
-
-    setInterval(() => backup.regularBackup(), 4 * 60 * 60 * 1000);
-
-    // kickoff first backup soon after start up
-    setTimeout(() => backup.regularBackup(), 5 * 60 * 1000);
-
-    // optimize is usually inexpensive no-op, so running it semi-frequently is not a big deal
-    setTimeout(() => optimize(), 60 * 60 * 1000);
-
-    setInterval(() => optimize(), 10 * 60 * 60 * 1000);
-});
-
 function getDbSize() {
     return sql.getValue<number>("SELECT page_count * page_size / 1000 as size FROM pragma_page_count(), pragma_page_size()");
 }
 
-log.info(`DB size: ${getDbSize()} KB`);
+function initializeDb() {
+    cls.init(initDbConnection);
+
+    log.info(`DB size: ${getDbSize()} KB`);
+ 
+    dbReady.then(() => {
+        if (config.General && config.General.noBackup === true) {
+            log.info("Disabling scheduled backups.");
+    
+            return;
+        }
+    
+        setInterval(() => backup.regularBackup(), 4 * 60 * 60 * 1000);
+    
+        // kickoff first backup soon after start up
+        setTimeout(() => backup.regularBackup(), 5 * 60 * 1000);
+    
+        // optimize is usually inexpensive no-op, so running it semi-frequently is not a big deal
+        setTimeout(() => optimize(), 60 * 60 * 1000);
+    
+        setInterval(() => optimize(), 10 * 60 * 60 * 1000);
+    });
+}
 
 export default {
     dbReady,
@@ -191,5 +193,6 @@ export default {
     createInitialDatabase,
     createDatabaseForSync,
     setDbAsInitialized,
-    getDbSize
+    getDbSize,
+    initializeDb
 };