diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index f10dc7d..844e3f8 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ log
 node_modules
 samples
 sessions
-db.sqlite3
+db
diff --git a/server/db.js b/server/db.js
index 5ea63e1..4f0b180 100644
--- a/server/db.js
+++ b/server/db.js
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 const sqlite3 = require('sqlite3')
+const fs = require('fs')
 
+if (!fs.existsSync('db')) {
+  fs.mkdirSync('db')
+}
 module.exports = new sqlite3.Database('db/db.sqlite3')