diff --git a/ee/tabby-db/src/lib.rs b/ee/tabby-db/src/lib.rs
index 5835989055fb..cbaf91d6aedb 100644
--- a/ee/tabby-db/src/lib.rs
+++ b/ee/tabby-db/src/lib.rs
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ impl DbConn {
 
     pub async fn new() -> Result<Self> {
         tokio::fs::create_dir_all(path::db_file().parent().unwrap()).await?;
-        let options = SqliteConnectOptions::new().filename(path::db_file());
+        let options = SqliteConnectOptions::new()
+            .filename(path::db_file())
+            .create_if_missing(true);
         let pool = SqlitePool::connect_with(options).await?;
         Self::init_db(pool).await
     }