diff --git a/backend/src/database/database.py b/backend/src/database/database.py
index b482470..6c58890 100644
--- a/backend/src/database/database.py
+++ b/backend/src/database/database.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
 
+import os
 import dictdatabase as DDB
 from config.db_settings import DatabaseSettings
 
@@ -12,6 +13,8 @@ class Database:
     """
     __instance = None
     db = DDB
+    if not os.path.isdir(DatabaseSettings.DATABASE_DIRECTORY):
+        os.mkdir(DatabaseSettings.DATABASE_DIRECTORY)
     db.config.storage_directory = DatabaseSettings.DATABASE_DIRECTORY
     if not db.at("requests").exists():
         db.at("requests").create({})