diff --git a/cmd/webapi/main.go b/cmd/webapi/main.go
index 490fec3..fec865c 100644
--- a/cmd/webapi/main.go
+++ b/cmd/webapi/main.go
@@ -120,6 +120,14 @@ func run() error {
 		logger.WithError(err).Error("error creating the API server instance")
 		return fmt.Errorf("creating the API server instance: %w", err)
 	}
+
+	// Create the directories if they don't exist
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(cfg.Data.Path, 0755); err != nil {
+		logger.WithError(err).Error("error creating data directory")
+		return fmt.Errorf("creating data directory: %w", err)
+	}
+
+
 	router := apirouter.Handler()
 
 	router, err = registerWebUI(router)
diff --git a/service/database/database.go b/service/database/database.go
index 0aeb9ad..dedae81 100644
--- a/service/database/database.go
+++ b/service/database/database.go
@@ -98,8 +98,9 @@ func New(db *sql.DB) (AppDatabase, error) {
 	// Check if tables exist. If not, the database is empty, and we need to create the structure
 	var tableName string
 	//todo: check for all the tables, not just users
-	err := db.QueryRow(`SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table' AND name='users';`).Scan(&tableName)
-	if errors.Is(err, sql.ErrNoRows) {
+	err := db.QueryRow(`SELECT uid from users LIMIT 1;`).Scan(&tableName)
+	if err != nil {
+		//fmt.Println("database is empty, creating structure")
 		sqlStmt := `CREATE TABLE "users" (
 			"uid"	TEXT NOT NULL,
 			"name"	TEXT NOT NULL UNIQUE,
diff --git a/webui/node_modules/.vite/deps/_metadata.json b/webui/node_modules/.vite/deps/_metadata.json
index 6f206d3..1aabce9 100644
--- a/webui/node_modules/.vite/deps/_metadata.json
+++ b/webui/node_modules/.vite/deps/_metadata.json
@@ -1,23 +1,23 @@
 {
-  "hash": "0c3e4771",
-  "browserHash": "01248067",
+  "hash": "80447977",
+  "browserHash": "b98131b5",
   "optimized": {
     "axios": {
       "src": "../../axios/index.js",
       "file": "axios.js",
-      "fileHash": "d8d02cf0",
+      "fileHash": "6b5eae63",
       "needsInterop": true
     },
     "vue": {
       "src": "../../vue/dist/vue.runtime.esm-bundler.js",
       "file": "vue.js",
-      "fileHash": "f8034b26",
+      "fileHash": "de50261f",
       "needsInterop": false
     },
     "vue-router": {
       "src": "../../vue-router/dist/vue-router.mjs",
       "file": "vue-router.js",
-      "fileHash": "b4ca170f",
+      "fileHash": "4cad12d6",
       "needsInterop": false
     }
   },