diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index ae9f5b2..918809c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ RUN cp src/server/farm dist/; \
 
 FROM farm as run
 WORKDIR /farm/dist
-RUN touch /farmdb/db
 ENTRYPOINT ["./farm"]
 CMD ["-:a50"]
 # CMD ./farm
diff --git a/src/server/db.scm b/src/server/db.scm
index 4bf76d6..b7cc89d 100644
--- a/src/server/db.scm
+++ b/src/server/db.scm
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@
          body ...)))))
 
 (define (create-tables)
+  (when (not (file-exists? *db*))
+    (call-with-output-file *db*
+      (lambda (output-port)
+        ;; Empty body, no content to write to the file
+        )))
   (with-db (db)
     (exec (sql db "create table if not exists users(id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, username TEXT, email TEXT, password TEXT, salt TEXT);"))
     (exec (sql db "create table if not exists sessions(bindings TEXT, session_id TEXT PRIMARY KEY);"))