diff --git a/cmd/lure-api-server/db.go b/cmd/lure-api-server/db.go
index 265a829..22deef4 100644
--- a/cmd/lure-api-server/db.go
+++ b/cmd/lure-api-server/db.go
@@ -14,15 +14,13 @@ var gdb *sqlx.DB
 
 func init() {
 	fi, err := os.Stat(config.DBPath)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal("Cannot stat database path").Err(err).Send()
+	if err == nil {
+		// TODO: This should be removed by the first stable release.
+		if fi.IsDir() {
+			log.Fatal("Your package cache database is using the old database engine. Please remove ~/.cache/lure and then run `lure ref`.").Send()
+		}
 	}
-
-	// TODO: This should be removed by the first stable release.
-	if fi.IsDir() {
-		log.Fatal("Your package cache database is using the old database engine. Please remove ~/.cache/lure and then run `lure ref`.").Send()
-	}
-
+	
 	sqlite.MustRegisterScalarFunction("json_array_contains", 2, db.JsonArrayContains)
 
 	gdb, err = sqlx.Open("sqlite", config.DBPath)
diff --git a/db.go b/db.go
index 265a829..89a5e63 100644
--- a/db.go
+++ b/db.go
@@ -14,13 +14,11 @@ var gdb *sqlx.DB
 
 func init() {
 	fi, err := os.Stat(config.DBPath)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal("Cannot stat database path").Err(err).Send()
-	}
-
-	// TODO: This should be removed by the first stable release.
-	if fi.IsDir() {
-		log.Fatal("Your package cache database is using the old database engine. Please remove ~/.cache/lure and then run `lure ref`.").Send()
+	if err == nil {
+		// TODO: This should be removed by the first stable release.
+		if fi.IsDir() {
+			log.Fatal("Your package cache database is using the old database engine. Please remove ~/.cache/lure and then run `lure ref`.").Send()
+		}
 	}
 
 	sqlite.MustRegisterScalarFunction("json_array_contains", 2, db.JsonArrayContains)