diff --git a/src/main/constants.ts b/src/main/constants.ts
index 850c9ada..c8cf182f 100644
--- a/src/main/constants.ts
+++ b/src/main/constants.ts
@@ -3,11 +3,8 @@ import path from "node:path";
 
 export const defaultDownloadsPath = app.getPath("downloads");
 
-export const databasePath = path.join(
-  app.getPath("appData"),
-  "hydra",
-  "hydra.db"
-);
+export const databaseDirectory = path.join(app.getPath("appData"), "hydra");
+export const databasePath = path.join(databaseDirectory, "hydra.db");
 
 export const logsPath = path.join(app.getPath("appData"), "hydra", "logs");
 
diff --git a/src/main/index.ts b/src/main/index.ts
index 3c5cc254..00311b46 100644
--- a/src/main/index.ts
+++ b/src/main/index.ts
@@ -4,12 +4,14 @@ import updater from "electron-updater";
 import i18n from "i18next";
 import path from "node:path";
 import url from "node:url";
+import fs from "node:fs";
 import { electronApp, optimizer } from "@electron-toolkit/utils";
 import { logger, PythonInstance, WindowManager } from "@main/services";
 import { dataSource } from "@main/data-source";
 import resources from "@locales";
 import { userPreferencesRepository } from "@main/repository";
 import { knexClient, migrationConfig } from "./knex-client";
+import { databaseDirectory } from "./constants";
 
 const { autoUpdater } = updater;
 
@@ -54,6 +56,10 @@ if (process.defaultApp) {
 }
 
 const runMigrations = async () => {
+  if (!fs.existsSync(databaseDirectory)) {
+    fs.mkdirSync(databaseDirectory, { recursive: true });
+  }
+
   await knexClient.migrate.list(migrationConfig).then((result) => {
     logger.log(
       "Migrations to run:",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 91d9977f..b4040484 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2879,10 +2879,10 @@ axe-core@=4.7.0:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/axe-core/-/axe-core-4.7.0.tgz"
   integrity sha512-M0JtH+hlOL5pLQwHOLNYZaXuhqmvS8oExsqB1SBYgA4Dk7u/xx+YdGHXaK5pyUfed5mYXdlYiphWq3G8cRi5JQ==
 
-axios@^1.6.8:
-  version "1.6.8"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/axios/-/axios-1.6.8.tgz"
-  integrity sha512-v/ZHtJDU39mDpyBoFVkETcd/uNdxrWRrg3bKpOKzXFA6Bvqopts6ALSMU3y6ijYxbw2B+wPrIv46egTzJXCLGQ==
+axios@^1.7.7:
+  version "1.7.7"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/axios/-/axios-1.7.7.tgz#2f554296f9892a72ac8d8e4c5b79c14a91d0a47f"
+  integrity sha512-S4kL7XrjgBmvdGut0sN3yJxqYzrDOnivkBiN0OFs6hLiUam3UPvswUo0kqGyhqUZGEOytHyumEdXsAkgCOUf3Q==
   dependencies:
     follow-redirects "^1.15.6"
     form-data "^4.0.0"