diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d1daf71..3953003 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 __pycache__/
 *.pyc
 config.yaml
+data/
diff --git a/src/database.py b/src/database.py
index ffe55c8..70329e5 100644
--- a/src/database.py
+++ b/src/database.py
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ def init_db():
 
 def _get_conn() -> sqlite3.Connection:
     if not hasattr(_local, "conn") or _local.conn is None:
+        DB_PATH.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
         _local.conn = sqlite3.connect(str(DB_PATH), timeout=10)
         _local.conn.execute("PRAGMA journal_mode=WAL")
         _local.conn.execute("PRAGMA busy_timeout=5000")