diff --git a/src/common/settings.c b/src/common/settings.c
index 065db007b..ba2cc438f 100644
--- a/src/common/settings.c
+++ b/src/common/settings.c
@@ -271,6 +271,7 @@ FFvariant ffSettingsGetXFConf(FFinstance* instance, const char* channelName, con
 
 #ifdef FF_HAVE_SQLITE3
 #include <sqlite3.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
 
 typedef struct SQLiteData
 {
@@ -300,6 +301,9 @@ static const SQLiteData* getSQLiteData(const FFinstance* instance)
 
 int ffSettingsGetSQLite3Int(const FFinstance* instance, const char* dbPath, const char* query)
 {
+    if(!ffFileExists(dbPath, S_IFREG))
+        return 0;
+
     const SQLiteData* data = getSQLiteData(instance);
     if(data == NULL)
         return 0;