diff --git a/Adafruit_Video_Looper/webui.py b/Adafruit_Video_Looper/webui.py
index bbb6d23..4885b9d 100644
--- a/Adafruit_Video_Looper/webui.py
+++ b/Adafruit_Video_Looper/webui.py
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ with app.app_context():
     app.iniconfig.read(config_path)
 # Build a sample db on the fly, if one does not exist yet.
 app_dir = os.path.realpath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
-database_path = os.path.join(app_dir, app.config['DATABASE_FILE'])
-if not os.path.exists(database_path):
-    build_sample_db()
 
 print app.config["SECURITY_POST_LOGIN_VIEW"]
 # Define models
@@ -170,7 +167,7 @@ class VideoAdmin(fileadmin.FileAdmin):
         if not op.exists(path):
             os.makedirs(path)
         return path
-    
+
     @property
     def base_dir(self):
         return app.iniconfig.get("directory", "path")
@@ -186,7 +183,7 @@ class VideoAdmin(fileadmin.FileAdmin):
 
     def on_edit_file(self, *args, **kwargs):
         self.update_base()
-        
+
     def on_file_delete(self, *args, **kwargs):
         self.update_base()
 
@@ -198,6 +195,9 @@ videoadmin = VideoAdmin()
 admin.add_view(videoadmin)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
+    database_path = os.path.join(app_dir, app.config['DATABASE_FILE'])
+    if not os.path.exists(database_path):
+        build_sample_db()
     app.run(host=app.config.get("HOST", "localhost"),
             port=app.config.get("PORT", 5000),
             debug=True)