diff --git a/build/fpm/entrypoint/validate_laravel.sh b/build/fpm/entrypoint/validate_laravel.sh
index dff1cb2409a92c9f624c8ce01d3787033e46bd29..55ee21b019e6230005e4a0facf21d608f6f55c07 100755
--- a/build/fpm/entrypoint/validate_laravel.sh
+++ b/build/fpm/entrypoint/validate_laravel.sh
@@ -12,8 +12,12 @@ if [ ! -f "$BASE_DIR/config/sumasEn.json" ]; then
     cp $BASE_DIR/config/sumas.json.example $BASE_DIR/config/sumasEn.json
 fi
 
-if [ ! -f "$BASE_DIR/database/database.sqlite" ]; then
-    touch $BASE_DIR/database/database.sqlite
+if [ ! -d "$BASE_DIR/database/databases/" ]; then
+    mkdir -p "$BASE_DIR/database/databases/"
+fi
+
+if [ ! -f "$BASE_DIR/database/databases/database.sqlite" ]; then
+    touch "$BASE_DIR/database/databases/database.sqlite"
 fi
 
 if [ ! -d "$BASE_DIR/storage/logs/metager" ]; then
diff --git a/chart/templates/deployment.yaml b/chart/templates/deployment.yaml
index 02d463dc1a95a9dd834d2f16e713352e8cb4c413..61de6a02edda910acff0e0c8e8233f84b9c2877e 100644
--- a/chart/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/chart/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ spec:
         - name: redis-config
           configMap:
             name: {{ include "chart.fullname" . }}-redis-container-config
+        - name: sqlite-databases
+          emptyDir: {}
       containers:
         - name: fpm
           securityContext:
@@ -80,6 +82,8 @@ spec:
           - name: mglogs-persistent-storage
             mountPath: /metager/metager_app/storage/logs/metager
             readOnly: false
+          - name: sqlite-databases
+            mountPath: /metager/metager_app/database/databases
           ports:
             - name: http
               containerPort: 8080
@@ -122,6 +126,8 @@ spec:
           - name: mglogs-persistent-storage
             mountPath: /metager/metager_app/storage/logs/metager
             readOnly: false
+          - name: sqlite-databases
+            mountPath: /metager/metager_app/database/databases
           ports:
             - name: http
               containerPort: 8080
diff --git a/metager/config/database.php b/metager/config/database.php
index 7f63636daba267656743e2adb43c27846361170d..7f5302ac0a9f1acc10a1991cb0f6c0df3a801735 100644
--- a/metager/config/database.php
+++ b/metager/config/database.php
@@ -48,12 +48,12 @@ return [
 
         'sqlite' => [
             'driver' => 'sqlite',
-            'database' => database_path(env('SQLITE_DATABASE', 'database.sqlite')),
+            'database' => database_path('databases/' . env('SQLITE_DATABASE', 'database.sqlite')),
             'prefix' => '',
         ],
         'useragents' => [
             'driver' => 'sqlite',
-            'database' => database_path(env('SQLITE_DATABASE', 'database.sqlite')),
+            'database' => database_path('databases/' . env('SQLITE_DATABASE', 'database.sqlite')),
             'prefix' => '',
         ],
         'mysql' => [