diff --git a/common/db/src/rocks.rs b/common/db/src/rocks.rs
index bf8d2574..bb1c5165 100644
--- a/common/db/src/rocks.rs
+++ b/common/db/src/rocks.rs
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ impl<T: ThreadMode + 'static> Db for Arc<TransactionDB<T>> {
 pub type RocksDB = Arc<TransactionDB<SingleThreaded>>;
 pub fn new_rocksdb(path: &str) -> RocksDB {
   let mut options = Options::default();
+  options.create_if_missing(true);
   options.set_compression_type(DBCompressionType::Zstd);
   Arc::new(TransactionDB::open(&options, &Default::default(), path).unwrap())
 }