diff --git a/native/android/app/src/cpp/DatabaseInitializerJNIHelper.cpp b/native/android/app/src/cpp/DatabaseInitializerJNIHelper.cpp
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native/android/app/src/cpp/DatabaseInitializerJNIHelper.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#include <DatabaseManagers/DatabaseManager.h>
+#include <DatabaseManagers/SQLiteQueryExecutor.h>
+#include <InternalModules/DatabaseInitializerJNIHelper.h>
+
+namespace comm {
+void DatabaseInitializerJNIHelper::initializeDatabaseManager(
+    facebook::jni::alias_ref<DatabaseInitializerJNIHelper> jThis,
+    std::string sqliteFilePath) {
+  SQLiteQueryExecutor::initialize(sqliteFilePath);
+  DatabaseManager::initializeQueryExecutor();
+}
+
+void DatabaseInitializerJNIHelper::registerNatives() {
+  javaClassStatic()->registerNatives({
+      makeNativeMethod(
+          "initializeDatabaseManager",
+          DatabaseInitializerJNIHelper::initializeDatabaseManager),
+  });
+}
+} // namespace comm
diff --git a/native/android/app/src/cpp/jsiInstaller.cpp b/native/android/app/src/cpp/jsiInstaller.cpp
--- a/native/android/app/src/cpp/jsiInstaller.cpp
+++ b/native/android/app/src/cpp/jsiInstaller.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <jsi/jsi.h>
 
 #include <DatabaseManagers/SQLiteQueryExecutor.h>
+#include <InternalModules/DatabaseInitializerJNIHelper.h>
 #include <InternalModules/GlobalDBSingletonJNIHelper.h>
 #include <NativeModules/CommCoreModule.h>
 #include <PersistentStorageUtilities/MessageOperationsUtilities/MessageOperationsUtilitiesJNIHelper.h>
@@ -57,5 +58,6 @@
     comm::ThreadOperationsJNIHelper::registerNatives();
     comm::MessageOperationsUtilitiesJNIHelper::registerNatives();
     comm::GlobalDBSingletonJNIHelper::registerNatives();
+    comm::DatabaseInitializerJNIHelper::registerNatives();
   });
 }
diff --git a/native/android/app/src/main/java/app/comm/android/MainApplication.java b/native/android/app/src/main/java/app/comm/android/MainApplication.java
--- a/native/android/app/src/main/java/app/comm/android/MainApplication.java
+++ b/native/android/app/src/main/java/app/comm/android/MainApplication.java
@@ -3,8 +3,11 @@
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.res.Configuration;
 import android.database.CursorWindow;
+import android.util.Log;
 import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
 import androidx.multidex.MultiDexApplication;
+import app.comm.android.fbjni.CommSecureStore;
+import app.comm.android.fbjni.DatabaseInitializer;
 import app.comm.android.newarchitecture.MainApplicationReactNativeHost;
 import com.facebook.react.PackageList;
 import com.facebook.react.ReactApplication;
@@ -19,6 +22,7 @@
 import expo.modules.ReactNativeHostWrapper;
 import io.invertase.firebase.messaging.RNFirebaseMessagingPackage;
 import io.invertase.firebase.notifications.RNFirebaseNotificationsPackage;
+import java.io.File;
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 import java.security.Security;
@@ -82,6 +86,7 @@
     Security.insertProviderAt(new org.conscrypt.OpenSSLProvider(), 1);
 
     SoLoader.init(this, /* native exopackage */ false);
+    this.initializeDatabase();
     ApplicationLifecycleDispatcher.onApplicationCreate(this);
     try {
       Field field = CursorWindow.class.getDeclaredField("sCursorWindowSize");
@@ -99,4 +104,13 @@
     super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
     ApplicationLifecycleDispatcher.onConfigurationChanged(this, newConfig);
   }
+
+  private void initializeDatabase() {
+    File sqliteFile =
+        this.getApplicationContext().getDatabasePath("comm.sqlite");
+    CommSecureStore.getInstance().initialize(
+        ExpoUtils.createExpoSecureStoreSupplier(this.getApplicationContext()));
+
+    DatabaseInitializer.initializeDatabaseManager(sqliteFile.getPath());
+  }
 }
diff --git a/native/android/app/src/main/java/app/comm/android/fbjni/DatabaseInitializer.java b/native/android/app/src/main/java/app/comm/android/fbjni/DatabaseInitializer.java
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native/android/app/src/main/java/app/comm/android/fbjni/DatabaseInitializer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package app.comm.android.fbjni;
+
+public class DatabaseInitializer {
+  public static native void initializeDatabaseManager(String sqliteFilePath);
+}
diff --git a/native/cpp/CommonCpp/NativeModules/InternalModules/DatabaseInitializerJNIHelper.h b/native/cpp/CommonCpp/NativeModules/InternalModules/DatabaseInitializerJNIHelper.h
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native/cpp/CommonCpp/NativeModules/InternalModules/DatabaseInitializerJNIHelper.h
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <fbjni/fbjni.h>
+
+namespace comm {
+class DatabaseInitializerJNIHelper
+    : public facebook::jni::JavaClass<DatabaseInitializerJNIHelper> {
+public:
+  static auto constexpr kJavaDescriptor =
+      "Lapp/comm/android/fbjni/DatabaseInitializer;";
+  static void initializeDatabaseManager(
+      facebook::jni::alias_ref<DatabaseInitializerJNIHelper> jThis,
+      std::string sqliteFilePath);
+  static void registerNatives();
+};
+} // namespace comm