diff --git a/web/database/database-module-provider.js b/web/database/database-module-provider.js
--- a/web/database/database-module-provider.js
+++ b/web/database/database-module-provider.js
@@ -38,20 +38,30 @@
   initPromise: Promise<void>;
   status: DatabaseStatus;
 
-  constructor() {
-    const currentLoggedInUserID = preloadedState.currentUserInfo?.anonymous
-      ? undefined
-      : preloadedState.currentUserInfo?.id;
-    const isSupported = isSQLiteSupported(currentLoggedInUserID);
+  async init(currentLoggedInUserID: ?string): Promise<void> {
+    if (!isSQLiteSupported(currentLoggedInUserID)) {
+      console.warn('Sqlite is not supported');
+      this.status = databaseStatuses.initError;
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (this.status === databaseStatuses.initInProgress) {
+      await this.initPromise;
+      return;
+    }
 
-    if (!isSupported || isDesktopSafari) {
-      this.status = databaseStatuses.notSupported;
-    } else {
-      this.init();
+    if (
+      status === databaseStatuses.initSuccess ||
+      status === databaseStatuses.initError
+    ) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    let encryptionKey = null;
+    if (isDesktopSafari) {
+      encryptionKey = await getSafariEncryptionKey();
     }
-  }
 
-  init(encryptionKey?: ?SubtleCrypto$JsonWebKey) {
     this.status = databaseStatuses.initInProgress;
     this.worker = new SharedWorker(DATABASE_WORKER_PATH);
     this.worker.onerror = console.error;
@@ -77,24 +87,8 @@
         console.error(`Database initialization failure`, error);
       }
     })();
-  }
-
-  async initDBForLoggedInUser(currentLoggedInUserID: ?string) {
-    if (this.status === databaseStatuses.initSuccess) {
-      return;
-    }
-
-    if (
-      this.status === databaseStatuses.notSupported &&
-      isSQLiteSupported(currentLoggedInUserID)
-    ) {
-      let encryptionKey = null;
-      if (isDesktopSafari) {
-        encryptionKey = await getSafariEncryptionKey();
-      }
 
-      this.init(encryptionKey);
-    }
+    await this.initPromise;
   }
 
   async clearSensitiveData(): Promise<void> {
@@ -146,6 +140,10 @@
 async function getDatabaseModule(): Promise<DatabaseModule> {
   if (!databaseModule) {
     databaseModule = new DatabaseModule();
+    const currentLoggedInUserID = preloadedState.currentUserInfo?.anonymous
+      ? undefined
+      : preloadedState.currentUserInfo?.id;
+    await databaseModule.init(currentLoggedInUserID);
   }
   return databaseModule;
 }
diff --git a/web/database/sqlite-data-handler.js b/web/database/sqlite-data-handler.js
--- a/web/database/sqlite-data-handler.js
+++ b/web/database/sqlite-data-handler.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 // @flow
 
-import localforage from 'localforage';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { useDispatch } from 'react-redux';
 
@@ -51,7 +50,7 @@
       const databaseModule = await getDatabaseModule();
 
       if (currentLoggedInUserID) {
-        await databaseModule.initDBForLoggedInUser(currentLoggedInUserID);
+        await databaseModule.init(currentLoggedInUserID);
       }
 
       if (!rehydrateConcluded) {