diff --git a/web/database/worker/db-worker.js b/web/database/worker/db-worker.js
index 2ecfcd70b..0b2b6f60e 100644
--- a/web/database/worker/db-worker.js
+++ b/web/database/worker/db-worker.js
@@ -1,260 +1,266 @@
 // @flow
 
 import localforage from 'localforage';
 
 import {
   getClientStore,
   processDBStoreOperations,
 } from './process-operations.js';
 import {
   decryptData,
   encryptData,
   generateCryptoKey,
   importJWKKey,
   type EncryptedData,
 } from '../../crypto/aes-gcm-crypto-utils.js';
 import {
   type SharedWorkerMessageEvent,
   type WorkerRequestMessage,
   type WorkerResponseMessage,
   workerRequestMessageTypes,
   workerResponseMessageTypes,
   type WorkerRequestProxyMessage,
   workerWriteRequests,
 } from '../../types/worker-types.js';
 import { getDatabaseModule } from '../db-module.js';
 import { type EmscriptenModule } from '../types/module.js';
 import { type SQLiteQueryExecutor } from '../types/sqlite-query-executor.js';
 import {
   COMM_SQLITE_DATABASE_PATH,
   CURRENT_USER_ID_KEY,
   localforageConfig,
   SQLITE_CONTENT,
   SQLITE_ENCRYPTION_KEY,
 } from '../utils/constants.js';
 import {
   clearSensitiveData,
   exportDatabaseContent,
   importDatabaseContent,
 } from '../utils/db-utils.js';
 
 localforage.config(localforageConfig);
 
 let encryptionKey: ?CryptoKey = null;
 
 let sqliteQueryExecutor: ?SQLiteQueryExecutor = null;
 let dbModule: ?EmscriptenModule = null;
 
 let persistNeeded: boolean = false;
 let persistInProgress: boolean = false;
 
 async function initDatabase(
   databaseModuleFilePath: string,
   commQueryExecutorFilename: ?string,
   encryptionKeyJWK?: ?SubtleCrypto$JsonWebKey,
 ) {
-  const newModule = getDatabaseModule(
-    commQueryExecutorFilename,
-    databaseModuleFilePath,
-  );
-  dbModule = newModule;
+  if (!!dbModule && !!sqliteQueryExecutor) {
+    console.log('Database already initialized');
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const newModule = dbModule
+    ? dbModule
+    : getDatabaseModule(commQueryExecutorFilename, databaseModuleFilePath);
+  if (!dbModule) {
+    dbModule = newModule;
+  }
 
   if (encryptionKeyJWK) {
     encryptionKey = await importJWKKey(encryptionKeyJWK);
   } else {
     encryptionKey = await localforage.getItem(SQLITE_ENCRYPTION_KEY);
     if (!encryptionKey) {
       const cryptoKey = await generateCryptoKey({ extractable: false });
       await localforage.setItem(SQLITE_ENCRYPTION_KEY, cryptoKey);
     }
   }
 
   const encryptedContent = await localforage.getItem<EncryptedData>(
     SQLITE_CONTENT,
   );
 
   let dbContent = null;
   try {
     if (encryptionKey && encryptedContent) {
       dbContent = await decryptData(encryptedContent, encryptionKey);
     }
   } catch (e) {
     console.error('Error while decrypting content, clearing database content');
     await localforage.removeItem(SQLITE_CONTENT);
   }
 
   if (dbContent) {
     importDatabaseContent(dbContent, newModule, COMM_SQLITE_DATABASE_PATH);
 
     console.info(
       'Database exists and is properly encrypted, using persisted data',
     );
   } else {
     console.info('Creating fresh database');
   }
   sqliteQueryExecutor = new newModule.SQLiteQueryExecutor(
     COMM_SQLITE_DATABASE_PATH,
   );
 }
 
 async function persist() {
   persistInProgress = true;
   const module = dbModule;
   if (!sqliteQueryExecutor || !module) {
     persistInProgress = false;
     throw new Error(
       'Database not initialized while persisting database content',
     );
   }
 
   if (!encryptionKey) {
     encryptionKey = await localforage.getItem(SQLITE_ENCRYPTION_KEY);
   }
 
   while (persistNeeded) {
     persistNeeded = false;
     const dbData = exportDatabaseContent(module, COMM_SQLITE_DATABASE_PATH);
     if (!encryptionKey) {
       persistInProgress = false;
       throw new Error('Encryption key is missing');
     }
     const encryptedData = await encryptData(dbData, encryptionKey);
     await localforage.setItem(SQLITE_CONTENT, encryptedData);
   }
   persistInProgress = false;
 }
 
 async function processAppRequest(
   message: WorkerRequestMessage,
 ): Promise<?WorkerResponseMessage> {
   // non-database operations
   if (message.type === workerRequestMessageTypes.PING) {
     return {
       type: workerResponseMessageTypes.PONG,
       text: 'PONG',
     };
   } else if (
     message.type === workerRequestMessageTypes.GENERATE_DATABASE_ENCRYPTION_KEY
   ) {
     const cryptoKey = await generateCryptoKey({ extractable: false });
     await localforage.setItem(SQLITE_ENCRYPTION_KEY, cryptoKey);
     return undefined;
   }
 
   // database operations
   if (message.type === workerRequestMessageTypes.INIT) {
     await initDatabase(
       message.databaseModuleFilePath,
       message.commQueryExecutorFilename,
       message.encryptionKey,
     );
     return undefined;
   } else if (message.type === workerRequestMessageTypes.CLEAR_SENSITIVE_DATA) {
     encryptionKey = null;
     await localforage.clear();
     if (dbModule && sqliteQueryExecutor) {
       clearSensitiveData(
         dbModule,
         COMM_SQLITE_DATABASE_PATH,
         sqliteQueryExecutor,
       );
     }
     sqliteQueryExecutor = null;
     return undefined;
   }
 
   if (!sqliteQueryExecutor) {
     throw new Error(
       `Database not initialized, unable to process request type: ${message.type}`,
     );
   }
 
   // read-only operations
   if (message.type === workerRequestMessageTypes.GET_CLIENT_STORE) {
     return {
       type: workerResponseMessageTypes.CLIENT_STORE,
       store: getClientStore(sqliteQueryExecutor),
     };
   } else if (message.type === workerRequestMessageTypes.GET_CURRENT_USER_ID) {
     return {
       type: workerResponseMessageTypes.GET_CURRENT_USER_ID,
       userID: sqliteQueryExecutor.getMetadata(CURRENT_USER_ID_KEY),
     };
   } else if (
     message.type === workerRequestMessageTypes.GET_PERSIST_STORAGE_ITEM
   ) {
     return {
       type: workerResponseMessageTypes.GET_PERSIST_STORAGE_ITEM,
       item: sqliteQueryExecutor.getPersistStorageItem(message.key),
     };
   }
 
   // write operations
   if (!workerWriteRequests.includes(message.type)) {
     throw new Error('Request type not supported');
   }
   if (!sqliteQueryExecutor || !dbModule) {
     throw new Error(
       `Database not initialized, unable to process request type: ${message.type}`,
     );
   }
 
   if (message.type === workerRequestMessageTypes.PROCESS_STORE_OPERATIONS) {
     processDBStoreOperations(
       sqliteQueryExecutor,
       message.storeOperations,
       dbModule,
     );
   } else if (message.type === workerRequestMessageTypes.SET_CURRENT_USER_ID) {
     sqliteQueryExecutor.setMetadata(CURRENT_USER_ID_KEY, message.userID);
   } else if (
     message.type === workerRequestMessageTypes.SET_PERSIST_STORAGE_ITEM
   ) {
     sqliteQueryExecutor.setPersistStorageItem(message.key, message.item);
   } else if (
     message.type === workerRequestMessageTypes.REMOVE_PERSIST_STORAGE_ITEM
   ) {
     sqliteQueryExecutor.removePersistStorageItem(message.key);
   }
 
   persistNeeded = true;
   if (!persistInProgress) {
     void persist();
   }
 
   return undefined;
 }
 
 function connectHandler(event: SharedWorkerMessageEvent) {
   if (!event.ports.length) {
     return;
   }
   const port: MessagePort = event.ports[0];
   console.log('Web database worker alive!');
 
   port.onmessage = async function (messageEvent: MessageEvent) {
     const data: WorkerRequestProxyMessage = (messageEvent.data: any);
     const { id, message } = data;
 
     if (!id) {
       port.postMessage({
         error: 'Request without identifier',
       });
     }
 
     try {
       const result = await processAppRequest(message);
       port.postMessage({
         id,
         message: result,
       });
     } catch (e) {
       port.postMessage({
         id,
         error: e.message,
       });
     }
   };
 }
 
 self.addEventListener('connect', connectHandler);