diff --git a/transportmanager/deploy/supervisord.conf b/transportmanager/deploy/supervisord.conf
index bc751d2..b4ce651 100644
--- a/transportmanager/deploy/supervisord.conf
+++ b/transportmanager/deploy/supervisord.conf
@@ -3,6 +3,19 @@ nodaemon=true
 logfile=/dev/null
 pidfile=/var/run/supervisord.pid
 
+; --- Database Init ---
+[program:initdb]
+directory=/app/server
+command=/usr/local/bin/python database.py
+autostart=true
+autorestart=false
+startsecs=0
+stdout_logfile=/dev/stdout
+stderr_logfile=/dev/stderr
+stdout_logfile_maxbytes=0
+stderr_logfile_maxbytes=0
+priority=5
+
 ; --- Flask API (gunicorn) ---
 [program:api]
 directory=/app/server
diff --git a/transportmanager/server/database.py b/transportmanager/server/database.py
index f5d2815..2e00c9e 100644
--- a/transportmanager/server/database.py
+++ b/transportmanager/server/database.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ except ImportError:
 DB_TYPE = 'sqlite3'
 
 BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent
-SCHEMA_PATH = BASE_DIR / "schema.sql" if DB_TYPE != 'sqlite3' else BASE_DIR / "schema_sqlite.sql"
+
 DATABASE_URL = os.getenv("DATABASE_URL")
 SQLITE_PATH = BASE_DIR / "instance" / "dev.db"
 
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ SQLITE_PATH = BASE_DIR / "instance" / "dev.db"
 def is_postgres():
     return DATABASE_URL and DATABASE_URL.lower().startswith("postgres")
 
+if is_postgres():
+    SCHEMA_PATH = BASE_DIR / "schema.sql"
+else:
+    SCHEMA_PATH = BASE_DIR / "schema_sqlite.sql"
 
 def get_connection():
     if is_postgres():