diff --git a/src/node/db/DB.js b/src/node/db/DB.js
index 57356366..4150743d 100644
--- a/src/node/db/DB.js
+++ b/src/node/db/DB.js
@@ -45,29 +45,29 @@ exports.init = function() {
         console.error("ERROR: Problem while initalizing the database");
         console.error(err.stack ? err.stack : err);
         process.exit(1);
-      } else {
-        // everything ok, set up Promise-based methods
-        ['get', 'set', 'findKeys', 'getSub', 'setSub', 'remove', 'doShutdown'].forEach(fn => {
-          exports[fn] = util.promisify(db[fn].bind(db));
-        });
-
-        // set up wrappers for get and getSub that can't return "undefined"
-        let get = exports.get;
-        exports.get = async function(key) {
-          let result = await get(key);
-          return (result === undefined) ? null : result;
-        };
-
-        let getSub = exports.getSub;
-        exports.getSub = async function(key, sub) {
-          let result = await getSub(key, sub);
-          return (result === undefined) ? null : result;
-        };
-
-        // exposed for those callers that need the underlying raw API
-        exports.db = db;
-        resolve();
       }
+
+      // everything ok, set up Promise-based methods
+      ['get', 'set', 'findKeys', 'getSub', 'setSub', 'remove', 'doShutdown'].forEach(fn => {
+        exports[fn] = util.promisify(db[fn].bind(db));
+      });
+
+      // set up wrappers for get and getSub that can't return "undefined"
+      let get = exports.get;
+      exports.get = async function(key) {
+        let result = await get(key);
+        return (result === undefined) ? null : result;
+      };
+
+      let getSub = exports.getSub;
+      exports.getSub = async function(key, sub) {
+        let result = await getSub(key, sub);
+        return (result === undefined) ? null : result;
+      };
+
+      // exposed for those callers that need the underlying raw API
+      exports.db = db;
+      resolve();
     });
   });
 }