diff --git a/Dockers/puppeteer-api/Dockerfile b/Dockers/puppeteer-api/Dockerfile
index cdc9047..bbd39ff 100644
--- a/Dockers/puppeteer-api/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockers/puppeteer-api/Dockerfile
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ ENV API_KEY=""
 # Create a non-root user and switch to it
 RUN useradd -m puppeteer && chown -R puppeteer:puppeteer /app
 # Create the database directory and set permissions
-RUN mkdir -p /db && chown -R puppeteer:puppeteer /db && chmod 777 /db
+RUN mkdir -p /db && chmod 777 /db && chown -R puppeteer:puppeteer /app
 
 USER puppeteer
 
diff --git a/Dockers/puppeteer-api/main.py b/Dockers/puppeteer-api/main.py
index d61bf07..cfaae7d 100644
--- a/Dockers/puppeteer-api/main.py
+++ b/Dockers/puppeteer-api/main.py
@@ -23,16 +23,37 @@ CUSTOM_USER_AGENT = 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.3
 # Initialize SQLite database
 def init_db():
     global DB_PATH
+
+    # Try to use the mounted volume first
     db_path = '/db/cache.db'
     db_dir = os.path.dirname(db_path)
 
-    # Ensure the directory exists
-    if not os.path.exists(db_dir):
+    # Check if directory exists and is writable
+    dir_writable = False
+    if os.path.exists(db_dir):
+        try:
+            test_file = os.path.join(db_dir, '.write_test')
+            with open(test_file, 'w') as f:
+                f.write('test')
+            os.remove(test_file)
+            dir_writable = True
+        except (IOError, PermissionError):
+            print(f"Directory {db_dir} exists but is not writable")
+            dir_writable = False
+
+    # If directory doesn't exist or isn't writable, try to create it
+    if not os.path.exists(db_dir) or not dir_writable:
         try:
             os.makedirs(db_dir, exist_ok=True)
+            # Test if we can write to the directory
+            test_file = os.path.join(db_dir, '.write_test')
+            with open(test_file, 'w') as f:
+                f.write('test')
+            os.remove(test_file)
             print(f"Created directory: {db_dir}")
+            dir_writable = True
         except Exception as e:
-            print(f"Warning: Could not create directory {db_dir}: {e}")
+            print(f"Warning: Could not create or write to directory {db_dir}: {e}")
             # Fallback to using a local database file
             db_path = 'cache.db'
             print(f"Using local database file: {db_path}")
@@ -55,26 +76,30 @@ def init_db():
         # Update the global DB_PATH
         DB_PATH = db_path
     except sqlite3.OperationalError as e:
-        print(f"Error initializing database: {e}")
+        print(f"Error initializing database at {db_path}: {e}")
         # Fallback to using a local database file if the mounted volume has permission issues
         db_path = 'cache.db'
         print(f"Falling back to local database file: {db_path}")
-        conn = sqlite3.connect(db_path)
-        cursor = conn.cursor()
-        cursor.execute('''
-        CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS cache (
-            url TEXT,
-            route TEXT,
-            data TEXT,
-            timestamp INTEGER,
-            PRIMARY KEY (url, route)
-        )
-        ''')
-        conn.commit()
-        conn.close()
-        print(f"Local database initialized at {db_path}")
-        # Update the global DB_PATH
-        DB_PATH = db_path
+        try:
+            conn = sqlite3.connect(db_path)
+            cursor = conn.cursor()
+            cursor.execute('''
+            CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS cache (
+                url TEXT,
+                route TEXT,
+                data TEXT,
+                timestamp INTEGER,
+                PRIMARY KEY (url, route)
+            )
+            ''')
+            conn.commit()
+            conn.close()
+            print(f"Local database initialized at {db_path}")
+            # Update the global DB_PATH
+            DB_PATH = db_path
+        except sqlite3.OperationalError as e2:
+            print(f"Error initializing local database: {e2}")
+            raise
 
 # Define the database path
 DB_PATH = '/db/cache.db'