diff --git a/src/main/frontend/persist_db/browser.cljs b/src/main/frontend/persist_db/browser.cljs
index b2be5bf265..11f9ea0a14 100644
--- a/src/main/frontend/persist_db/browser.cljs
+++ b/src/main/frontend/persist_db/browser.cljs
@@ -214,11 +214,7 @@
     (state/<invoke-db-worker :thread-api/release-access-handles repo))
 
   (<fetch-initial-data [_this repo opts]
-    (-> (p/let [db-exists? (state/<invoke-db-worker :thread-api/db-exists repo)
-                disk-db-data (when-not db-exists? (ipc/ipc :db-get repo))
-                _ (when disk-db-data
-                    (state/<invoke-db-worker-direct-pass :thread-api/import-db repo disk-db-data))
-                _ (state/<invoke-db-worker :thread-api/create-or-open-db repo opts)]
+    (-> (p/let [_ (state/<invoke-db-worker :thread-api/create-or-open-db repo opts)]
           (state/<invoke-db-worker :thread-api/get-initial-data repo opts))
         (p/catch sqlite-error-handler)))
 
diff --git a/src/main/frontend/worker/db_core.cljs b/src/main/frontend/worker/db_core.cljs
index 37e002d489..2295d16a5c 100644
--- a/src/main/frontend/worker/db_core.cljs
+++ b/src/main/frontend/worker/db_core.cljs
@@ -896,7 +896,7 @@
           backup-db-fn (get-in (platform/current) [:sqlite :backup-db])]
       (when-not db
         (throw (ex-info "graph not opened" {:code :graph-not-opened
-                                             :repo repo})))
+                                            :repo repo})))
       (when-not (fn? backup-db-fn)
         (throw (ex-info "platform sqlite backup not supported"
                         {:code :backup-not-supported