diff --git a/ct/pelican-panel.sh b/ct/pelican-panel.sh
index c22f8c801..fc95f6442 100644
--- a/ct/pelican-panel.sh
+++ b/ct/pelican-panel.sh
@@ -50,21 +50,17 @@ function update_script() {
     cp -a /opt/pelican-panel/.env /opt/backup
     mkdir -p /opt/backup/storage/app/
     cp -a /opt/pelican-panel/storage/app/public /opt/backup/storage/app/
-    
+
     SQLITE_INSTALL=$(ls /opt/pelican-panel/database/*.sqlite 1>/dev/null 2>&1 && echo "true" || echo "false")
     $SQLITE_INSTALL && cp -r /opt/pelican-panel/database/*.sqlite /opt/backup
-    
+
     find /opt/pelican-panel -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 ! -name 'backup' ! -name 'plugins' -exec rm -rf {} +
-    
+
     fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "pelican-panel" "pelican-dev/panel" "prebuild" "latest" "/opt/pelican-panel" "panel.tar.gz"
 
     msg_info "Updating Pelican Panel"
     cp -a /opt/backup/.env /opt/pelican-panel/
     $SQLITE_INSTALL && mv /opt/backup/*.sqlite /opt/pelican-panel/database/
-    if ! grep -qE '^DB_CONNECTION=(mysql|mariadb|pgsql)' /opt/pelican-panel/.env 2>/dev/null; then
-      mkdir -p /opt/pelican-panel/database
-      [[ -f /opt/pelican-panel/database/database.sqlite ]] || touch /opt/pelican-panel/database/database.sqlite
-    fi
     cp -a /opt/backup/storage/app/public /opt/pelican-panel/storage/app/
 
     $STD composer install --no-dev --optimize-autoloader --no-interaction
diff --git a/install/pelican-panel-install.sh b/install/pelican-panel-install.sh
index 122fcbb19..7618e85b0 100644
--- a/install/pelican-panel-install.sh
+++ b/install/pelican-panel-install.sh
@@ -20,9 +20,7 @@ msg_ok "Installed Dependencies"
 PHP_VERSION="8.4" PHP_APACHE="YES" PHP_FPM="YES" setup_php
 setup_composer
 setup_mariadb
-MARIADB_DB_NAME="panel"
-MARIADB_DB_USER="pelican"
-setup_mariadb_db
+MARIADB_DB_NAME="panel" MARIADB_DB_USER="pelican" setup_mariadb_db
 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "pelican-panel" "pelican-dev/panel" "prebuild" "latest" "/opt/pelican-panel" "panel.tar.gz"
 
 msg_info "Installing Pelican Panel"