diff --git a/examples/01-app-demos/hotdog/.gitignore b/examples/01-app-demos/hotdog/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b0049eb08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/01-app-demos/hotdog/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+hotdogdb/*
diff --git a/examples/01-app-demos/hotdog/src/backend.rs b/examples/01-app-demos/hotdog/src/backend.rs
index 468b244b7..301c4e023 100644
--- a/examples/01-app-demos/hotdog/src/backend.rs
+++ b/examples/01-app-demos/hotdog/src/backend.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use dioxus::prelude::*;
 #[cfg(feature = "server")]
 thread_local! {
     static DB: std::sync::LazyLock<rusqlite::Connection> = std::sync::LazyLock::new(|| {
+        std::fs::create_dir("hotdogdb").unwrap();
         let conn = rusqlite::Connection::open("hotdogdb/hotdog.db").expect("Failed to open database");
 
         conn.execute_batch(