mate.db wird erstellt, wenn nicht existent

Website/db.py

@@ -7,19 +7,12 @@ from flask import current_app, g
 
 def get_db():
     if 'db' not in g:
-        try:
-            g.db = sqlite3.connect(
-                current_app.config['DATABASE'],
-                detect_types=sqlite3.PARSE_DECLTYPES
-            )
-        except:
-            init_db()
-            g.db = sqlite3.connect(
-                current_app.config['DATABASE'],
-                detect_types=sqlite3.PARSE_DECLTYPES
-            )
+        g.db = sqlite3.connect(
+            current_app.config['DATABASE'],
+            detect_types=sqlite3.PARSE_DECLTYPES
+        )
         g.db.row_factory = sqlite3.Row
-
+        init_db()
     return g.db