diff --git a/node/src/services/lowdbStorage.service.ts b/node/src/services/lowdbStorage.service.ts
index 1dcaaf1ad8..053961159f 100644
--- a/node/src/services/lowdbStorage.service.ts
+++ b/node/src/services/lowdbStorage.service.ts
@@ -7,12 +7,14 @@ import { LogService } from "jslib-common/abstractions/log.service";
 import { StorageService } from "jslib-common/abstractions/storage.service";
 
 import { NodeUtils } from "jslib-common/misc/nodeUtils";
+import { sequentialize } from "jslib-common/misc/sequentialize";
 import { Utils } from "jslib-common/misc/utils";
 
 export class LowdbStorageService implements StorageService {
   protected dataFilePath: string;
   private db: lowdb.LowdbSync<any>;
   private defaults: any;
+  private ready = false;
 
   constructor(
     protected logService: LogService,
@@ -23,7 +25,12 @@ export class LowdbStorageService implements StorageService {
     this.defaults = defaults;
   }
 
+  @sequentialize(() => "lowdbStorageInit")
   async init() {
+    if (this.ready) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     this.logService.info("Initializing lowdb storage service.");
     let adapter: lowdb.AdapterSync<any>;
     if (Utils.isNode && this.dir != null) {
@@ -81,9 +88,12 @@ export class LowdbStorageService implements StorageService {
         this.logService.info("Successfully wrote defaults to db.");
       });
     }
+
+    this.ready = true;
   }
 
-  get<T>(key: string): Promise<T> {
+  async get<T>(key: string): Promise<T> {
+    await this.waitForReady();
     return this.lockDbFile(() => {
       this.readForNoCache();
       const val = this.db.get(key).value();
@@ -99,7 +109,8 @@ export class LowdbStorageService implements StorageService {
     return this.get(key).then((v) => v != null);
   }
 
-  save(key: string, obj: any): Promise<any> {
+  async save(key: string, obj: any): Promise<any> {
+    await this.waitForReady();
     return this.lockDbFile(() => {
       this.readForNoCache();
       this.db.set(key, obj).write();
@@ -108,7 +119,8 @@ export class LowdbStorageService implements StorageService {
     });
   }
 
-  remove(key: string): Promise<any> {
+  async remove(key: string): Promise<any> {
+    await this.waitForReady();
     return this.lockDbFile(() => {
       this.readForNoCache();
       this.db.unset(key).write();
@@ -127,4 +139,10 @@ export class LowdbStorageService implements StorageService {
       this.db.read();
     }
   }
+
+  private async waitForReady() {
+    if (!this.ready) {
+      await this.init();
+    }
+  }
 }