diff --git a/src/install.js b/src/install.js
index b2e799c33f..795656d8f1 100644
--- a/src/install.js
+++ b/src/install.js
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ var async = require('async'),
 	winston = require('winston'),
 	nconf = require('nconf'),
 	utils = require('../public/src/utils.js'),
-	db = require('./database.js'),
 
 	install = {
 		questions: [{
@@ -329,7 +328,8 @@ var async = require('async'),
 				},
 				function (next) {
 					// Default plugins
-					var Plugins = require('./plugins');
+					var Plugins = require('./plugins'),
+						db = require('./database.js');
 
 					winston.info('Enabling default plugins');
 
@@ -350,7 +350,11 @@ var async = require('async'),
 					}, next);
 				},
 				function (next) {
-					db.setObjectField('widgets:global', 'footer', "[{\"widget\":\"html\",\"data\":{\"html\":\"<footer id=\\\"footer\\\" class=\\\"container footer\\\">\\r\\n\\t<div class=\\\"copyright\\\">\\r\\n\\t\\tCopyright © 2014 <a target=\\\"_blank\\\" href=\\\"https://www.nodebb.com\\\">NodeBB Forums</a> | <a target=\\\"_blank\\\" href=\\\"//github.com/designcreateplay/NodeBB/graphs/contributors\\\">Contributors</a>\\r\\n\\t</div>\\r\\n</footer>\",\"title\":\"\",\"container\":\"\"}}]", next);
+					var db = require('./src/database').init(function(err) {
+						if (!err) {
+							db.setObjectField('widgets:global', 'footer', "[{\"widget\":\"html\",\"data\":{\"html\":\"<footer id=\\\"footer\\\" class=\\\"container footer\\\">\\r\\n\\t<div class=\\\"copyright\\\">\\r\\n\\t\\tCopyright © 2014 <a target=\\\"_blank\\\" href=\\\"https://www.nodebb.com\\\">NodeBB Forums</a> | <a target=\\\"_blank\\\" href=\\\"//github.com/designcreateplay/NodeBB/graphs/contributors\\\">Contributors</a>\\r\\n\\t</div>\\r\\n</footer>\",\"title\":\"\",\"container\":\"\"}}]", next);
+						}
+					});
 				},
 				function (next) {
 					require('./upgrade').upgrade(next);