diff --git a/src/constants.js b/src/constants.js
index 5e4364f..e64fff6 100644
--- a/src/constants.js
+++ b/src/constants.js
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ export const SERVER_PORT = secretsEnv.SERVER_PORT || 3000;
 export const ADMIN_PASSWORD = secretsEnv.ADMIN_PASSWORD || "password";
 export const PATH_PREFIX = secretsEnv.PATH_PREFIX || "/";
 export const SCHEMA = "jore";
+export const DEFAULT_DATABASE = "postgres";
 export const INTERMEDIATE_SCHEMA = "jore_new";
 export const AZURE_UPLOAD_CONTAINER = secretsEnv.AZURE_UPLOAD_CONTAINER || "joredumps";
 export const AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT = secretsEnv.AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT || "";
diff --git a/src/sources/fetchExportFromFTP.js b/src/sources/fetchExportFromFTP.js
index 5dfa67d..c3042d5 100644
--- a/src/sources/fetchExportFromFTP.js
+++ b/src/sources/fetchExportFromFTP.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export async function fetchExportFromFTP() {
 
   await client.cd(FTP_PATH);
   const files = await client.list();
-
+  
   const zips = files.filter(({ name }) => name.endsWith(".zip"));
   const newestFile = orderBy(zips, "name", "desc")[0];
   const newestExportName = get(newestFile, "name", "");
diff --git a/src/utils/createDbDump.js b/src/utils/createDbDump.js
index 15fadac..0a99176 100644
--- a/src/utils/createDbDump.js
+++ b/src/utils/createDbDump.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import fs from "fs-extra";
 import { format } from "date-fns";
 import pgConnectionString from "pg-connection-string";
 
-import { PG_CONNECTION_STRING } from "../constants.js";
+import { PG_CONNECTION_STRING, DEFAULT_DATABASE } from "../constants.js";
 
 const { parse } = pgConnectionString;
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ const dumpsDir = path.join(cwd, "dumps");
 
 export const deleteFiles = ({ filesDir, minFileCount }) => {
   fs.readdir(filesDir, (err, files) => {
-    if (files.length < minFileCount) return;
+    if (!files || files.length < minFileCount) return;
     files.forEach((file) => {
       const removableFile = path.join(filesDir, file);
       fs.stat(removableFile, async (err, stat) => {
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ export const createDbDump = async () => {
       resolve(filePath);
     } else {
       const pgConnection = parse(PG_CONNECTION_STRING);
-      console.log(`Dumping the ${pgConnection.database} database into ${filePath}`);
-
+      const database = pgConnection.database ? pgConnection.database : DEFAULT_DATABASE;
+      console.log(`Dumping the ${database} database into ${filePath}`);
       const dumpProcess = childProcess.spawn(
         "pg_dump",
         [`-f ${filePath}`, "-Fc", "-N '*old'", "-N '*new'"],
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ export const createDbDump = async () => {
             PGPASSWORD: pgConnection.password,
             PGHOST: pgConnection.host,
             PGPORT: pgConnection.port,
-            PGDATABASE: pgConnection.database,
+            PGDATABASE: database,
           },
         },
       );
diff --git a/src/utils/importDbDump.js b/src/utils/importDbDump.js
index 001461f..4532554 100644
--- a/src/utils/importDbDump.js
+++ b/src/utils/importDbDump.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
   AZURE_STORAGE_KEY,
   AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT,
   AZURE_UPLOAD_CONTAINER,
+  DEFAULT_DATABASE
 } from "../constants.js";
 import { clearDb } from "../setup/clearDb.js";
 import { deleteFiles } from "./createDbDump.js";
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ export const importDbDump = async () => {
 
     if (fileExists) {
       const pgConnection = parse(PG_CONNECTION_STRING);
+      const database = pgConnection.database ? pgConnection.database : DEFAULT_DATABASE;
       console.log(`Restoring db with ${filePath}`);
 
       const dumpProcess = childProcess.spawn(
@@ -84,7 +86,7 @@ export const importDbDump = async () => {
           "--if-exists",
           "--no-owner",
           `-U ${pgConnection.user}`,
-          `-d ${pgConnection.database}`,
+          `-d ${database}`,
           "--single-transaction",
           `${filePath}`,
         ],
@@ -96,7 +98,7 @@ export const importDbDump = async () => {
             PGPASSWORD: pgConnection.password,
             PGHOST: pgConnection.host,
             PGPORT: pgConnection.port,
-            PGDATABASE: pgConnection.database,
+            PGDATABASE: database,
           },
         },
       );