diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 24241d8..460926c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ ui/
 frontend/.pnp.cjs
 frontend/.pnp.loader.mjs
 frontend/.yarn/install-state.gz
+.db.lock
diff --git a/server/config/config.go b/server/config/config.go
index fc15784..5e889db 100644
--- a/server/config/config.go
+++ b/server/config/config.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package config
 
 import (
 	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"sync"
 
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	Password        string `yaml:"password"`
 	QueueSize       int    `yaml:"queue_size"`
 	SessionFilePath string `yaml:"session_file_path"`
+	path            string
 }
 
 var (
@@ -43,9 +45,17 @@ func (c *Config) LoadFile(filename string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	c.path = filename
+
 	if err := yaml.NewDecoder(fd).Decode(c); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+// Path of the directory containing the config file
+func (c *Config) Dir() string { return filepath.Dir(c.path) }
+
+// Absolute path of the config file
+func (c *Config) Path() string { return c.path }
diff --git a/server/dbutil/migrate.go b/server/dbutil/migrate.go
index d935c41..84ceda4 100644
--- a/server/dbutil/migrate.go
+++ b/server/dbutil/migrate.go
@@ -3,29 +3,41 @@ package dbutil
 import (
 	"context"
 	"database/sql"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	"github.com/marcopeocchi/yt-dlp-web-ui/server/config"
 )
 
+var lockFilePath = filepath.Join(config.Instance().Dir(), ".db.lock")
+
 // Run the table migration
-func AutoMigrate(ctx context.Context, db *sql.DB) error {
+func Migrate(ctx context.Context, db *sql.DB) error {
 	conn, err := db.Conn(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	defer conn.Close()
+	defer func() {
+		conn.Close()
+		createLockFile()
+	}()
 
-	_, err = db.ExecContext(
+	if _, err := db.ExecContext(
 		ctx,
 		`CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS templates (
 			id CHAR(36) PRIMARY KEY,
 			name VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
 			content TEXT NOT NULL
 		)`,
-	)
-	if err != nil {
+	); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	if lockFileExists() {
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	db.ExecContext(
 		ctx,
 		`INSERT INTO templates (id, name, content) VALUES
@@ -35,5 +47,12 @@ func AutoMigrate(ctx context.Context, db *sql.DB) error {
 		"1", "audio only", "-x",
 	)
 
-	return err
+	return nil
+}
+
+func createLockFile() { os.Create(lockFilePath) }
+
+func lockFileExists() bool {
+	_, err := os.Stat(lockFilePath)
+	return os.IsExist(err)
 }
diff --git a/server/server.go b/server/server.go
index 7b140a2..450b9c5 100644
--- a/server/server.go
+++ b/server/server.go
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ func RunBlocking(cfg *RunConfig) {
 		logger.Error("failed to open database", slog.String("err", err.Error()))
 	}
 
-	if err := dbutil.AutoMigrate(context.Background(), db); err != nil {
+	if err := dbutil.Migrate(context.Background(), db); err != nil {
 		logger.Error("failed to init database", slog.String("err", err.Error()))
 	}