diff --git a/docker/init.sh b/docker/init.sh
index 464ea73cd693a8144abacdab1c7cabe552dbf2ef..a363a37ab168c144c4aef3d377c41e37556c90fd 100755
--- a/docker/init.sh
+++ b/docker/init.sh
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ function _getStatus_docker(){
     grep -q "${APP_NAME}-server" <<< "$_out" && DC_WEB_UP=1
     grep -q "${APP_NAME}-db"     <<< "$_out"  && DC_DB_UP=1
 
-    if [ $DC_DB_UP -eq 1 ] && [ ! -d "${DC_DUMP_DIR}" ]; then
+    if [ "$DB_ADD" != "false" ] && [ ! -d "${DC_DUMP_DIR}" ]; then
         echo "INFO: creating subdir ${DC_DUMP_DIR} to import/ export databases ..."
         mkdir "${DC_DUMP_DIR}" || exit 1
     return