diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index 7135f01e4..36b4b8205 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # TODOs
 
+- Need initial (Type a message down there 👇 to get started) message for new users
 - Workspace > documents needs a spinner when processing docs
 - existing tags should be selectable when adding to docs
 - Chroma is kept in ram... need to swap for redis
diff --git a/backend/config.py b/backend/config.py
index dc453fe45..001934d67 100644
--- a/backend/config.py
+++ b/backend/config.py
@@ -1176,5 +1176,5 @@ class BannerModel(BaseModel):
         "DATABASE_URL", None
     ):
         os.environ["DATABASE_URL"] = vcap_services["aws-rds"][0]["credentials"]["uri"]
-else:
-    DATABASE_URL = os.environ.get("DATABASE_URL", f"sqlite:///{DATA_DIR}/webui.db")
+
+DATABASE_URL = os.environ.get("DATABASE_URL", f"sqlite:///{DATA_DIR}/webui.db")