diff --git a/backend/src/index.ts b/backend/src/index.ts
index 981731c67..6e51ed2f4 100644
--- a/backend/src/index.ts
+++ b/backend/src/index.ts
@@ -22,9 +22,10 @@ const DB_VERSION = '0001-init_db'
 async function main() {
   // check for correct database version
   const con = await connection()
-  const [rows] = await con.query(`SELECT fileName FROM migrations ORDER BY version DESC LIMIT 1;`)
+  const [rows] = await con.query(`SELECT * FROM migrations ORDER BY version DESC LIMIT 1;`)
   if (
     (<RowDataPacket>rows).length === 0 ||
+    !(<RowDataPacket>rows)[0].fileName ||
     (<RowDataPacket>rows)[0].fileName.indexOf(DB_VERSION) === -1
   ) {
     throw new Error(`Wrong database version - the backend requires '${DB_VERSION}'`)
diff --git a/docker-compose.override.yml b/docker-compose.override.yml
index 078ac60c3..5eb808b99 100644
--- a/docker-compose.override.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.override.yml
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ services:
       # This makes sure the docker container has its own node modules.
       # Therefore it is possible to have a different node version on the host machine
       - database_node_modules:/app/node_modules
+      - database_build:/app/build
       # bind the local folder to the docker to allow live reload
       - ./database:/app
 
@@ -149,4 +150,5 @@ volumes:
   frontend_node_modules:
   backend_node_modules:
   database_node_modules:
+  database_build:
   login_build_ubuntu_3.1:
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