From 24650edd62600af7e7bc041bb8edd05bf9703b6c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Elian Doran <contact@eliandoran.me>
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2026 19:03:39 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(setup): demo DB not respected

---
 packages/trilium-core/src/routes/api/setup.ts  | 2 +-
 packages/trilium-core/src/services/sql_init.ts | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/trilium-core/src/routes/api/setup.ts b/packages/trilium-core/src/routes/api/setup.ts
index 64f440e5e8..09a08189f2 100644
--- a/packages/trilium-core/src/routes/api/setup.ts
+++ b/packages/trilium-core/src/routes/api/setup.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ function getStatus() {
 
 async function setupNewDocument(req: Request) {
     const { skipDemoDb } = req.query;
-    await sqlInit.createInitialDatabase(!!skipDemoDb);
+    await sqlInit.createInitialDatabase(skipDemoDb !== undefined);
 }
 
 function setupSyncFromServer(req: Request): Promise<SetupSyncFromServerResponse> {
diff --git a/packages/trilium-core/src/services/sql_init.ts b/packages/trilium-core/src/services/sql_init.ts
index d53cac5716..758549f144 100644
--- a/packages/trilium-core/src/services/sql_init.ts
+++ b/packages/trilium-core/src/services/sql_init.ts
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ async function createInitialDatabase(skipDemoDb?: boolean) {
     });
 
     // Import demo content.
-    if (getDemoArchive) {
+    if (!skipDemoDb && getDemoArchive) {
         log.info("Importing demo content...");
         const demoFile = await getDemoArchive();
         if (demoFile) {