diff --git a/onionr/tests.py b/onionr/tests.py
index 6a70186c..c7659cf1 100755
--- a/onionr/tests.py
+++ b/onionr/tests.py
@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ class OnionrTests(unittest.TestCase):
         logger.info('Running address add+remove test')
         import core
         myCore = core.Core()
+        if not os.path.exists('data/address.db'):
+            myCore.createAddressDB()
         if myCore.addAddress('facebookcorewwwi.onion') and not myCore.removeAddress('invalid'):
             if myCore.removeAddress('facebookcorewwwi.onion'):
                 self.assertTrue(True)