diff --git a/src/storage/sqlite.ts b/src/storage/sqlite.ts
index 28e830b4..26a949d0 100644
--- a/src/storage/sqlite.ts
+++ b/src/storage/sqlite.ts
@@ -1,31 +1,51 @@
 import Database from 'better-sqlite3';
+import fs from 'fs';
+import path from 'path';
 import type { StorageAdapter } from './types.js';
 
 export class SQLiteStorage implements StorageAdapter {
   private db: Database.Database | null = null;
 
-  async init(dbPath: string): Promise<void> {
-    this.db = new Database(dbPath);
-    this.db.pragma('journal_mode = WAL');
-    this.db.exec(`
-      CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS har_entries (
-        id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
-        startedDateTime TEXT NOT NULL,
-        time INTEGER NOT NULL,
-        request TEXT NOT NULL,
-        response TEXT NOT NULL
-      );
-      CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_har_started ON har_entries(startedDateTime);
+  async init(dbFilePath: string): Promise<void> {
+    const resolvedPath = path.resolve(dbFilePath);
+    const dir = path.dirname(resolvedPath);
+    try {
+      if (!fs.existsSync(dir)) {
+        fs.mkdirSync(dir, { recursive: true });
+      }
+    } catch {}
 
-      CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS endpoints (
-        id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
-        path TEXT NOT NULL,
-        method TEXT NOT NULL,
-        data TEXT NOT NULL,
-        UNIQUE(path, method)
-      );
-      CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_endpoints_path_method ON endpoints(path, method);
-    `);
+    // Open or create database
+    this.db = new Database(resolvedPath);
+    this.db.pragma('journal_mode = WAL');
+    try {
+      this.db.exec(`
+        CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS har_entries (
+          id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
+          startedDateTime TEXT NOT NULL,
+          time INTEGER NOT NULL,
+          request TEXT NOT NULL,
+          response TEXT NOT NULL
+        );
+        CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_har_started ON har_entries(startedDateTime);
+
+        CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS endpoints (
+          id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
+          path TEXT NOT NULL,
+          method TEXT NOT NULL,
+          data TEXT NOT NULL,
+          UNIQUE(path, method)
+        );
+        CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_endpoints_path_method ON endpoints(path, method);
+      `);
+    } catch (e) {
+      // If schema creation fails, close DB to avoid holding a bad handle
+      try {
+        this.db.close();
+      } catch {}
+      this.db = null;
+      throw e;
+    }
   }
 
   isReady(): boolean {
@@ -41,53 +61,80 @@ export class SQLiteStorage implements StorageAdapter {
 
   async saveHarEntry(entry: any): Promise<void> {
     if (!this.db) return;
-    const stmt = this.db.prepare(
-      'INSERT INTO har_entries (startedDateTime, time, request, response) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?)'
-    );
-    stmt.run(
-      entry.startedDateTime,
-      entry.time,
-      JSON.stringify(entry.request),
-      JSON.stringify(entry.response)
-    );
+    try {
+      const stmt = this.db.prepare(
+        'INSERT INTO har_entries (startedDateTime, time, request, response) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?)'
+      );
+      stmt.run(
+        entry.startedDateTime,
+        entry.time,
+        JSON.stringify(entry.request ?? {}),
+        JSON.stringify(entry.response ?? {})
+      );
+    } catch {}
   }
 
   async getHarLog(): Promise<any> {
-    if (!this.db) return { log: { version: '1.2', creator: { name: 'Arbiter', version: '1.0.0' }, entries: [] } };
-    const rows = this.db.prepare('SELECT startedDateTime, time, request, response FROM har_entries ORDER BY id ASC').all();
-    const entries = rows.map((r) => ({
-      startedDateTime: r.startedDateTime,
-      time: r.time,
-      request: JSON.parse(r.request),
-      response: JSON.parse(r.response),
-    }));
-    return {
-      log: {
-        version: '1.2',
-        creator: { name: 'Arbiter', version: '1.0.0' },
-        entries,
-      },
-    };
+    const empty = { log: { version: '1.2', creator: { name: 'Arbiter', version: '1.0.0' }, entries: [] as any[] } };
+    if (!this.db) return empty;
+    try {
+      const rows = this.db
+        .prepare('SELECT startedDateTime, time, request, response FROM har_entries ORDER BY id ASC')
+        .all();
+      const entries = rows.map((r) => {
+        let req: any = {};
+        let res: any = {};
+        try {
+          req = JSON.parse(r.request);
+        } catch {}
+        try {
+          res = JSON.parse(r.response);
+        } catch {}
+        return {
+          startedDateTime: r.startedDateTime,
+          time: r.time,
+          request: req,
+          response: res,
+        };
+      });
+      return { log: { ...empty.log, entries } };
+    } catch {
+      return empty;
+    }
   }
 
   async clearHar(): Promise<void> {
     if (!this.db) return;
-    this.db.prepare('DELETE FROM har_entries').run();
+    try {
+      this.db.prepare('DELETE FROM har_entries').run();
+    } catch {}
   }
 
-  async upsertEndpoint(path: string, method: string, data: any): Promise<void> {
+  async upsertEndpoint(pathStr: string, method: string, data: any): Promise<void> {
     if (!this.db) return;
-    const stmt = this.db.prepare(
-      'INSERT INTO endpoints (path, method, data) VALUES (?, ?, ?)
-       ON CONFLICT(path, method) DO UPDATE SET data=excluded.data'
-    );
-    stmt.run(path, method.toLowerCase(), JSON.stringify(data));
+    try {
+      const stmt = this.db.prepare(
+        `INSERT INTO endpoints (path, method, data) VALUES (?, ?, ?)
+         ON CONFLICT(path, method) DO UPDATE SET data=excluded.data`
+      );
+      stmt.run(pathStr, method.toLowerCase(), JSON.stringify(data ?? {}));
+    } catch {}
   }
 
   async getAllEndpoints(): Promise<Array<{ path: string; method: string; data: any }>> {
     if (!this.db) return [];
-    const rows = this.db.prepare('SELECT path, method, data FROM endpoints').all();
-    return rows.map((r) => ({ path: r.path, method: r.method, data: JSON.parse(r.data) }));
+    try {
+      const rows = this.db.prepare('SELECT path, method, data FROM endpoints').all();
+      return rows.map((r) => {
+        let data: any = {};
+        try {
+          data = JSON.parse(r.data);
+        } catch {}
+        return { path: r.path, method: r.method, data };
+      });
+    } catch {
+      return [];
+    }
   }
 }