diff --git a/components/chainhook-cli/src/cli/mod.rs b/components/chainhook-cli/src/cli/mod.rs
index 1511b318..c2ce1f6d 100644
--- a/components/chainhook-cli/src/cli/mod.rs
+++ b/components/chainhook-cli/src/cli/mod.rs
@@ -441,6 +441,9 @@ async fn handle_command(opts: Opts, ctx: Context) -> Result<(), String> {
                 if cmd.predicates_paths.len() > 0 && !cmd.start_http_api {
                     config.http_api = PredicatesApi::Off;
                 }
+
+                let _ = initialize_hord_db(&config.expected_cache_path(), &ctx);
+
                 let predicates = cmd
                     .predicates_paths
                     .iter()
diff --git a/components/chainhook-sdk/src/hord/db/mod.rs b/components/chainhook-sdk/src/hord/db/mod.rs
index 7c19552e..8b9ca4cf 100644
--- a/components/chainhook-sdk/src/hord/db/mod.rs
+++ b/components/chainhook-sdk/src/hord/db/mod.rs
@@ -68,36 +68,36 @@ pub fn initialize_hord_db(path: &PathBuf, ctx: &Context) -> Connection {
         )",
         [],
     ) {
-        ctx.try_log(|logger| slog::error!(logger, "{}", e.to_string()));
-    }
-    if let Err(e) = conn.execute(
-        "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS transfers (
-            block_height INTEGER NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY
-        )",
-        [],
-    ) {
-        ctx.try_log(|logger| slog::error!(logger, "{}", e.to_string()));
-    }
+        ctx.try_log(|logger| slog::warn!(logger, "{}", e.to_string()));
+    } else {
+        if let Err(e) = conn.execute(
+            "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS transfers (
+                block_height INTEGER NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY
+            )",
+            [],
+        ) {
+            ctx.try_log(|logger| slog::warn!(logger, "{}", e.to_string()));
+        }
 
-    if let Err(e) = conn.execute(
-        "CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS index_inscriptions_on_outpoint_to_watch ON inscriptions(outpoint_to_watch);",
-        [],
-    ) {
-        ctx.try_log(|logger| slog::error!(logger, "{}", e.to_string()));
-    }
-    if let Err(e) = conn.execute(
-        "CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS index_inscriptions_on_ordinal_number ON inscriptions(ordinal_number);",
-        [],
-    ) {
-        ctx.try_log(|logger| slog::error!(logger, "{}", e.to_string()));
-    }
-    if let Err(e) = conn.execute(
-        "CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS index_inscriptions_on_block_height ON inscriptions(block_height);",
-        [],
-    ) {
-        ctx.try_log(|logger| slog::error!(logger, "{}", e.to_string()));
+        if let Err(e) = conn.execute(
+            "CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS index_inscriptions_on_outpoint_to_watch ON inscriptions(outpoint_to_watch);",
+            [],
+        ) {
+            ctx.try_log(|logger| slog::warn!(logger, "{}", e.to_string()));
+        }
+        if let Err(e) = conn.execute(
+            "CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS index_inscriptions_on_ordinal_number ON inscriptions(ordinal_number);",
+            [],
+        ) {
+            ctx.try_log(|logger| slog::warn!(logger, "{}", e.to_string()));
+        }
+        if let Err(e) = conn.execute(
+            "CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS index_inscriptions_on_block_height ON inscriptions(block_height);",
+            [],
+        ) {
+            ctx.try_log(|logger| slog::warn!(logger, "{}", e.to_string()));
+        }
     }
-
     conn
 }
 
diff --git a/components/chainhook-sdk/src/hord/mod.rs b/components/chainhook-sdk/src/hord/mod.rs
index e98730dd..f6aac2c1 100644
--- a/components/chainhook-sdk/src/hord/mod.rs
+++ b/components/chainhook-sdk/src/hord/mod.rs
@@ -41,10 +41,9 @@ use crate::{
 
 use self::db::{
     find_inscription_with_id, find_latest_cursed_inscription_number_at_block_height,
-    find_latest_inscription_number_at_block_height,
-    parse_satpoint_to_watch, remove_entry_from_blocks,
-    remove_entry_from_inscriptions, LazyBlock, LazyBlockTransaction, TraversalResult,
-    WatchedSatpoint,
+    find_latest_inscription_number_at_block_height, parse_satpoint_to_watch,
+    remove_entry_from_blocks, remove_entry_from_inscriptions, LazyBlock, LazyBlockTransaction,
+    TraversalResult, WatchedSatpoint,
 };
 use self::inscription::InscriptionParser;
 use self::ord::inscription_id::InscriptionId;