diff --git a/templates/_helpers.tpl b/templates/_helpers.tpl
index 1dae96d..b685865 100644
--- a/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
 {{- printf "%s-mysql" .Release.Name -}}
 {{- else if .Values.gitea.database.builtIn.mariadb.enabled -}}
 {{- printf "%s-mariadb" .Release.Name -}}
-{{- else -}}
+{{- else if ne .Values.gitea.config.database.DB_TYPE "sqlite3" -}}
 {{- $parts := split ":" .Values.gitea.config.database.HOST -}}
 {{- printf "%s %s" $parts._0 $parts._1 -}}
 {{- end -}}
diff --git a/templates/gitea/init.yaml b/templates/gitea/init.yaml
index 4266de8..926c1f2 100644
--- a/templates/gitea/init.yaml
+++ b/templates/gitea/init.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ stringData:
     mkdir -p /data/gitea/conf
     cp /etc/gitea/conf/app.ini /data/gitea/conf/app.ini
     chmod a+rwx /data/gitea/conf/app.ini
+    {{- if include "db.servicename" . }}
     nc -v -w2 -z {{ include "db.servicename" . }} {{ include "db.port" . }} && \
+    {{- end }}
     su git -c ' \
     set -x; \
     gitea migrate; \