diff --git a/src/backend/middlewares/admin/SettingsMWs.ts b/src/backend/middlewares/admin/SettingsMWs.ts
index d50fffcd..bfd75f76 100644
--- a/src/backend/middlewares/admin/SettingsMWs.ts
+++ b/src/backend/middlewares/admin/SettingsMWs.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import {NextFunction, Request, Response} from 'express';
 import {ErrorCodes, ErrorDTO} from '../../../common/entities/Error';
 import {ObjectManagers} from '../../model/ObjectManagers';
 import {Logger} from '../../Logger';
-import {SQLConnection} from '../../model/database/sql/SQLConnection';
 import {Config} from '../../../common/config/private/Config';
 import {ConfigDiagnostics} from '../../model/diagnostics/ConfigDiagnostics';
 import {BasicConfigDTO} from '../../../common/entities/settings/BasicConfigDTO';
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@ export class SettingsMWs {
 
     try {
       if (databaseSettings.type !== ServerConfig.DatabaseType.memory) {
-        await SQLConnection.tryConnection(databaseSettings);
+        await ConfigDiagnostics.testDatabase(databaseSettings);
       }
       Config.Server.Database = databaseSettings;
       // only updating explicitly set config (not saving config set by the diagnostics)
diff --git a/src/backend/model/diagnostics/ConfigDiagnostics.ts b/src/backend/model/diagnostics/ConfigDiagnostics.ts
index c1d0b0b2..3c12dc59 100644
--- a/src/backend/model/diagnostics/ConfigDiagnostics.ts
+++ b/src/backend/model/diagnostics/ConfigDiagnostics.ts
@@ -215,14 +215,8 @@ export class ConfigDiagnostics {
       } catch (ex) {
         const err: Error = ex;
         Logger.warn(LOG_TAG, '[SQL error]', err.toString());
-        if (Config.Server.Database.enableFallback === true) {
-          Logger.warn(LOG_TAG, 'Error during initializing SQL falling back temporally to memory DB');
-          NotificationManager.warning('Error during initializing SQL falling back temporally to memory DB', err.toString());
-          Config.Server.Database.type = ServerConfig.DatabaseType.memory;
-        } else {
-          Logger.error(LOG_TAG, 'Error during initializing SQL DB, check DB connection and settings');
-          process.exit(1);
-        }
+        Logger.error(LOG_TAG, 'Error during initializing SQL DB, check DB connection and settings');
+        process.exit(1);
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/common/config/private/PrivateConfig.ts b/src/common/config/private/PrivateConfig.ts
index f8bf2ab8..08a7c5a1 100644
--- a/src/common/config/private/PrivateConfig.ts
+++ b/src/common/config/private/PrivateConfig.ts
@@ -66,9 +66,6 @@ export module ServerConfig {
     })
     type: DatabaseType = DatabaseType.sqlite;
 
-    @ConfigProperty({description: 'In the case of bad database settings (or unreachable database), the app falls back using inmemory database, otherwise terminates the app.'})
-    enableFallback: boolean = true;
-
     @ConfigProperty()
     dbFolder: string = 'db';