diff --git a/pkg/bdb/boltdb.go b/pkg/bdb/boltdb.go
index 20840c5..171f917 100644
--- a/pkg/bdb/boltdb.go
+++ b/pkg/bdb/boltdb.go
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ package bdb
 
 import (
 	"net/http"
-	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/aserto-dev/azm/cache"
 	"github.com/aserto-dev/azm/model"
 	cerr "github.com/aserto-dev/errors"
+	"github.com/aserto-dev/go-edge-ds/pkg/fs"
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
@@ -59,13 +59,9 @@ func (s *BoltDB) Open() error {
 	}
 
 	dbDir := filepath.Dir(s.config.DBPath)
-	exists, err := filePathExists(dbDir)
-	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to determine if store path/file exists")
-	}
-	if !exists {
-		if err = os.MkdirAll(dbDir, 0700); err != nil {
-			return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to create directory '%s'", dbDir)
+	if !fs.DirExists(dbDir) {
+		if err := fs.EnsureDirPath(dbDir); err != nil {
+			return err
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -91,17 +87,6 @@ func (s *BoltDB) Close() {
 	}
 }
 
-// filePathExists, internal helper function to detect if the file path exists.
-func filePathExists(path string) (bool, error) {
-	if _, err := os.Stat(path); err == nil {
-		return true, nil
-	} else if os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		return false, nil
-	} else {
-		return false, errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to stat file [%s]", path)
-	}
-}
-
 func (s *BoltDB) DB() *bolt.DB {
 	return s.db
 }
diff --git a/pkg/bdb/migrate/mig/mig.go b/pkg/bdb/migrate/mig/mig.go
index 30fb188..2aa5e85 100644
--- a/pkg/bdb/migrate/mig/mig.go
+++ b/pkg/bdb/migrate/mig/mig.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/aserto-dev/go-edge-ds/pkg/bdb"
+	"github.com/aserto-dev/go-edge-ds/pkg/fs"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
 
 	"github.com/Masterminds/semver"
@@ -197,6 +198,13 @@ func Backup(db *bolt.DB, version *semver.Version) error {
 }
 
 func OpenDB(cfg *bdb.Config) (*bolt.DB, error) {
+	dbDir := filepath.Dir(cfg.DBPath)
+	if !fs.DirExists(dbDir) {
+		if err := fs.EnsureDirPath(dbDir); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+
 	db, err := bolt.Open(cfg.DBPath, 0644, &bolt.Options{
 		Timeout: cfg.RequestTimeout,
 	})
diff --git a/pkg/bdb/migrate/migrate.go b/pkg/bdb/migrate/migrate.go
index 0a1ebda..06f106a 100644
--- a/pkg/bdb/migrate/migrate.go
+++ b/pkg/bdb/migrate/migrate.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/aserto-dev/go-edge-ds/pkg/bdb/migrate/mig001"
 	"github.com/aserto-dev/go-edge-ds/pkg/bdb/migrate/mig002"
 	"github.com/aserto-dev/go-edge-ds/pkg/bdb/migrate/mig003"
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"github.com/aserto-dev/go-edge-ds/pkg/fs"
 
 	"github.com/Masterminds/semver"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
@@ -39,13 +39,11 @@ var (
 // higher  returns false, error
 // errors: returns false, error.
 func CheckSchemaVersion(config *bdb.Config, logger *zerolog.Logger, reqVersion *semver.Version) (bool, error) {
-	if exist, err := fileExists(config.DBPath); err == nil && !exist {
+	if !fs.FileExists(config.DBPath) {
 		if err := create(config, logger, reqVersion); err != nil {
 			return false, err
 		}
 		return true, nil
-	} else if err != nil {
-		return false, err
 	}
 
 	boltdb, err := bdb.New(config, logger)
@@ -218,13 +216,3 @@ func execute(logger *zerolog.Logger, roDB, rwDB *bolt.DB, newVersion *semver.Ver
 	}
 	return os.ErrNotExist
 }
-
-func fileExists(path string) (bool, error) {
-	if _, err := os.Stat(path); err == nil {
-		return true, nil
-	} else if os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		return false, nil
-	} else {
-		return false, errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to stat file '%s'", path)
-	}
-}
diff --git a/pkg/fs/fs.go b/pkg/fs/fs.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a33eb23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/fs/fs.go
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package fs
+
+import (
+	"os"
+)
+
+func FileExists(path string) bool {
+	fsInfo, err := os.Stat(path)
+	if err == nil && !fsInfo.IsDir() {
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+func DirExists(path string) bool {
+	fsInfo, err := os.Stat(path)
+	if err == nil && fsInfo.IsDir() {
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+func EnsureDirPath(path string) error {
+	if !DirExists(path) {
+		return os.MkdirAll(path, 0700)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/tests/runner_test.go b/tests/runner_test.go
index 142215e..f4fe22b 100644
--- a/tests/runner_test.go
+++ b/tests/runner_test.go
@@ -37,9 +37,11 @@ func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
 	logger := zerolog.New(io.Discard)
 
 	dirPath := os.TempDir()
-	os.MkdirAll(dirPath, 0700)
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(dirPath, 0700); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
 
-	dbPath := path.Join(os.TempDir(), "edge-ds", "test-eds.db")
+	dbPath := path.Join(dirPath, "edge-ds", "test-eds.db")
 	os.Remove(dbPath)
 	fmt.Println(dbPath)