diff --git a/acacore/database/files_db.py b/acacore/database/files_db.py
index 37611d5..c35a194 100644
--- a/acacore/database/files_db.py
+++ b/acacore/database/files_db.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 from .base import FileDBBase
 from .base import SelectColumn
 from .column import model_to_columns
+from .update import is_latest
 
 
 class HistoryEntryPath(HistoryEntry):
@@ -200,6 +201,11 @@ def __init__(
             ],
         )
 
+        if self.is_initialised():
+            is_latest(self, raise_on_difference=True)
+        else:
+            self.init()
+
     def is_initialised(self, *, check_views: bool = True, check_indices: bool = True) -> bool:
         tables: set[str] = {n.lower() for [n] in self.execute("select type, name from sqlite_master group by type")}
         if not {self.files.name.lower(), self.history.name.lower(), self.metadata.name.lower()}.issubset(set(tables)):