diff --git a/b2b-marketing-assistant/server.cjs b/b2b-marketing-assistant/server.cjs
index 98c474cf..947ef19e 100644
--- a/b2b-marketing-assistant/server.cjs
+++ b/b2b-marketing-assistant/server.cjs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ app.use(bodyParser.json({ limit: '10mb' })); // Erhöhe das Limit für potenziel
 const PYTHON_EXECUTABLE = 'python3'; // Annahme, dass python3 im PATH des Containers ist
 // Im Docker-Container liegen server.cjs und das Python-Skript im selben Verzeichnis (/app)
 const SCRIPT_PATH = path.join(__dirname, 'b2b_marketing_orchestrator.py');
+const dbScript = '/app/market_db_manager.py'; // Absoluter Pfad zum DB Manager im Container
 
 
 // Helper-Funktion zum Ausführen des Python-Skripts
@@ -166,10 +167,6 @@ app.post('/api/next-step', (req, res) => {
 
 // --- DATABASE ROUTES ---
 
-// Initialize DB on startup
-const dbScript = path.join(__dirname, 'market_db_manager.py');
-spawn('python3', [dbScript, 'init']);
-
 app.get('/api/projects', (req, res) => {
     runPythonScript([dbScript, 'list'], res);
 });
@@ -191,13 +188,6 @@ app.post('/api/save-project', (req, res) => {
     try {
         fs.writeFileSync(tempFilePath, JSON.stringify(projectData));
         runPythonScript([dbScript, 'save', tempFilePath], res);
-        // Clean up temp file
-        if (fs.existsSync(tempFilePath)) {
-            // Note: runPythonScript is async, so we might want to handle deletion there
-            // But since we are passing it to python which reads it, we'll let it be for now 
-            // or pass it to runPythonScript cleanup if we had that.
-            // For now, I'll just leave it and let the user manage tmp if needed.
-        }
     } catch (e) {
         res.status(500).json({ error: 'Failed to write project data to disk' });
     }
@@ -212,7 +202,34 @@ app.get('*', (req, res) => {
     res.sendFile(path.join(__dirname, 'dist', 'index.html'));
 });
 
+// Separate function to initialize the database, called after server starts
+const initializeDatabase = () => {
+    console.log(`[${new Date().toISOString()}] Initializing B2B database...`);
+    const pythonProcess = spawn(PYTHON_EXECUTABLE, [dbScript, 'init']);
+
+    pythonProcess.stdout.on('data', (data) => {
+        console.log(`[DB Init STDOUT]: ${data.toString().trim()}`);
+    });
+
+    pythonProcess.stderr.on('data', (data) => {
+        console.error(`[DB Init STDERR]: ${data.toString().trim()}`);
+    });
+
+    pythonProcess.on('close', (code) => {
+        if (code === 0) {
+            console.log(`[${new Date().toISOString()}] B2B database initialized successfully.`);
+        } else {
+            console.error(`[${new Date().toISOString()}] B2B database initialization failed with code: ${code}`);
+        }
+    });
+
+    pythonProcess.on('error', (err) => {
+        console.error(`[${new Date().toISOString()}] Failed to spawn Python for DB init:`, err);
+    });
+};
+
 // Start des Servers
 app.listen(PORT, () => {
     console.log(`B2B Marketing Assistant API Bridge running on http://localhost:${PORT}`);
-});
+    initializeDatabase(); // Initialize DB after server is listening
+});
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