diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/index.ts b/packages/opencode/src/index.ts
index 1fa027abf904..c0f2681672d9 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/index.ts
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ import { WebCommand } from "./cli/cmd/web"
 import { PrCommand } from "./cli/cmd/pr"
 import { SessionCommand } from "./cli/cmd/session"
 import { DbCommand } from "./cli/cmd/db"
-import path from "path"
-import { Global } from "./global"
 import { JsonMigration } from "./storage/json-migration"
 import { Database } from "./storage/db"
 import { errorMessage } from "./util/error"
@@ -108,8 +106,8 @@ const cli = yargs(args)
       args: process.argv.slice(2),
     })
 
-    const marker = path.join(Global.Path.data, "opencode.db")
-    if (!(await Filesystem.exists(marker))) {
+    // Use the database path as the marker to trigger migration if missing
+    if (!(await Filesystem.exists(Database.Path))) {
       const tty = process.stderr.isTTY
       process.stderr.write("Performing one time database migration, may take a few minutes..." + EOL)
       const width = 36