diff --git a/src/SquidStd.Database/Connection/ConnectionStringParser.cs b/src/SquidStd.Database/Connection/ConnectionStringParser.cs
index 1559f0c0..72b7943d 100644
--- a/src/SquidStd.Database/Connection/ConnectionStringParser.cs
+++ b/src/SquidStd.Database/Connection/ConnectionStringParser.cs
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ public static class ConnectionStringParser
     /// Parses the given URI connection string.
     /// </summary>
     /// <param name="connectionString">The URI connection string.</param>
+    /// <param name="sqliteBaseDirectory">Base directory used to resolve relative SQLite file paths; null keeps them verbatim.</param>
     /// <returns>The parsed provider and native connection string.</returns>
-    public static ParsedConnection Parse(string connectionString)
+    public static ParsedConnection Parse(string connectionString, string? sqliteBaseDirectory = null)
     {
         ArgumentException.ThrowIfNullOrWhiteSpace(connectionString);
 
@@ -28,11 +29,14 @@ public static ParsedConnection Parse(string connectionString)
         var remainder = connectionString[(schemeEnd + 3)..];
         var provider = ResolveProvider(scheme);
 
-        var native = provider == DatabaseProviderType.Sqlite
-                         ? BuildSqlite(remainder)
-                         : BuildServer(provider, remainder);
+        if (provider == DatabaseProviderType.Sqlite)
+        {
+            var filePath = ResolveSqlitePath(remainder, sqliteBaseDirectory);
+
+            return new(provider, $"Data Source={filePath ?? remainder}", filePath);
+        }
 
-        return new(provider, native);
+        return new(provider, BuildServer(provider, remainder));
     }
 
     private static string BuildServer(DatabaseProviderType provider, string remainder)
@@ -76,14 +80,24 @@ private static string BuildServer(DatabaseProviderType provider, string remainde
         };
     }
 
-    private static string BuildSqlite(string remainder)
+    private static string? ResolveSqlitePath(string remainder, string? baseDirectory)
     {
         if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(remainder))
         {
             throw new FormatException("SQLite connection string requires a file path or ':memory:'.");
         }
 
-        return $"Data Source={remainder}";
+        if (string.Equals(remainder, ":memory:", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        if (!Path.IsPathRooted(remainder) && !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(baseDirectory))
+        {
+            return Path.GetFullPath(Path.Combine(baseDirectory, remainder));
+        }
+
+        return remainder;
     }
 
     private static DatabaseProviderType ResolveProvider(string scheme)
diff --git a/src/SquidStd.Database/Connection/ParsedConnection.cs b/src/SquidStd.Database/Connection/ParsedConnection.cs
index b03c0d84..b5a6d1c3 100644
--- a/src/SquidStd.Database/Connection/ParsedConnection.cs
+++ b/src/SquidStd.Database/Connection/ParsedConnection.cs
@@ -7,4 +7,9 @@ namespace SquidStd.Database.Connection;
 /// </summary>
 /// <param name="Provider">The resolved database provider.</param>
 /// <param name="NativeConnectionString">The provider-native connection string for FreeSql.</param>
-public sealed record ParsedConnection(DatabaseProviderType Provider, string NativeConnectionString);
+/// <param name="SqliteFilePath">The resolved on-disk SQLite file path, or null for :memory: and server providers.</param>
+public sealed record ParsedConnection(
+    DatabaseProviderType Provider,
+    string NativeConnectionString,
+    string? SqliteFilePath = null
+);
diff --git a/src/SquidStd.Database/Services/DatabaseService.cs b/src/SquidStd.Database/Services/DatabaseService.cs
index 7b606ea2..9d5d0c78 100644
--- a/src/SquidStd.Database/Services/DatabaseService.cs
+++ b/src/SquidStd.Database/Services/DatabaseService.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 using Serilog;
 using SquidStd.Database.Abstractions.Data.Database;
 using SquidStd.Database.Abstractions.Types.Data;
+using SquidStd.Core.Directories;
 using SquidStd.Database.Connection;
 using SquidStd.Database.Interfaces.Services;
 
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ public sealed class DatabaseService : IDatabaseService
     private static readonly ILogger Logger = Log.ForContext<DatabaseService>();
 
     private readonly DatabaseConfig _config;
+    private readonly DirectoriesConfig _directories;
     private IFreeSql? _orm;
     private int _started;
 
@@ -25,9 +27,11 @@ public sealed class DatabaseService : IDatabaseService
     /// Initializes the database service.
     /// </summary>
     /// <param name="config">The database configuration section.</param>
-    public DatabaseService(DatabaseConfig config)
+    /// <param name="directories">The directories configuration, providing the root directory.</param>
+    public DatabaseService(DatabaseConfig config, DirectoriesConfig directories)
     {
         _config = config;
+        _directories = directories;
     }
 
     /// <inheritdoc />
@@ -40,7 +44,18 @@ public ValueTask StartAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
             return ValueTask.CompletedTask;
         }
 
-        var parsed = ConnectionStringParser.Parse(_config.ConnectionString);
+        var parsed = ConnectionStringParser.Parse(_config.ConnectionString, _directories.Root);
+
+        if (parsed.SqliteFilePath is { } sqliteFile)
+        {
+            var directory = Path.GetDirectoryName(sqliteFile);
+
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(directory))
+            {
+                Directory.CreateDirectory(directory);
+            }
+        }
+
         Logger.Verbose("Building FreeSql for provider {Provider}", parsed.Provider);
 
         var builder = new FreeSqlBuilder()
diff --git a/tests/SquidStd.Tests/Database/ConnectionStringParserTests.cs b/tests/SquidStd.Tests/Database/ConnectionStringParserTests.cs
index 73ee8d68..43673794 100644
--- a/tests/SquidStd.Tests/Database/ConnectionStringParserTests.cs
+++ b/tests/SquidStd.Tests/Database/ConnectionStringParserTests.cs
@@ -77,4 +77,51 @@ public void Parse_SqlServer_BuildsNativeString()
     [Fact]
     public void Parse_UnknownScheme_Throws()
         => Assert.Throws<NotSupportedException>(() => ConnectionStringParser.Parse("oracle://h/db"));
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Parse_SqliteRelativePath_WithBaseDirectory_ResolvesAgainstBase()
+    {
+        var baseDir = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), "squidstd-base");
+        var result = ConnectionStringParser.Parse("sqlite://app.db", baseDir);
+
+        var expected = Path.GetFullPath(Path.Combine(baseDir, "app.db"));
+        Assert.Equal(DatabaseProviderType.Sqlite, result.Provider);
+        Assert.Equal($"Data Source={expected}", result.NativeConnectionString);
+        Assert.Equal(expected, result.SqliteFilePath);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Parse_SqliteRelativePath_WithoutBaseDirectory_StaysVerbatim()
+    {
+        var result = ConnectionStringParser.Parse("sqlite://app.db");
+
+        Assert.Equal("Data Source=app.db", result.NativeConnectionString);
+        Assert.Equal("app.db", result.SqliteFilePath);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Parse_SqliteAbsolutePath_WithBaseDirectory_Unchanged()
+    {
+        var result = ConnectionStringParser.Parse("sqlite:///var/data/app.db", "/tmp/base");
+
+        Assert.Equal("Data Source=/var/data/app.db", result.NativeConnectionString);
+        Assert.Equal("/var/data/app.db", result.SqliteFilePath);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Parse_SqliteInMemory_WithBaseDirectory_HasNullFilePath()
+    {
+        var result = ConnectionStringParser.Parse("sqlite://:memory:", "/tmp/base");
+
+        Assert.Equal("Data Source=:memory:", result.NativeConnectionString);
+        Assert.Null(result.SqliteFilePath);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Parse_ServerProvider_HasNullSqliteFilePath()
+    {
+        var result = ConnectionStringParser.Parse("postgres://user:pass@db.host:5433/appdb");
+
+        Assert.Null(result.SqliteFilePath);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/SquidStd.Tests/Database/DatabaseServiceTests.cs b/tests/SquidStd.Tests/Database/DatabaseServiceTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8b94d01d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/SquidStd.Tests/Database/DatabaseServiceTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+using SquidStd.Core.Directories;
+using SquidStd.Database.Abstractions.Data.Database;
+using SquidStd.Database.Services;
+
+namespace SquidStd.Tests.Database;
+
+public class DatabaseServiceTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task StartAsync_RelativeSqlitePathWithSubdirectory_CreatesDirectoryUnderRoot()
+    {
+        var root = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), "squidstd-root-" + Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N"));
+        var service = new DatabaseService(
+            new DatabaseConfig { ConnectionString = "sqlite://sub/app.db", AutoMigrate = true },
+            new DirectoriesConfig(root, [])
+        );
+
+        try
+        {
+            await service.StartAsync();
+
+            Assert.True(Directory.Exists(Path.Combine(root, "sub")));
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            await service.StopAsync();
+
+            if (Directory.Exists(root))
+            {
+                Directory.Delete(root, true);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/SquidStd.Tests/Database/FreeSqlDataAccessTests.cs b/tests/SquidStd.Tests/Database/FreeSqlDataAccessTests.cs
index 4ecec4bd..c479456d 100644
--- a/tests/SquidStd.Tests/Database/FreeSqlDataAccessTests.cs
+++ b/tests/SquidStd.Tests/Database/FreeSqlDataAccessTests.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using SquidStd.Core.Directories;
 using SquidStd.Database.Abstractions.Data.Entities;
 using SquidStd.Database.Data;
 using SquidStd.Database.Services;
@@ -33,7 +34,8 @@ public async Task InitializeAsync()
             {
                 ConnectionString = $"sqlite://{_dbPath}",
                 AutoMigrate = true
-            }
+            },
+            new DirectoriesConfig(Path.GetTempPath(), [])
         );
         await _service.StartAsync();
     }
diff --git a/tests/SquidStd.Tests/Vfs/Database/DatabaseFileSystemTests.cs b/tests/SquidStd.Tests/Vfs/Database/DatabaseFileSystemTests.cs
index 993ca6c4..3592f46c 100644
--- a/tests/SquidStd.Tests/Vfs/Database/DatabaseFileSystemTests.cs
+++ b/tests/SquidStd.Tests/Vfs/Database/DatabaseFileSystemTests.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System.Text;
+using SquidStd.Core.Directories;
 using SquidStd.Database.Abstractions.Data.Database;
 using SquidStd.Database.Data;
 using SquidStd.Database.Services;
@@ -21,7 +22,8 @@ public async Task InitializeAsync()
             {
                 ConnectionString = $"sqlite://{_dbPath}",
                 AutoMigrate = true
-            }
+            },
+            new DirectoriesConfig(Path.GetTempPath(), [])
         );
         await _service.StartAsync();
         _fs = new DatabaseFileSystem(NewAccess());