diff --git a/api/config/config.go b/api/config/config.go
index e57d3d6..432be2e 100644
--- a/api/config/config.go
+++ b/api/config/config.go
@@ -77,8 +77,13 @@ func (c *ServerConfig) PopulateCalculatedFields() {
 		logger.SetLogLevel(logger.LogLevelInfo)
 	}
 
-	if c.PersistDataFilePath != "" {
-		fileInfo, _ := os.Stat(c.PersistDataFilePath)
+	fileInfo, err := os.Stat(c.PersistDataFilePath)
+	if c.PersistDataFilePath != "" && !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		if err != nil {
+			logger.ErrorLn("Failed to get file info for persist path:", err)
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+
 		if c.DataStore == DataStoreJson && fileInfo.IsDir() {
 			logger.ErrorLn("--Persist cannot be a directory when using json data store")
 			os.Exit(1)
diff --git a/internal/datastore/badger_datastore/badger_datastore.go b/internal/datastore/badger_datastore/badger_datastore.go
index 67664be..bc13504 100644
--- a/internal/datastore/badger_datastore/badger_datastore.go
+++ b/internal/datastore/badger_datastore/badger_datastore.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ type BadgerDataStoreOptions struct {
 
 func NewBadgerDataStore(options BadgerDataStoreOptions) *BadgerDataStore {
 	badgerOpts := badger.DefaultOptions(options.PersistDataFilePath)
+	badgerOpts = badgerOpts.WithLogger(newBadgerLogger())
 	if options.PersistDataFilePath == "" {
 		badgerOpts = badgerOpts.WithInMemory(true)
 	}
diff --git a/internal/datastore/badger_datastore/badger_logger.go b/internal/datastore/badger_datastore/badger_logger.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c1f35f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/datastore/badger_datastore/badger_logger.go
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package badgerdatastore
+
+import (
+	"github.com/dgraph-io/badger/v4"
+	"github.com/pikami/cosmium/internal/logger"
+)
+
+type badgerLogger struct{}
+
+func newBadgerLogger() badger.Logger {
+	return &badgerLogger{}
+}
+
+func (l *badgerLogger) Errorf(format string, v ...interface{}) {
+	logger.Errorf(format, v...)
+}
+
+func (l *badgerLogger) Warningf(format string, v ...interface{}) {
+	logger.Infof(format, v...)
+}
+
+func (l *badgerLogger) Infof(format string, v ...interface{}) {
+	logger.Infof(format, v...)
+}
+
+func (l *badgerLogger) Debugf(format string, v ...interface{}) {
+	logger.Debugf(format, v...)
+}