diff --git a/app/database/db.py b/app/database/db.py
index 0377c8dfb..850a28c9c 100644
--- a/app/database/db.py
+++ b/app/database/db.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import shutil
 from app.logger import log_startup_warning
 from utils.install_util import get_missing_requirements_message
 from filelock import FileLock, Timeout
-from comfy.cli_args import args
+from comfy.cli_args import args, database_default_path
 
 _DB_AVAILABLE = False
 Session = None
@@ -73,8 +73,6 @@ def get_database_url():
 
 
 def get_legacy_default_db_path():
-    from comfy.cli_args import database_default_path
-
     return database_default_path
 
 
@@ -101,7 +99,10 @@ def copy_legacy_default_db(db_path):
         return
 
     shutil.copy(legacy_db_path, db_path)
-    logging.info(f"Copied legacy database from '{legacy_db_path}' to '{db_path}'")
+    os.replace(legacy_db_path, legacy_db_path + ".bak")
+    logging.info(
+        f"Copied legacy database from '{legacy_db_path}' to '{db_path}' and renamed the original to '{legacy_db_path}.bak'"
+    )
 
 
 def prepare_file_db_path(db_path):
diff --git a/tests-unit/app_test/database_path_test.py b/tests-unit/app_test/database_path_test.py
index 543c0ba10..7966d700e 100644
--- a/tests-unit/app_test/database_path_test.py
+++ b/tests-unit/app_test/database_path_test.py
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ def test_legacy_default_database_is_copied_to_effective_user_directory(monkeypat
     db.copy_legacy_default_db(str(user_dir / "comfyui.db"))
 
     assert (user_dir / "comfyui.db").read_bytes() == b"legacy db"
-    assert legacy_db.read_bytes() == b"legacy db"
+    assert not legacy_db.exists()
+    assert legacy_db.with_suffix(".db.bak").read_bytes() == b"legacy db"
 
 
 def test_legacy_default_database_does_not_overwrite_existing_effective_db(monkeypatch, tmp_path):