diff --git a/src/freedombone b/src/freedombone
index 50cc7eaf..0d764e28 100755
--- a/src/freedombone
+++ b/src/freedombone
@@ -8424,6 +8424,13 @@ function install_rss_reader {
         echo "  define('CONFIG_VERSION', 26);" >> $RSS_READER_PATH/config.php
     fi
 
+    # initialize the database
+    if [ ! -f $RSS_READER_PATH/schema/ttrss_schema_mysql.sql ]; then
+        echo $'No database schema found for rss reader'
+        exit 52926
+    fi
+    mysql -u root --password="$MARIADB_PASSWORD" -D ttrss < $RSS_READER_PATH/schema/ttrss_schema_mysql.sql
+
     # ensure that socks5 proxy is used
     if ! grep -q "CURLOPT_PROXYTYPE" $RSS_READER_PATH/plugins/af_unburn/init.php; then
         sed -i '/curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXY, _CURL_HTTP_PROXY);/a \\t\t\t\t\tcurl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXYTYPE, CURLPROXY_SOCKS5);' $RSS_READER_PATH/plugins/af_unburn/init.php