diff --git a/app/src/main/java/fr/gaulupeau/apps/Poche/Poche.java b/app/src/main/java/fr/gaulupeau/apps/Poche/Poche.java
index ccafcc55..838b4348 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/fr/gaulupeau/apps/Poche/Poche.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/fr/gaulupeau/apps/Poche/Poche.java
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ public class Poche extends Activity implements FeedUpdaterInterface {
         if (pref.getInt("update_checker", 0) < 9) {
             // Wipe Database, because we now save HTML content instead of plain text
             ArticlesSQLiteOpenHelper helper = new ArticlesSQLiteOpenHelper(this);
-            database = helper.getReadableDatabase();
+	    getDatabase();
             helper.truncateTables(database);
             showToast("Update: Wiped Database. Please synchronize.");
         }
@@ -229,6 +229,13 @@ public class Poche extends Activity implements FeedUpdaterInterface {
         apiToken = settings.getString("APIToken", "");
     }
 
+    private void getDatabase() {
+	    if (database == null) {
+		    ArticlesSQLiteOpenHelper helper = new ArticlesSQLiteOpenHelper(this);
+		    database = helper.getReadableDatabase();
+	    }
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected void onResume() {
         super.onResume();
@@ -258,7 +265,7 @@ public class Poche extends Activity implements FeedUpdaterInterface {
         runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
             public void run() {
                 ArticlesSQLiteOpenHelper helper = new ArticlesSQLiteOpenHelper(getApplicationContext());
-                database = helper.getReadableDatabase();
+		getDatabase();
                 int news = database.query(ARTICLE_TABLE, null, ARCHIVE + "=0", null, null, null, null).getCount();
                 btnGetPost.setText(String.format(getString(R.string.btnGetPost), news));
             }
@@ -301,4 +308,4 @@ public class Poche extends Activity implements FeedUpdaterInterface {
         updateUnread();
         findViewById(R.id.progressBar1).setVisibility(View.GONE);
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}