diff --git a/code/database/export.py b/code/database/export.py
index 266cb06..98e2817 100644
--- a/code/database/export.py
+++ b/code/database/export.py
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ def create_dataframes() -> DataFrame:
 
 
 def insert_data(df_list, conn):
+    if conn.table_names() is not None:
+        return
     for key, value in df_list.items():
         value.to_sql(key, con=conn, index=False, if_exists="append")
 
diff --git a/code/database/parser.py b/code/database/parser.py
index fa66be8..f2861cd 100644
--- a/code/database/parser.py
+++ b/code/database/parser.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ from iso3166 import countries as co
 from pandas import DataFrame, concat, read_csv
 from csv import QUOTE_NONNUMERIC
 from database.constants import ADMIN_PW
+from os import path
 
 
 def country_conversion(political_unit) -> str:
@@ -51,12 +52,12 @@ def rename_fields(df_list):
 
 
 def create_databases(df):
-    user = {"uid": [7843], "username": ["admin"], "password": [ADMIN_PW]}
     files = {
         "glacier": "../data/glacier.csv",
         "annual_data": "../data/annual_data.csv",
         "user": "../data/user.csv",
     }
+    user = {"uid": [7843], "username": ["admin"], "password": [ADMIN_PW]}
     dataframes = {
         "glacier": df[["POLITICAL_UNIT", "NAME", "WGMS_ID"]].drop_duplicates(),
         "annual_data": df[["WGMS_ID", "YEAR", "AREA", "MEDIAN_ELEVATION", "LENGTH"]],
@@ -64,6 +65,8 @@ def create_databases(df):
     }
     renamed_dfs = rename_fields(dataframes)
     for key, val in renamed_dfs.items():
+        if path.isfile(files[key]):
+            continue
         val.to_csv(files[key], index=False, quoting=QUOTE_NONNUMERIC)