diff --git a/bin/server/cmd/profile.go b/bin/server/cmd/profile.go
index 8af91015..b176bb0c 100644
--- a/bin/server/cmd/profile.go
+++ b/bin/server/cmd/profile.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func checkDSN(dataDir string) (string, error) {
 	dataDir = strings.TrimRight(dataDir, "/")
 
 	if _, err := os.Stat(dataDir); err != nil {
-		error := fmt.Errorf("unable to access --data %s, %w", dataDir, err)
+		error := fmt.Errorf("unable to access -data %s, err %w", dataDir, err)
 		return "", error
 	}
 
@@ -43,12 +43,11 @@ func GetProfile() Profile {
 	mode := flag.String("mode", "dev", "")
 	port := flag.Int("port", 8080, "")
 	data := flag.String("data", "", "")
-
 	flag.Parse()
 
 	dataDir, err := checkDSN(*data)
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Printf("%+v\n", err)
+		fmt.Printf("Failed to check dsn: %s, err: %+v\n", dataDir, err)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
diff --git a/bin/server/cmd/root.go b/bin/server/cmd/root.go
index fefab12f..9dc66d5a 100644
--- a/bin/server/cmd/root.go
+++ b/bin/server/cmd/root.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func Execute() {
 }
 
 func (m *Main) Run() error {
-	db := store.NewDB(m.profile.dsn)
+	db := store.NewDB(m.profile.dsn, m.profile.mode)
 
 	if err := db.Open(); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("cannot open db: %w", err)
diff --git a/resources/memos.db b/resources/memos.db
deleted file mode 100644
index 279a2622..00000000
Binary files a/resources/memos.db and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/resources/memos_release.db b/resources/memos_release.db
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..24e7c68f
Binary files /dev/null and b/resources/memos_release.db differ
diff --git a/store/sqlite.go b/store/sqlite.go
index 90a4bc09..8405c5b5 100644
--- a/store/sqlite.go
+++ b/store/sqlite.go
@@ -17,14 +17,17 @@ var seedFS embed.FS
 type DB struct {
 	Db *sql.DB
 
-	// Datasource name.
+	// datasource name
 	DSN string
+	// mode: release or dev
+	mode string
 }
 
 // NewDB returns a new instance of DB associated with the given datasource name.
-func NewDB(dsn string) *DB {
+func NewDB(dsn string, mode string) *DB {
 	db := &DB{
-		DSN: dsn,
+		DSN:  dsn,
+		mode: mode,
 	}
 	return db
 }
@@ -37,11 +40,14 @@ func (db *DB) Open() (err error) {
 
 	// Connect to the database.
 	if db.Db, err = sql.Open("sqlite3", db.DSN); err != nil {
-		return err
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to open db with dsn: %s, err: %w", db.DSN, err)
 	}
 
-	if err := db.seed(); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to seed: %w", err)
+	if db.mode == "dev" {
+		// If mode is dev, then we will seed the database.
+		if err := db.seed(); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to seed: %w", err)
+		}
 	}
 
 	return err