diff --git a/electron-docs-main.ts b/electron-docs-main.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b93b94234
--- /dev/null
+++ b/electron-docs-main.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import cls from "./src/services/cls.js";
+import sql_init from "./src/services/sql_init.js";
+
+async function startElectron() {
+    await import("./electron-main.js");
+}
+
+async function initializeDb() {
+    return new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+        cls.init(async () => {
+            await sql_init.createInitialDatabase();
+            sql_init.setDbAsInitialized();
+            resolve();
+        });
+    })
+}
+
+async function main() {
+    if (!sql_init.isDbInitialized()) {
+        initializeDb();
+    }
+
+    await startElectron();
+}
+
+await main();
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index df6569be5..5ba52fd9e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
     "electron:start-prod-nix-no-dir": "electron-rebuild --version 33.3.1 && npm run build:prepare-dist && cross-env TRILIUM_ENV=dev nix-shell -p electron_33 --run \"electron ./dist/electron-main.js --inspect=5858 .\"",
     "electron:qstart": "npm run electron:switch && npm run electron:start",
     "electron:switch": "electron-rebuild",
+    "docs:edit": "cross-env NODE_OPTIONS=\"--import tsx\" TRILIUM_DATA_DIR=./data-docs TRILIUM_ENV=dev electron ./electron-docs-main.ts .",
     "electron-forge:start": "npm run build:prepare-dist && electron-forge start",
     "electron-forge:make": "npm run build:prepare-dist && electron-forge make",
     "electron-forge:package": "npm run build:prepare-dist && electron-forge package",