diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 055c9108..98fb514e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - Allow passing Firebase credentials via environment variable by @vadimkerr ([#1969](https://github.com/grafana/oncall/pull/1969))
 
+### Fixed
+
+- Fix SQLite permission issue by @vadimkerr ([#1984](https://github.com/grafana/oncall/pull/1984))
+
 ## v1.2.26 (2023-05-18)
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/engine/Dockerfile b/engine/Dockerfile
index bf5672a5..ad1bbd6c 100644
--- a/engine/Dockerfile
+++ b/engine/Dockerfile
@@ -19,9 +19,12 @@ RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
 # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34398632/docker-how-to-run-pip-requirements-txt-only-if-there-was-a-change/34399661#34399661
 COPY ./ ./
 
-# Collect static files and create an SQLite database
-RUN mkdir -p /var/lib/oncall
+# Collect static files
 RUN DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=settings.prod_without_db DATABASE_TYPE=sqlite3 DATABASE_NAME=/var/lib/oncall/oncall.db SECRET_KEY="ThEmUsTSecretKEYforBUILDstage123" SILK_PROFILER_ENABLED="True" python manage.py collectstatic --no-input
+
+# Create SQLite database and set permissions
+RUN mkdir -p /var/lib/oncall
+RUN DATABASE_TYPE=sqlite3 DATABASE_NAME=/var/lib/oncall/oncall.db python manage.py create_sqlite_db
 RUN chown -R 1000:2000 /var/lib/oncall
 
 # This is required for silk profilers to sync between uwsgi workers
diff --git a/engine/apps/telegram/views.py b/engine/apps/telegram/views.py
index 76740711..6db87e99 100644
--- a/engine/apps/telegram/views.py
+++ b/engine/apps/telegram/views.py
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
 from rest_framework.response import Response
 from rest_framework.views import APIView
 
-from apps.telegram.tasks import register_telegram_webhook
 from apps.telegram.updates.update_manager import UpdateManager
 
-register_telegram_webhook.delay()
-
 
 class WebHookView(APIView):
     def get(self, request, format=None):
diff --git a/engine/engine/celery.py b/engine/engine/celery.py
index c78459d5..c7ac45fa 100644
--- a/engine/engine/celery.py
+++ b/engine/engine/celery.py
@@ -53,6 +53,13 @@ def on_after_setup_logger(logger, **kwargs):
         )
 
 
+@celery.signals.worker_ready.connect
+def on_worker_ready(*args, **kwargs):
+    from apps.telegram.tasks import register_telegram_webhook
+
+    register_telegram_webhook.delay()
+
+
 if settings.OTEL_TRACING_ENABLED and settings.OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT:
 
     @celery.signals.worker_process_init.connect(weak=False)
diff --git a/engine/engine/management/commands/create_sqlite_db.py b/engine/engine/management/commands/create_sqlite_db.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eb99b439
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/engine/management/commands/create_sqlite_db.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
+from django.db import connection
+
+
+class Command(BaseCommand):
+    """
+    Create SQLite3 database file if it doesn't exist.
+    """
+
+    def handle(self, *args, **options):
+        assert settings.DATABASE_TYPE == "sqlite3"
+
+        # Creating a cursor creates the database file if it doesn't exist.
+        connection.cursor()