diff --git a/lib/persistence.js b/lib/persistence.js
index ef4705f..e3f8418 100644
--- a/lib/persistence.js
+++ b/lib/persistence.js
@@ -288,9 +288,7 @@ Persistence.prototype.loadDatabase = function (cb) {
   async.waterfall([
     function (cb) {
       Persistence.ensureDirectoryExists(path.dirname(self.filename), function (err) {
-        fs.exists(self.filename, function (exists) {
-          if (!exists) { return fs.writeFile(self.filename, '', 'utf8', function (err) { cb(err); }); }
-
+        self.ensureDatafileIntegrity(function (exists) {
           fs.readFile(self.filename, 'utf8', function (err, rawData) {
             if (err) { return cb(err); }
             var treatedData = Persistence.treatRawData(rawData);
diff --git a/test/persistence.test.js b/test/persistence.test.js
index 4a71da1..1ac0c2c 100644
--- a/test/persistence.test.js
+++ b/test/persistence.test.js
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ describe('Persistence', function () {
   // This test is a bit complicated since it depends on the time actions take to execute
   // It may not work as expected on all machines as it is timed for my machine
   // That's why it is skipped, but all versions of nedb pass this test
-  describe.only('Prevent dataloss when persisting data', function () {
+  describe('Prevent dataloss when persisting data', function () {
 
     it('Creating a datastore with in memory as true and a bad filename wont cause an error', function () {
       new Datastore({ filename: 'workspace/bad.db~', inMemoryOnly: true });