diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index c1271cbbb..c5ea97e67 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ Files:
 Other:
 - Fixed http status code when requesting a non-existing static page using
   Tordado web server.
+- Fixed error in main script when using other database engine.
 
 
 Version 1.5 (2013-11-25)
diff --git a/openslides/__main__.py b/openslides/__main__.py
index 405764e6f..ad3daef33 100644
--- a/openslides/__main__.py
+++ b/openslides/__main__.py
@@ -243,12 +243,13 @@ def syncdb(settings, args):
     ensure_settings(settings, args)
     # TODO: Check use of filesystem2unicode here.
     db_file = get_database_path_from_settings()
-    db_dir = filesystem2unicode(os.path.dirname(db_file))
-    if not os.path.exists(db_dir):
-        os.makedirs(db_dir)
-    if not os.path.exists(db_file):
-        print('Clearing old search index...')
-        execute_from_command_line(["", "clear_index", "--noinput"])
+    if db_file is not None:
+        db_dir = filesystem2unicode(os.path.dirname(db_file))
+        if not os.path.exists(db_dir):
+            os.makedirs(db_dir)
+        if not os.path.exists(db_file):
+            print('Clearing old search index...')
+            execute_from_command_line(["", "clear_index", "--noinput"])
     execute_from_command_line(["", "syncdb", "--noinput"])
     return 0
 
diff --git a/openslides/utils/main.py b/openslides/utils/main.py
index 210347a44..a4f553208 100644
--- a/openslides/utils/main.py
+++ b/openslides/utils/main.py
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ def get_database_path_from_settings():
         raise DatabaseInSettingsError("Default databases is not configured")
     database_path = default.get('NAME')
     if not database_path:
-        raise DatabaseInSettingsError('No path specified for default database.')
+        raise DatabaseInSettingsError('No path or name specified for default database.')
     if default.get('ENGINE') != 'django.db.backends.sqlite3':
         database_path = None
     return database_path