diff --git a/src-electron/main-process/startup.js b/src-electron/main-process/startup.js
index f509e4791f..215786ea61 100644
--- a/src-electron/main-process/startup.js
+++ b/src-electron/main-process/startup.js
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ async function startSelfCheck(
   argv,
   options = {
     quitFunction: null,
-    cleanDb: true,
+    cleanDb: false,
     logger: console.log,
   }
 ) {
@@ -550,8 +550,10 @@ async function generateSingleFile(
       {
         zcl: env.builtinSilabsZclMetafile(),
         template: env.builtinTemplateMetafile(),
-      }, null, null
-    )  
+      },
+      null,
+      null
+    )
     output = outputPattern
   } else {
     options.logger(`👉 using input file: ${zapFile}`)
@@ -803,7 +805,7 @@ async function startUpMainInstance(argv, callbacks) {
   } else if (argv._.includes('selfCheck')) {
     let options = {
       quitFunction: quitFunction,
-      cleanDb: true,
+      cleanDb: false,
       logger: console.log,
     }
     return startSelfCheck(argv, options)
@@ -812,7 +814,7 @@ async function startUpMainInstance(argv, callbacks) {
       throw 'You need to specify at least one zap file.'
     let options = {
       quitFunction: quitFunction,
-      cleanDb: true,
+      cleanDb: false,
       logger: console.log,
     }
     return startAnalyze(argv, options)
@@ -838,7 +840,7 @@ async function startUpMainInstance(argv, callbacks) {
   } else if (argv._.includes('generate')) {
     let options = {
       quitFunction: quitFunction,
-      cleanDb: true,
+      cleanDb: false,
       logger: console.log,
     }
     return startGeneration(argv, options).catch((err) => {