diff --git a/libraries/drivers_db_factory.rb b/libraries/drivers_db_factory.rb
index 9cc4a4f2..bf34e6d3 100644
--- a/libraries/drivers_db_factory.rb
+++ b/libraries/drivers_db_factory.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ def self.detect_engine(app, node, options)
           db_driver.allowed_engines.include?(
             options.try(:[], :rds).try(:[], 'engine') ||
             node.try(:[], 'deploy').try(:[], app['shortname']).try(:[], db_driver.driver_type).try(:[], 'adapter') ||
-            node.try(:[], 'defaults').try(:[], db_driver.driver_type).try(:[], 'adapter')
+            node.try(:[], 'defaults').try(:[], db_driver.driver_type).try(:[], 'adapter') ||
+            'sqlite'
           )
         end
       end
diff --git a/libraries/drivers_db_sqlite.rb b/libraries/drivers_db_sqlite.rb
index cf14627b..568d6642 100644
--- a/libraries/drivers_db_sqlite.rb
+++ b/libraries/drivers_db_sqlite.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,19 @@ class Sqlite < Base
       allowed_engines :sqlite, :sqlite3
       packages debian: 'libsqlite3-dev', rhel: 'sqlite-devel'
 
+      def deploy_before_symlink
+        link_sqlite_database
+      end
+
+      def deploy_before_migrate
+        link_sqlite_database
+      end
+
+      def validate_node_engine
+        populate_node_engine unless node_engine
+        :node_engine
+      end
+
       def out
         output = super
         output[:database] ||= 'db/data.sqlite3'
@@ -16,6 +29,41 @@ def out
       def url(deploy_dir)
         "sqlite://#{deploy_dir}/shared/#{out[:database]}"
       end
+
+      private
+
+      # rubocop:disable Metrics/AbcSize, Metrics/MethodLength
+      def link_sqlite_database
+        deploy_to = deploy_dir(app)
+        relative_db_path = out[:database]
+        shared_directory_path = File.join(deploy_to, 'shared', relative_db_path.sub(%r{/[^/]+\.sqlite3?$}, ''))
+        release_path = Dir[File.join(deploy_to, 'releases', '*')].last
+
+        context.directory shared_directory_path do
+          recursive true
+          not_if { ::File.exist?(shared_directory_path) }
+        end
+
+        db_path = File.join(deploy_to, 'shared', relative_db_path)
+        context.file db_path do
+          action :create
+          not_if { ::File.exist?(File.join(deploy_to, 'shared', relative_db_path)) }
+        end
+
+        context.link File.join(release_path, relative_db_path) do
+          to db_path
+          not_if { ::File.exist?(::File.join(release_path, relative_db_path)) }
+        end
+      end
+      # rubocop:enable Metrics/MethodLength, Metrics/AbcSize
+
+      def populate_node_engine
+        framework = Drivers::Framework::Factory.build(context, app)
+        deploy = context.node['deploy']
+        deploy[app['shortname']][driver_type] ||= {}
+        deploy[app['shortname']][driver_type][:database] = "db/#{app['shortname']}_#{framework.deploy_env}.sqlite"
+        context.node['deploy'] = deploy
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/libraries/drivers_framework_base.rb b/libraries/drivers_framework_base.rb
index 6e1e4a25..20615737 100644
--- a/libraries/drivers_framework_base.rb
+++ b/libraries/drivers_framework_base.rb
@@ -15,14 +15,6 @@ def configure
         configure_logrotate
       end
 
-      def deploy_before_migrate
-        link_sqlite_database
-      end
-
-      def deploy_before_symlink
-        link_sqlite_database unless migrate?
-      end
-
       def deploy_before_restart
         assets_precompile if out[:assets_precompile]
       end
@@ -49,40 +41,14 @@ def assets_precompile
         end
       end
 
-      # rubocop:disable Metrics/AbcSize, Metrics/MethodLength
-      def link_sqlite_database
-        return unless database_url.start_with?('sqlite')
-        deploy_to = deploy_dir(app)
-        db_path = database_url.sub('sqlite://', '')
-        relative_db_path = db_path.sub(deploy_to, '').sub(%r{^/+shared/+}, '')
-        release_path = Dir[File.join(deploy_to, 'releases', '*')].last
-        shared_directory_path = File.join(deploy_to, 'shared', relative_db_path.sub(%r{/[^/]+\.sqlite3?$}, ''))
-
-        context.directory shared_directory_path do
-          recursive true
-          not_if { ::File.exist?(shared_directory_path) }
-        end
-
-        context.file File.join(deploy_to, 'shared', relative_db_path) do
-          action :create
-          not_if { ::File.exist?(File.join(deploy_to, 'shared', relative_db_path)) }
-        end
-
-        context.link File.join(release_path, relative_db_path) do
-          to db_path
-          not_if { ::File.exist?(::File.join(release_path, relative_db_path)) }
-        end
-      end
-      # rubocop:enable Metrics/MethodLength, Metrics/AbcSize
-
       def database_url
         deploy_to = deploy_dir(app)
-        applicable_databases.first.try(:url, deploy_to) ||
-          "sqlite://#{deploy_to}/shared/db/#{app['shortname']}_#{deploy_env}.sqlite"
+        applicable_databases.first.try(:url, deploy_to)
       end
 
       def applicable_databases
-        Array.wrap(options[:databases]).select(&:applicable_for_configuration?)
+        dbs = options[:databases] || Drivers::Db::Factory.build(context, app)
+        Array.wrap(dbs).select(&:applicable_for_configuration?)
       end
 
       def environment
diff --git a/libraries/helpers.rb b/libraries/helpers.rb
index 743ab5ed..d57f2274 100644
--- a/libraries/helpers.rb
+++ b/libraries/helpers.rb
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ def every_enabled_application
 end
 
 def every_enabled_rds(context, application)
-  data = rdses.presence || [Drivers::Db::Factory.build(context, application)]
+  data = [rdses.presence, Drivers::Db::Factory.build(context, application)].flatten.compact
   data.each do |rds|
     yield rds
   end