diff --git a/src/daemon/main.cpp b/src/daemon/main.cpp
index 0cf069636..e500c6030 100644
--- a/src/daemon/main.cpp
+++ b/src/daemon/main.cpp
@@ -277,17 +277,16 @@ int main(int argc, char const * argv[])
 
     // Check for NTFS compression on both the data folder and the lmdb folder
     // Compression can corrupt the blockchain on disk
-    if (isNtfsCompressed(data_dir.c_str()))
-    {
-      MERROR("Data directory is using NTFS compression, blockchain might get corrupted.");
-    }
-    bf::path db_path {bf::path(data_dir) / "lmdb"};
-    if (bf::exists(db_path))
+    boost::filesystem::path db_path{data_dir / "lmdb"};
+    if (boost::filesystem::exists(db_path))
     {
       if (isNtfsCompressed(db_path.c_str()))
-      {
         MERROR("Database directory is using NTFS compression, blockchain might get corrupted.");
-      }
+    }
+    else 
+    {
+      if (isNtfsCompressed(data_dir.c_str()))
+        MERROR("Data directory is using NTFS compression, blockchain might get corrupted.");
     }
 #endif