diff --git a/registry/coder/modules/filebrowser/run.sh b/registry/coder/modules/filebrowser/run.sh
index 183c64a77..ae1e121d1 100644
--- a/registry/coder/modules/filebrowser/run.sh
+++ b/registry/coder/modules/filebrowser/run.sh
@@ -22,13 +22,44 @@ echo "DB_PATH: ${DB_PATH}"
 
 export FB_DATABASE="${DB_PATH}"
 
-# Check if filebrowser db exists
+if PID="$(pgrep -x filebrowser)"; then
+  echo "File Browser is already running (PID: $${PID})"
+
+  # Show which database the running process is using.
+  RUNNING_DB="$(tr '\0' '\n' < /proc/$${PID}/environ | grep '^FB_DATABASE=' | cut -d= -f2- || true)"
+
+  echo "Running database: $${RUNNING_DB}"
+
+  if [[ "$${RUNNING_DB}" == "${DB_PATH}" ]]; then
+    echo "Existing File Browser already uses ${DB_PATH}."
+    echo "Skipping configuration and startup."
+
+    exit 0
+  fi
+
+  echo "A File Browser process is already running but is using another database."
+  echo "Continuing..."
+fi
+
 if [[ ! -f "${DB_PATH}" ]]; then
-  filebrowser config init 2>&1 | tee -a ${LOG_PATH}
-  filebrowser users add admin "coderPASSWORD" --perm.admin=true --viewMode=mosaic 2>&1 | tee -a ${LOG_PATH}
+  echo "Initializing File Browser database..."
+
+  filebrowser config init 2>&1 | tee -a "${LOG_PATH}"
+
+  filebrowser users add \
+    admin \
+    "coderPASSWORD" \
+    --perm.admin=true \
+    --viewMode=mosaic \
+    2>&1 | tee -a "${LOG_PATH}"
 fi
 
-filebrowser config set --baseURL=${SERVER_BASE_PATH} --port=${PORT} --auth.method=noauth --root=$ROOT_DIR 2>&1 | tee -a ${LOG_PATH}
+filebrowser config set \
+  --baseURL="${SERVER_BASE_PATH}" \
+  --port="${PORT}" \
+  --auth.method=noauth \
+  --root="$${ROOT_DIR}" \
+  2>&1 | tee -a "${LOG_PATH}"
 
 printf "👷 Starting filebrowser in background... \n\n"