diff --git a/management/internals/shared/db/open.go b/management/internals/shared/db/open.go
index 020aff422..48a7bf330 100644
--- a/management/internals/shared/db/open.go
+++ b/management/internals/shared/db/open.go
@@ -93,7 +93,12 @@ func OpenSqliteFile(ctx context.Context, dataDir, storeFile string) (*Conn, erro
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return NewConn(ctx, gormDB, SqliteStoreEngine, nil)
+	conn, err := NewConn(ctx, gormDB, SqliteStoreEngine, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		closeGorm(gormDB)
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return conn, nil
 }
 
 // OpenPostgres opens a Postgres database through gorm and a pgx pool sized by pool.
@@ -107,7 +112,13 @@ func OpenPostgres(ctx context.Context, dsn string, pool PoolConfig) (*Conn, erro
 		closeGorm(gormDB)
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return NewConn(ctx, gormDB, PostgresStoreEngine, pgxPool)
+	conn, err := NewConn(ctx, gormDB, PostgresStoreEngine, pgxPool)
+	if err != nil {
+		pgxPool.Close()
+		closeGorm(gormDB)
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return conn, nil
 }
 
 // MysqlDSN adds the connection parameters every MySQL handle needs, keeping
@@ -126,7 +137,12 @@ func OpenMysql(ctx context.Context, dsn string) (*Conn, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return NewConn(ctx, gormDB, MysqlStoreEngine, nil)
+	conn, err := NewConn(ctx, gormDB, MysqlStoreEngine, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		closeGorm(gormDB)
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return conn, nil
 }
 
 func newPgxPool(ctx context.Context, dsn string, cfg PoolConfig) (*pgxpool.Pool, error) {
diff --git a/management/server/store/store.go b/management/server/store/store.go
index bd55e3176..6d810643c 100644
--- a/management/server/store/store.go
+++ b/management/server/store/store.go
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import (
 	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"regexp"
-	"runtime"
 	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
@@ -23,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"gorm.io/driver/mysql"
 	"gorm.io/driver/postgres"
-	"gorm.io/driver/sqlite"
 	"gorm.io/gorm"
 
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/dns"
@@ -716,29 +714,19 @@ func NewTestStoreFromSQL(ctx context.Context, filename string, dataDir string) (
 		kind = types.SqliteStoreEngine
 	}
 
-	storeStr := fmt.Sprintf("%s?cache=shared", db.SqliteFileName)
-	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
-		// Vo avoid `The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process` on Windows
-		storeStr = db.SqliteFileName
-	}
-
-	file := filepath.Join(dataDir, storeStr)
-	gormDB, err := gorm.Open(sqlite.Open(file), db.GormConfig())
+	conn, err := db.OpenSqliteFile(ctx, dataDir, db.SqliteFileName)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, err
+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create test store: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	if filename != "" {
-		err = LoadSQL(gormDB, filename)
+		err = LoadSQL(conn.DB(nil), filename)
 		if err != nil {
+			_ = conn.Close()
 			return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to load SQL file: %v", err)
 		}
 	}
 
-	conn, err := db.NewConn(ctx, gormDB, db.SqliteStoreEngine, nil)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create test store: %v", err)
-	}
 	store, err := NewSqlStore(ctx, conn, nil, false)
 	if err != nil {
 		_ = conn.Close()
@@ -747,6 +735,7 @@ func NewTestStoreFromSQL(ctx context.Context, filename string, dataDir string) (
 
 	err = addAllGroupToAccount(ctx, store)
 	if err != nil {
+		_ = store.Close(ctx)
 		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to add all group to account: %v", err)
 	}