diff --git a/Common/src/main/java/dev/brighten/antivpn/database/sql/utils/MySQL.java b/Common/src/main/java/dev/brighten/antivpn/database/sql/utils/MySQL.java
index 1a264c2..8355e2a 100644
--- a/Common/src/main/java/dev/brighten/antivpn/database/sql/utils/MySQL.java
+++ b/Common/src/main/java/dev/brighten/antivpn/database/sql/utils/MySQL.java
@@ -2,12 +2,17 @@ package dev.brighten.antivpn.database.sql.utils;
 
 import com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver;
 import dev.brighten.antivpn.AntiVPN;
+import org.h2.jdbc.JdbcSQLFeatureNotSupportedException;
+import org.h2.jdbc.JdbcSQLNonTransientConnectionException;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.sql.Connection;
 import java.sql.DriverManager;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.util.Properties;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
 
 public class MySQL {
     private static Connection conn;
@@ -33,12 +38,25 @@ public class MySQL {
         }
     }
 
+    private static boolean didRetry = false;
+
     public static void initH2() {
+        if(didRetry) {
+            AntiVPN.getInstance().getExecutor().log(Level.WARNING,
+                    "Already attempted to retry H2 connection, skipping.");
+            return;
+        }
         File dataFolder = new File(AntiVPN.getInstance().getPluginFolder(), "databases");
+        if (!dataFolder.exists() && dataFolder.mkdirs()) {
+            AntiVPN.getInstance().getExecutor().log("Created database directory");
+        }
+
+        File dbFile = new File(dataFolder, "database.mv.db");
+
         File databaseFile = new File(dataFolder, "database");
         try {
             conn = new NonClosableConnection(new org.h2.jdbc.JdbcConnection("jdbc:h2:file:" +
-                            databaseFile.getAbsolutePath(),
+                    databaseFile.getAbsolutePath(),
                     new Properties(), AntiVPN.getInstance().getVpnConfig().getUsername(),
                     AntiVPN.getInstance().getVpnConfig().getPassword(), false));
             conn.setAutoCommit(true);
@@ -46,6 +64,44 @@ public class MySQL {
             AntiVPN.getInstance().getExecutor().log("Connection to H2 has been established.");
         } catch (SQLException ex) {
             AntiVPN.getInstance().getExecutor().logException("H2 exception on initialize", ex);
+            if(ex instanceof JdbcSQLFeatureNotSupportedException
+                    || ex instanceof JdbcSQLNonTransientConnectionException) {
+                AntiVPN.getInstance().getExecutor()
+                        .log("H2 database file is incompatible with this version of AntiVPN. " +
+                                "Backing up old database file...");
+                backupOldDB(dbFile, dataFolder);
+                initH2();
+                didRetry = true;
+            } else {
+                AntiVPN.getInstance().getExecutor().logException("Failed to load H2 database: " + ex.getCause().toString(), ex);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void backupOldDB(File dbFile, File dataFolder) {
+        if (dbFile.exists()) {
+            try {
+                // Optional: Make backup first
+                File backupDir = new File(dataFolder, "backups");
+                if(backupDir.mkdirs()) {
+                    AntiVPN.getInstance().getExecutor().log("Created backup directory");
+                } else {
+                    AntiVPN.getInstance().getExecutor().log("Backup directory already exists");
+                }
+                File backupFile = new File(backupDir, "database.mv.db.backup_" + System.currentTimeMillis());
+                Files.copy(dbFile.toPath(), backupFile.toPath());
+
+                // Actually delete the file
+                if (!dbFile.delete()) {
+                    // If normal delete fails, try force delete on JVM exit
+                    dbFile.deleteOnExit();
+                    AntiVPN.getInstance().getExecutor().log("Could not delete database file - will try again on shutdown");
+                } else {
+                    AntiVPN.getInstance().getExecutor().log("Successfully deleted incompatible database file");
+                }
+            } catch (IOException ex) {
+                AntiVPN.getInstance().getExecutor().logException("Failed to handle database file", ex);
+            }
         }
     }