diff --git a/core/metrics/db.go b/core/metrics/db.go
index 4b341f928..daed84dbd 100644
--- a/core/metrics/db.go
+++ b/core/metrics/db.go
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ func SetupSchema() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	// enable FK constraints only here to make sure entity for metric exists
+	if err := db.Instance.Exec("pragma foreign_keys(1)").Error; err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	// drop obsolete indexes
 	for _, idx := range []struct {
 		name string
diff --git a/server/db/db.go b/server/db/db.go
index f5b898198..41ebb4032 100644
--- a/server/db/db.go
+++ b/server/db/db.go
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ func New(driver, dsn string) (*gorm.DB, error) {
 			params += typ + "=" + param
 		}
 
-		for _, pragma := range []string{"busy_timeout(5000)", "foreign_keys(1)", "synchronous(NORMAL)"} {
+		// TODO "foreign_keys(1)" is only set in metrics migrator to ensure home entity exists
+		for _, pragma := range []string{"busy_timeout(5000)", "synchronous(NORMAL)"} {
 			addParam("_pragma", pragma)
 		}