diff --git a/secant/Features/App/App.swift b/secant/Features/App/App.swift
index f14557e..df133ee 100644
--- a/secant/Features/App/App.swift
+++ b/secant/Features/App/App.swift
@@ -308,9 +308,9 @@ extension AppReducer {
         } catch WalletStorage.WalletStorageError.uninitializedWallet {
             do {
                 // TODO: replace the hardcoded network with the environmental value, issue 239 (https://github.com/zcash/secant-ios-wallet/issues/239)
-                _ = try environment.databaseFiles.areDbFilesPresentFor("mainnet")
-                
-                return .keysMissing
+                if try environment.databaseFiles.areDbFilesPresentFor("mainnet") {
+                    return .keysMissing
+                }
             } catch {
                 return .uninitialized
             }
diff --git a/secantTests/AppReducer/AppReducerTests.swift b/secantTests/AppReducer/AppReducerTests.swift
index 192a5f9..08e8873 100644
--- a/secantTests/AppReducer/AppReducerTests.swift
+++ b/secantTests/AppReducer/AppReducerTests.swift
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class AppReducerTests: XCTestCase {
         XCTAssertEqual(walletState, .uninitialized)
     }
 
-    func testWalletInitializationState_KeysMissing() throws {
+    func testWalletInitializationState_FilesPresentKeysMissing() throws {
         let wfmMock = WrappedFileManager(
             url: { _, _, _, _ in URL(fileURLWithPath: "") },
             fileExists: { _ in return true },
@@ -54,6 +54,26 @@ class AppReducerTests: XCTestCase {
         XCTAssertEqual(walletState, .keysMissing)
     }
 
+    func testWalletInitializationState_FilesMissingKeysMissing() throws {
+        let wfmMock = WrappedFileManager(
+            url: { _, _, _, _ in URL(fileURLWithPath: "") },
+            fileExists: { _ in return false },
+            removeItem: { _ in }
+        )
+
+        let keysMissingEnvironment = AppEnvironment(
+            databaseFiles: .live(databaseFiles: DatabaseFiles(fileManager: wfmMock)),
+            scheduler: Self.testScheduler.eraseToAnyScheduler(),
+            mnemonicSeedPhraseProvider: .mock,
+            walletStorage: .throwing,
+            wrappedDerivationTool: .live()
+        )
+
+        let walletState = AppReducer.walletInitializationState(keysMissingEnvironment)
+        
+        XCTAssertEqual(walletState, .uninitialized)
+    }
+
     // TODO: - Implement testWalletInitializationState_FilesMissing when WalletStorage mock is available, issue 231 (https://github.com/zcash/secant-ios-wallet/issues/231)
 
     // TODO: - Implement testWalletInitializationState_Initialized when WalletStorage mock is available, issue 231 (https://github.com/zcash/secant-ios-wallet/issues/231)