diff --git a/api/init_db.py b/api/init_db.py
index f1634da..7ec2f6d 100644
--- a/api/init_db.py
+++ b/api/init_db.py
@@ -3,6 +3,16 @@
 from sqlmodel import Session, SQLModel, create_engine
 from sqlmodel.ext.asyncio import session
 
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+# Get the absolute path of the directory containing this script
+current_file = Path(__file__).resolve()
+parent_directory = current_file.parent
+project_directory = parent_directory.parent
+
+sys.path.insert(0, str(project_directory))
+
 from api.database import create_db_and_tables, create_town_and_people, get_db