diff --git a/applications/cls-cad-backend/cls_cad_backend/server.py b/applications/cls-cad-backend/cls_cad_backend/server.py
index 47b5628..b8736eb 100644
--- a/applications/cls-cad-backend/cls_cad_backend/server.py
+++ b/applications/cls-cad-backend/cls_cad_backend/server.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     get_taxonomy_for_project,
     upsert_part,
     upsert_result,
-    upsert_taxonomy,
+    upsert_taxonomy, init_database,
 )
 from cls_cad_backend.repository_builder import RepositoryBuilder, wrapped_counted_types
 from cls_cad_backend.responses import FastResponse
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
 from starlette.background import BackgroundTasks
 from starlette.staticfiles import StaticFiles
 
+init_database()
+
 origins = [
     "http://localhost:3000",
     "http://localhost:8000",
diff --git a/applications/cls-cad-backend/main.py b/applications/cls-cad-backend/main.py
index b30233e..f520df5 100644
--- a/applications/cls-cad-backend/main.py
+++ b/applications/cls-cad-backend/main.py
@@ -4,13 +4,11 @@
 
 def start():
     """Launched with `poetry run start` at root level."""
-    init_database()
     uvicorn.run("cls_cad_backend.server:app", reload=True)
 
 
 def start_docker():
     """Launched with `poetry run start` at root level."""
-    init_database()
     uvicorn.run("cls_cad_backend.server:app", reload=False, host="0.0.0.0", port=80)