diff --git a/shards/manager.py b/shards/manager.py
index 931c90ebc8849e8c2a7b61ae095e3aaa2bce3bad..d9d303d2df359758283294558256beb338796ece 100644
--- a/shards/manager.py
+++ b/shards/manager.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import fire
-from mishards import db
 from sqlalchemy import and_
+from mishards import db, settings
 
 
 class DBHandler:
@@ -25,4 +25,5 @@ class DBHandler:
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
+    db.init_db(settings.DefaultConfig.SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI)
     fire.Fire(DBHandler)