diff --git a/docs/metadata_webservice.md b/docs/metadata_webservice.md
index f723c0c9b411e05240d0657bcbb4240f0aa0b156..9c0b5141becaac55e0c93bcad125ba2381376895 100644
--- a/docs/metadata_webservice.md
+++ b/docs/metadata_webservice.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ exit
 ```
 
 ```
-poetry run alembic upgrade head
+poetry run python create_db.py
 ```
 
 ### Add some testing data (depends on DATABASE_URL environment set above).