diff --git a/docker/fastapi-entrypoint.sh b/docker/fastapi-entrypoint.sh
index 41a88206..83a2cda8 100755
--- a/docker/fastapi-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker/fastapi-entrypoint.sh
@@ -14,4 +14,7 @@ sed -ri 's|^(redis_address) = .+|\1 = redis://redis|' conf/config
 sed -ri "s|^(git_clone_uri_anon) = .+|\1 = https://localhost:8444/%s.git|" conf/config.defaults
 sed -ri "s|^(git_clone_uri_priv) = .+|\1 = ssh://aur@localhost:2222/%s.git|" conf/config.defaults
 
+# Initialize the new database; ignore errors.
+python -m aurweb.initdb 2>/dev/null || /bin/true
+
 exec "$@"
diff --git a/docker/scripts/run-fastapi.sh b/docker/scripts/run-fastapi.sh
index 1db4c505..bb1a01a7 100755
--- a/docker/scripts/run-fastapi.sh
+++ b/docker/scripts/run-fastapi.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# Initialize the new database; ignore errors.
-python -m aurweb.initdb 2>/dev/null || /bin/true
-
 if [ "$1" == "uvicorn" ] || [ "$1" == "" ]; then
     exec uvicorn --reload \
         --ssl-certfile /cache/localhost.cert.pem \