diff --git a/selfblog/init_database.sh b/selfblog/init_database.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+nohup python manage.py syncdb --noinput > /dev/null 2>&1 &
+nohup python manage.py loaddata initial_data.json > /dev/null 2>&1 &