diff --git a/backend/app/backend_pre_start.py b/backend/app/backend_pre_start.py
index c2f8e29ae1..d97cafd463 100644
--- a/backend/app/backend_pre_start.py
+++ b/backend/app/backend_pre_start.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     after=after_log(logger, logging.WARN),
 )
 def init(db_engine: Engine) -> None:
+    logger.info("Calling init...")
     try:
         with Session(db_engine) as session:
             # Try to create session to check if DB is awake
diff --git a/backend/app/core/db.py b/backend/app/core/db.py
index ba991fb36d..e516937c83 100644
--- a/backend/app/core/db.py
+++ b/backend/app/core/db.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from sqlmodel import Session, create_engine, select
+from sqlmodel import SQLModel, Session, create_engine, select
 
 from app import crud
 from app.core.config import settings
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ def init_db(session: Session) -> None:
     # from sqlmodel import SQLModel
 
     # This works because the models are already imported and registered from app.models
-    # SQLModel.metadata.create_all(engine)
+    SQLModel.metadata.create_all(engine)
 
     user = session.exec(
         select(User).where(User.email == settings.FIRST_SUPERUSER)