diff --git a/openbis/resource/eclipse/create scalability DB.launch b/openbis/resource/eclipse/create scalability DB.launch
index 2211f75575da0add7d9e8b74d165423db3b2f266..899c459dc0e693a346434c48d3bd8a8057de6495 100644
--- a/openbis/resource/eclipse/create scalability DB.launch	
+++ b/openbis/resource/eclipse/create scalability DB.launch	
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <launchConfiguration type="org.testng.eclipse.launchconfig">
+<mapAttribute key="org.eclipse.debug.core.environmentVariables">
+<mapEntry key="initializeDBCreator" value="true"/>
+</mapAttribute>
 <listAttribute key="org.eclipse.debug.ui.favoriteGroups">
 <listEntry value="org.eclipse.debug.ui.launchGroup.run"/>
 </listAttribute>