diff --git a/roles/aurweb/tasks/main.yml b/roles/aurweb/tasks/main.yml
index 1c3d2a81419766d993f50dde0a0f092bd9099091..4e262a5e6f38b0579b8cc7be10f30a01c4201cc0 100644
--- a/roles/aurweb/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/aurweb/tasks/main.yml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
   no_log: true
 
 - name: initialize the database
-  command: python aurweb/initdb.py
+  command: python -m aurweb.initdb
   args:
     chdir: "{{ aurweb_dir }}"
   become: true