1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/mailman/database/alembic/env.py b/src/mailman/database/alembic/env.py
index ffab0fed8..d1a1c557c 100644
--- a/src/mailman/database/alembic/env.py
+++ b/src/mailman/database/alembic/env.py
@@ -34,9 +34,11 @@ from mailman.core import initialize
 from mailman.config import config
 from mailman.database.alembic import alembic_cfg
 from mailman.database.model import Model
-from mailman.utilities.modules import expand_path
 from mailman.utilities.string import expand
 
+if not config.initialized:
+    initialize.initialize_1(context.config.config_file_name)
+
 
 
 def run_migrations_offline():