diff --git a/init_db.sh b/init_db.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3e9ef2c1e2e2719248455f089561857ff0d22114
--- /dev/null
+++ b/init_db.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#! /bin/bash
+function init_db {
+    
+    db=$1
+    monetdb stop $db
+    monetdb destroy -f $db
+    monetdb create $db
+    #monetdb set nthreads=1 $db
+    monetdb set embedpy=yes $db
+    monetdb release $db
+    monetdb start $db
+
+}
+
+init_db $1