diff --git a/shell/tabularasa b/shell/tabularasa
index 0a81c5f..b6ccbcd 100755
--- a/shell/tabularasa
+++ b/shell/tabularasa
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/sh
+sudo service postgresql stop
+sudo service postgresql start
 sudo -u postgres sh -c "dropdb note_db && psql -c 'CREATE DATABASE note_db OWNER note;'";
 echo 'reset db';
 find apps/ -path "*/migrations/*.py*" -not -name "__init__.py" -delete