diff --git a/rowers/dataprepnodjango.py b/rowers/dataprepnodjango.py
index ae47a86d..e892d896 100644
--- a/rowers/dataprepnodjango.py
+++ b/rowers/dataprepnodjango.py
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ database_url_debug = database_url
 
 if use_sqlite:
     database_url_debug = 'sqlite:///'+database_name_dev
+    database_url = database_url_debug