diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fb23908050..5a9b546c08 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -117,10 +117,10 @@ When running tests we isolate the database between each test run by actually cre
 
 If you wish to drop the development database you can execute:
 ```
-docker exec boxel-pg dropdb -U postgres -w boxel
+pnpm drop-db
 ```
 
-You can then run `pnpm migrate up` to create the database again.
+You can then run `pnpm migrate up` or start the realm server to create the database again.
 
 #### DB Migrations
 When the realm server starts up it will automatically run DB migrations that live in the `packages/realm-server/migrations` folder. As part of development you may wish to run migrations manually as well as to create a new migration.
diff --git a/packages/realm-server/package.json b/packages/realm-server/package.json
index 1be13ae424..9c10714cce 100644
--- a/packages/realm-server/package.json
+++ b/packages/realm-server/package.json
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@
     "lint:js:fix": "eslint . --fix",
     "lint:glint": "glint",
     "migrate": "PGDATABASE=boxel ./scripts/ensure-db-exists.sh && PGPORT=5435 PGDATABASE=boxel PGUSER=postgres node-pg-migrate",
-    "make-schema": "./scripts/schema-dump.sh"
+    "make-schema": "./scripts/schema-dump.sh",
+    "drop-db": "docker exec boxel-pg dropdb -U postgres -w boxel"
   },
   "volta": {
     "extends": "../../package.json"