diff --git a/web_infrastructure/django_manage b/web_infrastructure/django_manage
index 898c840ef55..83869816552 100644
--- a/web_infrastructure/django_manage
+++ b/web_infrastructure/django_manage
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ def main():
     specific_params = ('apps', 'database', 'failfast', 'fixtures', 'liveserver', 'testrunner')
 
     # These params are automatically added to the command if present
-    general_params = ('settings', 'pythonpath', )
+    general_params = ('settings', 'pythonpath', 'database',)
     specific_boolean_params = ('failfast', 'skip', 'merge', 'link')
     end_of_command_params = ('apps', 'cache_table', 'fixtures')