diff --git a/db/mysql-with-inserts.sql b/db/mysql-with-inserts.sql
index 9ce53af5d807f1389678307c1b2e89d3d32afa83..9b1888bad7287c79fdcaccd7067d4824bf28c3fb 100644
--- a/db/mysql-with-inserts.sql
+++ b/db/mysql-with-inserts.sql
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS `daaexample`;
 CREATE DATABASE `daaexample`;
 
 CREATE TABLE `daaexample`.`people` (
diff --git a/db/mysql.sql b/db/mysql.sql
index 420a55b0864d163187d5c0ee1ea13e55bdc4e483..103df8952a088de7752c4bd2d78bba9bea759437 100644
--- a/db/mysql.sql
+++ b/db/mysql.sql
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS `daaexample`;
 CREATE DATABASE `daaexample`;
 
 CREATE TABLE `daaexample`.`people` (