diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index a163562..faab05e 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ FROM influxdb:1.8
 
 # add init.sh to initdb entry point so it's run on container start
 RUN mkdir -p /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/
-COPY ./docker/init.iql /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d
+COPY ./docker/init.sh /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d
diff --git a/docker/init.iql b/docker/init.iql
deleted file mode 100644
index bd6eb99..0000000
--- a/docker/init.iql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-CREATE DATABASE $DB_NAME;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker/init.sh b/docker/init.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce8edea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/init.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+echo "influx -execute 'CREATE DATABASE $DB_NAME;'" | /bin/sh