diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a65e7de..e555a08 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -39,9 +39,17 @@ More details in requirements*.txt
 Local deployment
 -----------
 
+## lister-github
+
 1. git clone under $GHLISTER_ROOT (of your choosing)
 2. mkdir ~/.config/swh/ ~/.cache/swh/lister/github.com/
 3. create configuration file ~/.config/swh/lister-github.com.yml
+4. Bootstrap the db instance schema
+
+``` sh
+$ createdb lister-github.com
+$ bin/ghlister --db-url postgres:///lister-github.com createdb
+```
 
 Configuration file samples
 -------------------------
diff --git a/bin/ghlister b/bin/ghlister
index 594f138..d8e6cf5 100755
--- a/bin/ghlister
+++ b/bin/ghlister
@@ -80,12 +80,14 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     if args.db_url:
         override_conf['lister_db_url'] = args.db_url
 
-    lister = GitHubLister(override_conf)
+    lister = GitHubLister(lister_name='github.com',
+                          api_baseurl='https://api.github.com',
+                          override_config=override_conf)
 
     if args.action == 'createdb':
-        models.SQLBase.metadata.create_all(lister.db_engine)
+        models.ModelBase.metadata.create_all(lister.db_engine)
     elif args.action == 'dropdb':
-        models.SQLBase.metadata.drop_all(lister.db_engine)
+        models.ModelBase.metadata.drop_all(lister.db_engine)
     elif args.action == 'list':
         lister.fetch(min_id=args.interval[0],
                      max_id=args.interval[1])