diff --git a/gen-api-migrations b/gen-api-migrations
index 110d5996..03f8cb89 100755
--- a/gen-api-migrations
+++ b/gen-api-migrations
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 VERSION="$( head -1 debian/changelog | awk -F'[()-]' '{ print $2 }' )"
 
 pushd api-daemon
+export PVC_CONFIG_FILE="./pvcapid.sample.yaml"
 ./pvcapid-manage.py db migrate -m "PVC version ${VERSION}"
 ./pvcapid-manage.py db upgrade
 popd