diff --git a/scripts/manage_db.py b/scripts/manage_db.py
index c697f6263d8..d0211bc1ef6 100644
--- a/scripts/manage_db.py
+++ b/scripts/manage_db.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from galaxy.model.orm.scripts import get_config
 
 def invoke_migrate_main():
     # Migrate has its own args, so cannot use argparse
-    config = get_config(sys.argv, use_argparse=False)
+    config = get_config(sys.argv, use_argparse=False, cwd=os.getcwd())
     db_url = config['db_url']
     repo = config['repo']