diff --git a/fabfile.py b/fabfile.py
index fd6b89162a5fb236287054b561cd9b3528cfc808..b096dc3710d2694cdbd28217301be7358a0fc948 100755
--- a/fabfile.py
+++ b/fabfile.py
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ def deploy_remote():
         sudo('touch %s/wsgi.py' % name)
         sudo('mkdir -p media/uploads')
         sudo('env/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt')
-        if sudo('test -f %s' % os.path.join(directory, 'db.sqlite3').succeeded:
-            sudo('env/bin/python manage.py collectstatic --noinput --no-initial-data')
+        if sudo('test -f %s' % os.path.join(directory, 'db.sqlite3')).succeeded:
+            sudo('env/bin/python manage.py syncdb --no-initial-data --noinput')
         else:
-            sudo('env/bin/python manage.py collectstatic --noinput')
-        sudo('env/bin/python manage.py syncdb --noinput')
+            sudo('env/bin/python manage.py syncdb --noinput')
+        sudo('env/bin/python manage.py collectstatic --noinput')
         sudo('export gid=$(stat -c %g .); chown -R www-data:$gid .')