diff --git a/app/controllers/api/projects.php b/app/controllers/api/projects.php
index 4ce673c977..4613070611 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/projects.php
+++ b/app/controllers/api/projects.php
@@ -178,9 +178,10 @@ App::post('/v1/projects')
         if (empty($dbForProject)) {
             $dbForProject = new Database($pools->get($database)->pop()->getResource(), $cache);
             $dbForProject->setNamespace("_{$project->getInternalId()}");
-            $dbForProject->create();
         }
 
+        $dbForProject->create();
+
         $audit = new Audit($dbForProject);
         $audit->setup();