diff --git a/playbooks/manual/staging-sync/fas.yml b/playbooks/manual/staging-sync/fas.yml
index 927399cd4c..4c2ace53dc 100644
--- a/playbooks/manual/staging-sync/fas.yml
+++ b/playbooks/manual/staging-sync/fas.yml
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
              creates=/var/tmp/fas2.dump
 
   - command: dropdb fas2
+  - command: createdb fas2
   - name: Import the prod db.  This will take quite a while.  Go get a snack!
     shell: cat /var/tmp/fas2.dump | psql fas2