diff -r 8d1525c76e65 -r 5de78b6fff2e cubicweb/utils.py
--- a/cubicweb/utils.py	Thu Feb 23 17:51:11 2017 +0100
+++ b/cubicweb/utils.py	Thu Feb 23 18:02:33 2017 +0100
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
     password = config.default_admin_config['password']
 
     repo = Repository(config, TasksManager())
+    repo.bootstrap()
     session = repo.new_session(login, password=password)
     return session.new_cnx()