diff --git a/app/app.py b/app/app.py
index 2d7b63c..9bf0eaa 100755
--- a/app/app.py
+++ b/app/app.py
@@ -23,26 +23,9 @@ from utils import euro_string, price_range_string
 from zeus import init_oauth
 
 
-def create_app() -> Manager:
-    "Create the Haldis application"
-    app = Flask(__name__)
-
-    # Load the config file
-    app.config.from_object("config.Configuration")
-
-    app_manager = register_plugins(app)
-    add_handlers(app)
-    add_routes(app)
-    add_template_filters(app)
-
-    # TODO do we need to return and then run the manager?
-    return app_manager
-
-
 def register_plugins(app: Flask) -> Manager:
-    "Register all the plugins to Haldis"
+    "Register Airbrake and logrotation plugins"
     # pylint: disable=W0612
-    # Register Airbrake and enable the logrotation
     if not app.debug:
         timedFileHandler = TimedRotatingFileHandler(
             app.config["LOGFILE"], when="midnight", backupCount=100
@@ -175,7 +158,17 @@ def add_template_filters(app: Flask) -> None:
     app.template_filter("any")(any)
 
 
+app = Flask(__name__)
+
+# Load the config file
+app.config.from_object("config.Configuration")
+
+app_manager = register_plugins(app)
+add_handlers(app)
+add_routes(app)
+add_template_filters(app)
+
+
 # For usage when you directly call the script with python
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    manager = create_app()
-    manager.run()
+    app_manager.run()
diff --git a/app/database/create_database.py b/app/database/create_database.py
index b7f4bb1..199c3aa 100644
--- a/app/database/create_database.py
+++ b/app/database/create_database.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 "Script for interaction and changes to the database"
 import add_admins
-from app import db, create_app
+from app import db, app_manager
 
 entry_sets = {
     "admins": add_admins.add,
@@ -69,9 +69,8 @@ def add_to_current() -> None:
             print("Not a valid answer.")
     print("Thank you for adding, come again!")
 
-manager = create_app()
 
-@manager.command
+@app_manager.command
 def setup_database(): #type: None
     "Start the database interaction script"
     print("Database modification script!")
@@ -83,4 +82,4 @@ def setup_database(): #type: None
     commit()
 
 
-manager.run()
+app_manager.run()