diff --git a/api/src/cli/commands/users/create.ts b/api/src/cli/commands/users/create.ts
index e036ab2c92..9143cf159a 100644
--- a/api/src/cli/commands/users/create.ts
+++ b/api/src/cli/commands/users/create.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 export default async function usersCreate({ email, password, role }: any) {
-	const { default: database, schemaInspector } = require('../../../database/index').default;
+	const { default: database, schemaInspector } = require('../../../database/index');
 	const { UsersService } = require('../../../services/users');
 
 	if (!email || !password || !role) {
diff --git a/api/src/cli/index.ts b/api/src/cli/index.ts
index a501ac1f58..e23bc6e221 100644
--- a/api/src/cli/index.ts
+++ b/api/src/cli/index.ts
@@ -57,4 +57,7 @@ program
 	.description('Count the amount of items in a given collection')
 	.action(count);
 
-program.parse(process.argv);
+program.parseAsync(process.argv).catch((err) => {
+	console.error(err);
+	process.exit(1);
+});