diff --git a/commands/init.js b/commands/init.js
index 904dd5f..e8bf17c 100755
--- a/commands/init.js
+++ b/commands/init.js
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ export const main = async (opts) => {
   good("Starting redis for your OS so you can register an admin.");
   devsvc({start: true, noexit: true});
 
+  good("Generating the documentation first time...");
+  exec("npm run docs");
+  good("Documentation done.");
+
   good("Migrating your database just in case.");
   exec("npm run knex migrate:latest")
   good("In another window start the app server with: npm run DANGER_ADMIN");
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 91b2e95..45cd6e8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   },
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "run-p -l -n api queue watch tracker rendered-watch",
-    "DANGER_ADMIN": "cross-env DANGER_ADMIN=1 run-p -l -n api queue tracker watch rendered-watch docs",
+    "DANGER_ADMIN": "cross-env DANGER_ADMIN=1 run-p -l -n api queue tracker watch rendered-watch docs-watch",
     "prod": "run-p api queue",
     "tracker": "node ./bando.js tracker",
     "build": "node ./bando.js build --config build.prod.json",
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
     "api": "nodemon ./bando.js api",
     "queue": "nodemon ./bando.js queue",
     "test": "npx ava tests/**/*.js",
-    "docs": "nodemon bando.js codedoc --output public/docs/api 'lib/*.js' 'client/*.js' 'commands/*.js' 'api/*.js' 'api/**/*.js' 'queues/*.js' 'socket/*.js'",
+    "docs": "node bando.js codedoc --output public/docs/api 'lib/*.js' 'client/*.js' 'commands/*.js' 'api/*.js' 'api/**/*.js' 'queues/*.js' 'socket/*.js'",
+    "docs-watch": "nodemon bando.js codedoc --output public/docs/api 'lib/*.js' 'client/*.js' 'commands/*.js' 'api/*.js' 'api/**/*.js' 'queues/*.js' 'socket/*.js'",
     "modules": "./bando.js load",
     "modules-watch": "nodemon --watch ../ljsthw-private/db/modules/ --ext .md,.js,.sh ./bando.js load",
     "rendered-watch": "nodemon --ignore \"rendered/build/**/*\" --watch ./rendered --watch static -e md,svelte,js,css ./bando.js rendered",