diff --git a/scripts/create_user.py b/scripts/create_user.py
index 081190c7..2b03f18e 100755
--- a/scripts/create_user.py
+++ b/scripts/create_user.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ def _create_parser():
   parser.add_argument('--password', help='Password to use', required=True)
   parser.add_argument('--keys', help='Account keys to add to the new account', action='append', default=['NORMAL','PAYING'])
   parser.add_argument('--email', help='Email address to use', default='test@test.bbs')
+  parser.add_argument('--dbfile', help='Database specified by appsettings.json Database.File', default='mbbsemu.db')
 
   return parser.parse_args()
 
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ def _make_password_hash(password, salt_bytes):
 def _main():
   args = _create_parser()
 
-  conn = sqlite3.connect('mbbs.db')
+  conn = sqlite3.connect(args.dbfile)
 
   passwordSaltBytes=os.urandom(32)
   passwordHashBytes=_make_password_hash(args.password, passwordSaltBytes)
@@ -42,5 +43,7 @@ def _main():
     cur.execute('INSERT INTO AccountKeys (accountId, accountKey, createDate, updateDate) VALUES (?,?,datetime(\'now\'), datetime(\'now\'))', t)
     conn.commit()
 
+  print("Database updated; now you need to go run MBBSEmu -CLI -DBREBUILD BBSUSR to rebuild the runtime user database.")
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
   _main()