diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e296a80a..fecd2bd9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -117,10 +117,11 @@
    npm run local:init
    ```
 
-   This command will do 2 things:
+   This command will do 3 things:
 
-   - create Database table
-   - create Elasticsearch indexes
+   - create Database tables (drop if exists)
+   - create Elasticsearch indexes (drop if exists)
+   - import demo data to Database and index it to ElasticSearch (clears any existent data if exist)
 
 5. 🚀 Start Topcoder TaaS API
 
@@ -153,7 +154,8 @@
 | `npm run services:up`                                                                                                     | Start services via docker-compose for local development.             |
 | `npm run services:down`                                                                                                   | Stop services via docker-compose for local development.              |
 | `npm run services:logs -- -f <service_name>`                                                                              | View logs of some service inside docker-compose.                     |
-| `npm run local:init`                                                                                                      | Creates Elasticsearch indexes and initializes Database.              |
+| `npm run local:init`                                                                                                      | Recreate Database and Elasticsearch indexes and populate demo data for local development (removes any existent data).                 |
+| `npm run local:reset`                                                                                                     | Recreate Database and Elasticsearch indexes (removes any existent data).              |
 | `npm run cov`                                                                                                             | Code Coverage Report.                                                |
 | `npm run migrate`                                                                                                         | Run any migration files which haven't run yet.                       |
 | `npm run migrate:undo`                                                                                                    | Revert most recent migration.                                        |
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 28fdc09d..26c34c85 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@
     "services:up": "docker-compose -f ./local/docker-compose.yml up -d",
     "services:down": "docker-compose -f ./local/docker-compose.yml down",
     "services:logs": "docker-compose -f ./local/docker-compose.yml logs",
-    "local:init": "npm run create-index && npm run init-db",
+    "local:init": "npm run local:reset && npm run data:import -- --force",
+    "local:reset": "npm run delete-index -- --force && npm run create-index -- --force && npm run init-db force",
     "cov": "nyc --reporter=html --reporter=text mocha test/unit/*.test.js --timeout 30000 --exit"
   },
   "keywords": [],