diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/browse/InitializeBrowseDatabase.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/browse/InitializeBrowseDatabase.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..13e51e6219
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/browse/InitializeBrowseDatabase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/**
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the license and copyright
+ * detailed in the LICENSE and NOTICE files at the root of the source
+ * tree and available online at
+ *
+ * http://www.dspace.org/license/
+ */
+package org.dspace.browse;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.dspace.core.ConfigurationManager;
+
+/**
+ * Command-line executed class for initializing the Browse tables of the DSpace database.
+ * 
+ * @author Robert Tansley
+ * @version $Revision$
+ */
+public class InitializeBrowseDatabase
+{
+    /** log4j category */
+    private static Logger log = Logger.getLogger(InitializeBrowseDatabase.class);
+
+    public static void main(String[] argv)
+    {
+    	
+        // Usage checks
+        if (argv.length != 1)
+        {
+            log.warn("Schema file not specified");
+            System.exit(1);
+        }
+
+        ConfigurationManager.loadConfig(null);
+        log.info("Initializing Browse Database");
+
+        try
+        {
+            if("clean-database.sql".equals(argv[0]))
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    IndexBrowse browse = new IndexBrowse();
+                    browse.setDelete(true);
+                    browse.setExecute(true);
+                    browse.clearDatabase();
+                }
+                catch (BrowseException e)
+                {
+                    log.error(e.getMessage(),e);
+                    throw new IllegalStateException(e.getMessage(),e);
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    IndexBrowse browse = new IndexBrowse();
+                    browse.setRebuild(true);
+                    browse.setExecute(true);
+                    browse.initBrowse();
+                }
+                catch (BrowseException e)
+                {
+                    log.error(e.getMessage(),e);
+                    throw new IllegalStateException(e.getMessage(),e);
+                }
+            }
+            
+            System.exit(0);
+        }
+        catch (Exception e)
+        {
+            log.fatal("Caught exception:", e);
+            System.exit(1);
+        }
+    }
+
+
+}
diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/storage/rdbms/InitializeDatabase.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/storage/rdbms/InitializeDatabase.java
index 61747f6f3f..90506ed7f8 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/storage/rdbms/InitializeDatabase.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/storage/rdbms/InitializeDatabase.java
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ import java.io.FileReader;
 import java.io.IOException;
 
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
-import org.dspace.browse.BrowseException;
-import org.dspace.browse.IndexBrowse;
 import org.dspace.core.ConfigurationManager;
 
 /**
@@ -46,39 +44,11 @@ public class InitializeDatabase
         {
             if("clean-database.sql".equals(argv[0]))
             {
-                try
-                {
-                    IndexBrowse browse = new IndexBrowse();
-                    browse.setDelete(true);
-                    browse.setExecute(true);
-                    browse.clearDatabase();
-                }
-                catch (BrowseException e)
-                {
-                    log.error(e.getMessage(),e);
-                    throw new IllegalStateException(e.getMessage(),e);
-                }
-                
-                DatabaseManager.loadSql(getScript(argv[0]));
-                
+               DatabaseManager.loadSql(getScript(argv[0]));
             }
             else
             {
-                
-                DatabaseManager.loadSql(getScript(argv[0]));
-                
-                try
-                {
-                    IndexBrowse browse = new IndexBrowse();
-                    browse.setRebuild(true);
-                    browse.setExecute(true);
-                    browse.initBrowse();
-                }
-                catch (BrowseException e)
-                {
-                    log.error(e.getMessage(),e);
-                    throw new IllegalStateException(e.getMessage(),e);
-                }
+               DatabaseManager.loadSql(getScript(argv[0]));
             }
             
             System.exit(0);
diff --git a/dspace/src/main/config/build.xml b/dspace/src/main/config/build.xml
index 2fda27e4cf..f0854d1f77 100644
--- a/dspace/src/main/config/build.xml
+++ b/dspace/src/main/config/build.xml
@@ -787,12 +787,13 @@ Common usage:
         </java>
 
         <!-- Add the browse tables -->
-        <java classname="org.dspace.browse.IndexBrowse" classpathref="class.path" fork="yes" failonerror="yes">
+        <java classname="org.dspace.browse.InitializeBrowseDatabase" classpathref="class.path" fork="yes" failonerror="yes">
             <sysproperty key="log4j.configuration" value="file:config/log4j-console.properties" />
             <sysproperty key="dspace.log.init.disable" value="true" />
             <sysproperty key="dspace.configuration" value="${config}" />
-            <arg line="-t -x" />
+            <arg value="database_schema.sql" />
         </java>
+
     </target>
 
 
@@ -805,6 +806,13 @@ Common usage:
     -  properties -->
     <target name="clean_database" description="Removes DSpace database tables, destroying data">
 
+        <java classname="org.dspace.browse.InitializeBrowseDatabase" classpathref="class.path" fork="yes" failonerror="yes">
+            <sysproperty key="log4j.configuration" value="file:config/log4j-console.properties" />
+            <sysproperty key="dspace.log.init.disable" value="true" />
+            <sysproperty key="dspace.configuration" value="${config}" />
+            <arg value="clean-database.sql" />
+        </java>
+
         <java classname="org.dspace.storage.rdbms.InitializeDatabase" classpathref="class.path" fork="yes" failonerror="yes">
             <sysproperty key="log4j.configuration" value="file:config/log4j-console.properties" />
             <sysproperty key="dspace.log.init.disable" value="true" />