diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 218076dced..bf6fb9562a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ php-shell: .PHONY
 psql-shell: .PHONY
 	docker exec -it $(call translate-container-name,$(strip $(DIR))_db_1) sh -c "psql -U postgres social"
 
+database-force-nuke:
+	docker exec -it $(call translate-container-name,$(strip $(DIR))_php_1) sh -c "cd /var/www/social; bin/console doctrine:database:drop --force && bin/console doctrine:database:create && bin/console doctrine:schema:update --dump-sql --force && bin/console app:populate_initial_values"
+
 database-force-schema-update:
 	docker exec -it $(call translate-container-name,$(strip $(DIR))_php_1) sh -c "/var/www/social/bin/console doctrine:schema:update --dump-sql --force"
 
diff --git a/docker/social/install.sh b/docker/social/install.sh
index b20307e958..7f54e76a13 100755
--- a/docker/social/install.sh
+++ b/docker/social/install.sh
@@ -28,8 +28,9 @@ if [ ${DB_EXISTS} -ne 0 ]; then
     chmod g+w -R .
     chown -R :www-data .
 
-    php bin/console doctrine:database:create || exit 1
-    php bin/console doctrine:schema:create   || exit 1
+    php bin/console doctrine:database:create    || exit 1
+    php bin/console doctrine:schema:create      || exit 1
+    php bin/console app:populate_initial_values || exit 1
 
     echo "GNU social is installed"
 else
diff --git a/src/Command/PopulateInitialValuesCommand.php b/src/Command/PopulateInitialValuesCommand.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d4ee7d9c74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Command/PopulateInitialValuesCommand.php
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types = 1);
+
+// {{{ License
+// This file is part of GNU social - https://www.gnu.org/software/social
+//
+// GNU social is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// GNU social is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+// along with GNU social.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+// }}}
+
+/**
+ * Command to load the needed initial database values (like the language list)
+ *
+ * @package  GNUsocial
+ * @category Command
+ *
+ * @author    Hugo Sales <hugo@hsal.es>
+ * @copyright 2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc http://www.fsf.org
+ * @license   https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html GNU AGPL v3 or later
+ */
+
+namespace App\Command;
+
+use App\Core\DB\DB;
+use App\Entity\Language;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Intl\Locales;
+
+/**
+ * Get a list of event registered in GNU social
+ *
+ * Testing unfeasable, since it outputs stuff
+ *
+ * @codeCoverageIgnore
+ */
+class PopulateInitialValuesCommand extends Command
+{
+    protected static $defaultName = 'app:populate_initial_values';
+
+    protected function configure()
+    {
+        $this->setDefinition([])
+            ->setDescription('Load the initial table values for tables like `language`')
+            ->setHelp(
+                <<<'EOF'
+                    The <info>%command.name%</info> command loads the initial table values for tables:
+
+                      <info>php %command.full_name%</info>
+
+                    Currently, this loads the initial values for the `language` table
+                    EOF,
+            );
+    }
+
+    protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): int
+    {
+        if (DB::count('language', []) !== 0) {
+            $output->writeln('<error>The `language` table already has values, aborting</error>');
+            return 1;
+        }
+
+        foreach (Locales::getNames() as $key => $name) {
+            DB::persist(Language::create(['locale' => $key, 'short_display' => $key, 'long_display' => $name]));
+        }
+        DB::flush();
+        $output->writeln('<info>Populated the `language` table</info>');
+        return 0;
+    }
+}