diff --git a/postgres/defaults.yaml b/postgres/defaults.yaml
index 5c4c27e..a81db3c 100644
--- a/postgres/defaults.yaml
+++ b/postgres/defaults.yaml
@@ -17,3 +17,5 @@ postgres:
   tablespaces: {}
   postgresconf: ""
   pg_hba.conf: salt://postgres/pg_hba.conf
+  commands:
+    initdb: service postgresql initdb
diff --git a/postgres/osmap.yaml b/postgres/osmap.yaml
index d84b9a4..fee8384 100644
--- a/postgres/osmap.yaml
+++ b/postgres/osmap.yaml
@@ -5,5 +5,3 @@ Arch: {}
 Debian:
   pkg_repo_file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pgdg.list
   pkg_libpq_dev: libpq-dev
-  commands:
-    initdb: service postgresql initdb