diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 20e3127..d7d56d5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ npm install pgstrap --save-dev
 
 - `npm run db:migrate` - Run pending migrations
 - `npm run db:reset` - Drop and recreate the database, then run all migrations
-- `npm run db:generate` - Generate types and structure dumps. Use `pgstrap generate --pglite` to run migrations against an in-memory PGlite instance.
+- `npm run db:generate` - Generate types and structure dumps using an in-memory PGlite database, so Postgres does not need to be running in the background.
+- `pgstrap generate` - Generate types and structure dumps against your configured Postgres database.
 - `npm run db:create-migration` - Create a new migration file
 
 ### Configuration
diff --git a/src/init.ts b/src/init.ts
index b84f9cd..e396f28 100644
--- a/src/init.ts
+++ b/src/init.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export const initPgstrap = async (ctx: Pick<Context, "cwd">) => {
 
   pkg.scripts["db:migrate"] = "pgstrap migrate"
   pkg.scripts["db:reset"] = "pgstrap reset"
-  pkg.scripts["db:generate"] = "pgstrap generate"
+  pkg.scripts["db:generate"] = "pgstrap generate --pglite"
   pkg.scripts["db:create-migration"] = "pgstrap create-migration"
 
   if (!pkg.devDependencies) pkg.devDependencies = {}
diff --git a/tests/init.test.ts b/tests/init.test.ts
index cd4ec4b..aabc7f7 100644
--- a/tests/init.test.ts
+++ b/tests/init.test.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ test("initPgstrap writes scripts to package.json", async () => {
   )
   expect(pkg.scripts["db:migrate"]).toBe("pgstrap migrate")
   expect(pkg.scripts["db:reset"]).toBe("pgstrap reset")
-  expect(pkg.scripts["db:generate"]).toBe("pgstrap generate")
+  expect(pkg.scripts["db:generate"]).toBe("pgstrap generate --pglite")
   expect(pkg.scripts["db:create-migration"]).toBe("pgstrap create-migration")
 })