diff --git a/ereuse_devicehub/db.py b/ereuse_devicehub/db.py
index c8b4e9ca..ac06c9d6 100644
--- a/ereuse_devicehub/db.py
+++ b/ereuse_devicehub/db.py
@@ -17,10 +17,11 @@ class SQLAlchemy(SchemaSQLAlchemy):
     UUID = postgresql.UUID
     CIText = citext.CIText
 
-    def drop_all(self, bind='__all__', app=None):
+    def drop_all(self, bind='__all__', app=None, common_schema=True):
         """A faster nuke-like option to drop everything."""
         self.drop_schema()
-        self.drop_schema(schema='common')
+        if common_schema:
+            self.drop_schema(schema='common')
 
 
 def create_view(name, selectable):
diff --git a/ereuse_devicehub/devicehub.py b/ereuse_devicehub/devicehub.py
index 99dca4e0..097a538c 100644
--- a/ereuse_devicehub/devicehub.py
+++ b/ereuse_devicehub/devicehub.py
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ class Devicehub(Teal):
                   help='The token provided by the tag provider. It is an UUID.')
     @click.option('--erase/--no-erase',
                   default=False,
-                  help='Delete the full database before? Including all schemas and users.')
+                  help='Delete the schema before? '
+                       'If --common is set this includes the common database.')
     @click.option('--common/--no-common',
                   default=False,
                   help='Creates common databases. Only execute if the database is empty.')
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ class Devicehub(Teal):
         print('Initializing database...'.ljust(30), end='')
         with click_spinner.spinner():
             if erase:
-                self.db.drop_all()
+                self.db.drop_all(common_schema=common)
             exclude_schema = 'common' if not common else None
             self._init_db(exclude_schema=exclude_schema)
             InventoryDef.set_inventory_config(name, org_name, org_id, tag_url, tag_token)
diff --git a/tests/test_inventory.py b/tests/test_inventory.py
index 28e6c6d8..b1c60f5c 100644
--- a/tests/test_inventory.py
+++ b/tests/test_inventory.py
@@ -13,4 +13,7 @@ def test_create_existing_inventory():
 
 @pytest.mark.xfail(reason='Test not developed')
 def test_delete_inventory():
-    pass
+    """Tests deleting an inventory without
+    disturbing other inventories (ex. keeping commmon db), and
+    removing its traces in common (no inventory row in inventory table).
+    """