diff --git a/functions b/functions
index 7a9ba73..71f4150 100755
--- a/functions
+++ b/functions
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ service_import() {
   if [[ -t 0 ]]; then
     dokku_log_fail "No data provided on stdin."
   fi
-  docker exec -i "$SERVICE_NAME" env PGPASSWORD="$PASSWORD" pg_restore -h localhost -cO -d "$DATABASE_NAME" -U postgres -w
+  docker exec -i "$SERVICE_NAME" env PGPASSWORD="$PASSWORD" pg_restore -h localhost -cO --if-exists -d "$DATABASE_NAME" -U postgres -w
 }
 
 service_start() {
diff --git a/tests/service_import.bats b/tests/service_import.bats
index a9dfb1c..e6a83e5 100755
--- a/tests/service_import.bats
+++ b/tests/service_import.bats
@@ -32,6 +32,6 @@ teardown() {
   export ECHO_DOCKER_COMMAND="true"
   run dokku "$PLUGIN_COMMAND_PREFIX:import" l < "$PLUGIN_DATA_ROOT/fake.dump"
   password="$(cat "$PLUGIN_DATA_ROOT/l/PASSWORD")"
-  assert_output "docker exec -i dokku.postgres.l env PGPASSWORD=$password pg_restore -h localhost -cO -d l -U postgres -w"
+  assert_output "docker exec -i dokku.postgres.l env PGPASSWORD=$password pg_restore -h localhost -cO --if-exists -d l -U postgres -w"
 }