diff --git a/sortinghat/cmd/init.py b/sortinghat/cmd/init.py
index 5e77d776e..ba25e633e 100644
--- a/sortinghat/cmd/init.py
+++ b/sortinghat/cmd/init.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 import argparse
 
-from ..command import Command, CMD_SUCCESS, CMD_FAILURE
+from ..command import Command, CMD_SUCCESS
 from ..exceptions import DatabaseError, LoadError
 from ..db.database import Database
 from ..db.model import Country
@@ -92,11 +92,11 @@ def initialize(self, name):
             self.__load_countries(db)
         except DatabaseError as e:
             self.error(str(e))
-            return CMD_FAILURE
+            return e.code
         except LoadError as e:
             Database.drop(user, password, name, host, port)
             self.error(str(e))
-            return CMD_FAILURE
+            return e.code
 
         return CMD_SUCCESS
 
diff --git a/tests/test_cmd_init.py b/tests/test_cmd_init.py
index 863b3e364..4a4448fec 100644
--- a/tests/test_cmd_init.py
+++ b/tests/test_cmd_init.py
@@ -33,9 +33,10 @@
     sys.path.insert(0, '..')
 
 from sortinghat import api
-from sortinghat.command import CMD_SUCCESS, CMD_FAILURE
+from sortinghat.command import CMD_SUCCESS
 from sortinghat.cmd.init import Init
 from sortinghat.db.database import Database
+from sortinghat.exceptions import CODE_DATABASE_ERROR
 
 from tests.config import DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD, DB_HOST, DB_PORT
 
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ def test_connection_error(self):
 
         cmd = Init(**kwargs)
         code = cmd.run(self.name)
-        self.assertEqual(code, CMD_FAILURE)
+        self.assertEqual(code, CODE_DATABASE_ERROR)
 
         with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True):
             output = sys.stderr.getvalue().strip()
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ def test_existing_db_error(self):
         self.assertEqual(code1, CMD_SUCCESS)
 
         code2 = self.cmd.run(self.name)
-        self.assertEqual(code2, CMD_FAILURE)
+        self.assertEqual(code2, CODE_DATABASE_ERROR)
 
         # Context added to catch deprecation warnings raised on Python 3
         with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True):
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ def test_connection_error(self):
 
         cmd = Init(**kwargs)
         code = cmd.initialize(self.name)
-        self.assertEqual(code, CMD_FAILURE)
+        self.assertEqual(code, CODE_DATABASE_ERROR)
 
         # Context added to catch deprecation warnings raised on Python 3
         with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True):
@@ -162,7 +163,7 @@ def test_existing_db_error(self):
         self.assertEqual(code1, CMD_SUCCESS)
 
         code2 = self.cmd.initialize(self.name)
-        self.assertEqual(code2, CMD_FAILURE)
+        self.assertEqual(code2, CODE_DATABASE_ERROR)
 
         # Context added to catch deprecation warnings raised on Python 3
         with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True):