diff --git a/mayan/apps/common/management/commands/convertdb.py b/mayan/apps/common/management/commands/convertdb.py
index 1c7772955e..5d5d563b19 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/common/management/commands/convertdb.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/common/management/commands/convertdb.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class Command(management.BaseCommand):
             format='json'
         )
 
-        if DocumentType.objects.using('default').count() and not options['force']:
+        if DocumentType.objects.using(options['to']).count() and not options['force']:
             fs_cleanup(convertdb_file_path)
             raise CommandError(
                 'There is existing data in the database that will be '