diff --git a/internal/cli/ctl/moduleinit.go b/internal/cli/ctl/moduleinit.go
index ef58d7b4..1129a516 100644
--- a/internal/cli/ctl/moduleinit.go
+++ b/internal/cli/ctl/moduleinit.go
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ func getCfgBlockModule(ctx *cli.Context) (*container.C, module.Module, error) {
 	}
 
 	c := container.New()
+	container.Global = c
 
 	cfg, err := maddy.ReadConfig(cfgPath)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/table/sql_query.go b/internal/table/sql_query.go
index 96bce8f0..0fe5c64f 100644
--- a/internal/table/sql_query.go
+++ b/internal/table/sql_query.go
@@ -133,11 +133,11 @@ func (s *SQL) Configure(inlineArgs []string, cfg *config.Map) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	return nil
+	return s.prepare()
 }
 
 func (s *SQL) Start() error {
-	return s.prepare()
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (s *SQL) Stop() error {