diff --git a/src/en/contributors/02-local-development.md b/src/en/contributors/02-local-development.md
index 7d960da..fe2d398 100644
--- a/src/en/contributors/02-local-development.md
+++ b/src/en/contributors/02-local-development.md
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ Arch-based distro:
 ```bash
 sudo pacman -S postgresql
 sudo systemctl start postgresql
+# If the systemctl command errors, then run the following
+sudo mkdir /var/lib/postgres/data
+sudo chown postgres:postgres /var/lib/postgres/data
+sudo -u postgres initdb -D /var/lib/postgres/data
+sudo systemctl start postgresql
 ```
 
 macOS: