diff --git a/twenty-cli/lib/twenty-cli/command.rb b/twenty-cli/lib/twenty-cli/command.rb
index f0d46d2..b06c77e 100644
--- a/twenty-cli/lib/twenty-cli/command.rb
+++ b/twenty-cli/lib/twenty-cli/command.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ require "cmd"
 class Twenty::Command < Cmd
   ##
   # mixins
+  require_relative "command/mixin/common_option_mixin"
   require_relative "command/mixin/pending_migration_mixin"
   require_relative "command/mixin/sqlite_connection_mixin"
 
diff --git a/twenty-cli/lib/twenty-cli/command/console.rb b/twenty-cli/lib/twenty-cli/command/console.rb
index 987e151..f149265 100644
--- a/twenty-cli/lib/twenty-cli/command/console.rb
+++ b/twenty-cli/lib/twenty-cli/command/console.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 class Twenty::Command::Console < Twenty::Command
   set_banner usage: "twenty console [OPTIONS]",
              description: "Start the twenty developer console"
+  include CommonOptionMixin
   prepend Twenty::Command::PendingMigrationMixin
   prepend Twenty::Command::SQLiteConnectionMixin
 
diff --git a/twenty-cli/lib/twenty-cli/command/migrate.rb b/twenty-cli/lib/twenty-cli/command/migrate.rb
index c0f1dcd..f1f4aed 100644
--- a/twenty-cli/lib/twenty-cli/command/migrate.rb
+++ b/twenty-cli/lib/twenty-cli/command/migrate.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 class Twenty::Command::Migrate < Twenty::Command
   set_banner usage: "twenty migrate [OPTIONS]",
              description: "Migrate the database"
+  include CommonOptionMixin
   prepend Twenty::Command::SQLiteConnectionMixin
 
   def run
diff --git a/twenty-cli/lib/twenty-cli/command/mixin/common_option_mixin.rb b/twenty-cli/lib/twenty-cli/command/mixin/common_option_mixin.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef935d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/twenty-cli/lib/twenty-cli/command/mixin/common_option_mixin.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+class Twenty::Command
+  module CommonOptionMixin
+    def self.included(mod)
+      mod.module_eval do
+        set_option "-d PATH",
+                   "--database PATH",
+                   "The path to an alternate SQLite3 database",
+                   as: String,
+                   default: nil
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/twenty-cli/lib/twenty-cli/command/up.rb b/twenty-cli/lib/twenty-cli/command/up.rb
index 5d50a4c..ebfca05 100644
--- a/twenty-cli/lib/twenty-cli/command/up.rb
+++ b/twenty-cli/lib/twenty-cli/command/up.rb
@@ -3,11 +3,7 @@
 class Twenty::Command::Up < Twenty::Command
   set_banner usage: "twenty up [OPTIONS]",
              description: "Start the twenty web server"
-  set_option "-d PATH",
-             "--database PATH",
-             "The path to an alternate SQLite3 database",
-             as: String,
-             default: nil
+  include CommonOptionMixin
   prepend Twenty::Command::PendingMigrationMixin
   prepend Twenty::Command::SQLiteConnectionMixin