diff --git a/bin/create_survey.sh b/bin/create_survey.sh
index 98c4d7a..b7a8d10 100755
--- a/bin/create_survey.sh
+++ b/bin/create_survey.sh
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ PGDATABASE=${PGDATABASE:-dougal}
 LAST_SURVEY_ID=$(psql -U $PGUSER -h $PGHOST -Atc '\dn survey_[0-9]+' "$PGDATABASE" |sed -rn 's/^survey_([0-9]+).*$/\1/p' |sort -n |tail -n 1)
 NEXT_SURVEY_ID=$((LAST_SURVEY_ID+1))
 
-SCHEMA_NAME="survey_$NEXT_SURVEY_ID"
+SCHEMA_NAME="${SCHEMA_NAME:-survey_$NEXT_SURVEY_ID}"
 
 [[ $# -ne 3 ]] && {
 	echo "Wrong number of arguments"