diff --git a/emulator/src/main/java/kafka/cli/emulator/Cli.java b/emulator/src/main/java/kafka/cli/emulator/Cli.java
index e618ed9..6bc197b 100644
--- a/emulator/src/main/java/kafka/cli/emulator/Cli.java
+++ b/emulator/src/main/java/kafka/cli/emulator/Cli.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
                 """,
   versionProvider = Cli.VersionProviderWithConfigProvider.class,
   mixinStandardHelpOptions = true,
-  subcommands = { Cli.RecordCommand.class, Cli.ReplayCommand.class }
+  subcommands = { Cli.InitCommand.class, Cli.RecordCommand.class, Cli.ReplayCommand.class }
 )
 public class Cli implements Callable<Integer> {
 
@@ -45,6 +45,35 @@ public Integer call() {
     return 0;
   }
 
+  @CommandLine.Command(
+      name = "init",
+      description = """
+                Initialize emualator archive file
+                """
+  )
+  static class InitCommand implements Callable<Integer> {
+
+    @CommandLine.Parameters(
+        index = "0",
+        description = """
+                    Path to emulator archive""",
+        defaultValue = "./kfk-emulator.db"
+    )
+    Path archivePath;
+
+    @Override
+    public Integer call() {
+      try {
+        final var store = new ArchiveStore.SqliteArchiveLoader(archivePath);
+        final var emu = new KafkaEmulator(store);
+        emu.init();
+        return 0;
+      } catch (Exception e) {
+        e.printStackTrace();
+        return 1;
+      }
+    }
+  }
   @CommandLine.Command(
     name = "record",
     description = """
diff --git a/emulator/src/main/java/kafka/cli/emulator/KafkaEmulator.java b/emulator/src/main/java/kafka/cli/emulator/KafkaEmulator.java
index f796a0a..5b3f07b 100644
--- a/emulator/src/main/java/kafka/cli/emulator/KafkaEmulator.java
+++ b/emulator/src/main/java/kafka/cli/emulator/KafkaEmulator.java
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ public KafkaEmulator(ArchiveStore archiveLoader) {
     this.archiveLoader = archiveLoader;
   }
 
+  public void init() {
+    final var archive = EmulatorArchive.create();
+    archiveLoader.save(archive);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Read and package topics records into an archive.
    *