def init_history(history_db, scene_name):
    """initializes the current scene database"""
    from src.praxxis.sqlite import connection
    conn = connection.create_connection(history_db)
    cur = conn.cursor()
    create_scene_history_table = (
        'CREATE TABLE "SceneHistory" (ID INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, Scene TEXT, Ended INTEGER) '
        )
    create_scene_list_table = (
        'CREATE TABLE "SceneList" (ID INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, Scene TEXT)'
        )
    cur.execute(create_scene_list_table)
    cur.execute(create_scene_history_table)
    conn.commit()
    conn.close()
