diff --git a/cmd/cgr-engine/cgr-engine.go b/cmd/cgr-engine/cgr-engine.go
index 457b44d0c..d81bf7edd 100644
--- a/cmd/cgr-engine/cgr-engine.go
+++ b/cmd/cgr-engine/cgr-engine.go
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ var (
 	nodeID            = cgrEngineFlags.String(utils.NodeIDCfg, utils.EmptyString, "Node ID of the engine")
 	logLevel          = cgrEngineFlags.Int(utils.LogLevelCfg, -1, "Log level (0=emergency to 7=debug)")
 	preload           = cgrEngineFlags.String(utils.PreloadCgr, utils.EmptyString, "Loader IDs used to load data before engine starts")
-	setVersions       = cgrEngineFlags.Bool("set_versions", false, "Overwrite database versions (equivalent to cgr-migrator -exec=*set_versions)")
+	setVersions       = cgrEngineFlags.Bool(utils.SetVersionsCgr, false, "Overwrite database versions (equivalent to cgr-migrator -exec=*set_versions)")
 
 	cfg *config.CGRConfig
 )
diff --git a/cmd/cgr-engine/cgr-engine_flags_test.go b/cmd/cgr-engine/cgr-engine_flags_test.go
index 4ca20a8ef..7c551dd6e 100644
--- a/cmd/cgr-engine/cgr-engine_flags_test.go
+++ b/cmd/cgr-engine/cgr-engine_flags_test.go
@@ -140,6 +140,13 @@ func TestCgrEngineFlags(t *testing.T) {
 			defaultVal: "",
 			want:       "TestPreloadID",
 		},
+		{
+			name:       "setVersions",
+			flags:      []string{"-set_versions"},
+			flagVar:    setVersions,
+			defaultVal: false,
+			want:       true,
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {
diff --git a/docs/cgr-engine.rst b/docs/cgr-engine.rst
index d4c0879c3..094a62caf 100644
--- a/docs/cgr-engine.rst
+++ b/docs/cgr-engine.rst
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ Able to read the configuration from either a local directory  of *.json* files w
         Print configuration object in JSON format
   -scheduled_shutdown duration
         Shutdown the engine after the specified duration
+  -set_versions
+        Overwrite database versions (equivalent to cgr-migrator -exec=*set_versions)
   -singlecpu
         Run on a single CPU core
   -version
diff --git a/utils/consts.go b/utils/consts.go
index 5ae5df616..4e665895a 100644
--- a/utils/consts.go
+++ b/utils/consts.go
@@ -2889,6 +2889,7 @@ const (
 	ScheduledShutdownCgr = "scheduled_shutdown"
 	SingleCpuCgr         = "singlecpu"
 	PreloadCgr           = "preload"
+	SetVersionsCgr       = "set_versions"
 	MemProfFileCgr       = "mem_final.prof"
 	CpuPathCgr           = "cpu.prof"
 	//Cgr loader