diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 800efb7..f6152f6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ sqlx = { version = "0.7", default-features = false, features = [
 	"sqlite",
 	"macros",
 	"chrono",
+	"migrate",
 ] }
 chrono = { version = "0.4", features = ["serde"] }
 regex = "1.11"
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7609593
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// generated by `sqlx migrate build-script`
+fn main() {
+    // trigger recompilation when a new migration is added
+    println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=migrations");
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/schema.sql b/migrations/1_base.sql
similarity index 100%
rename from schema.sql
rename to migrations/1_base.sql
diff --git a/src/db/migrate.rs b/src/db/migrate.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0290c6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/db/migrate.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+use rocket::{fairing, Build, Rocket};
+use rocket_db_pools::Database;
+
+use super::schema::DollTags;
+
+pub async fn run_migrations(rocket: Rocket<Build>) -> fairing::Result {
+	let db = match DollTags::fetch(&rocket) {
+		Some(v) => v,
+		None => return Err(rocket),
+	};
+
+	match sqlx::migrate!().run(&**db).await {
+		Ok(_) => Ok(rocket),
+		Err(e) => {
+			error!("Failed to update database\n{:?}", e);
+			Err(rocket)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/db/mod.rs b/src/db/mod.rs
index 8867045..9dfb52a 100644
--- a/src/db/mod.rs
+++ b/src/db/mod.rs
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 pub mod doll;
+pub mod migrate;
 pub mod schema;
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index c9662ab..667341e 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@ extern crate rocket;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 
 use db::doll::{self, check_ids};
+use db::migrate::run_migrations;
 use db::schema::{CreateDollProfile, DollTags, DollTagsDb};
 use regex::Regex;
 use rng::generate_ids;
+use rocket::fairing::AdHoc;
 use rocket::form::Form;
 use rocket::fs::{relative, FileServer};
 use rocket::response::Redirect;
@@ -152,9 +154,7 @@ async fn show_profile(
 	ident: Option<&str>,
 	microchip_id: Option<&str>,
 ) -> Result<Template, Redirect> {
-	let internal_id = ident
-		.and_then(|v| id_public_to_db(v))
-		.unwrap_or(0);
+	let internal_id = ident.and_then(|v| id_public_to_db(v)).unwrap_or(0);
 	let microchip_id = microchip_id.unwrap_or("");
 
 	println!("id: {}\nmicrochip id: {}", internal_id, microchip_id);
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ fn rocket() -> _ {
 				});
 		}))
 		.attach(DollTags::init())
+		.attach(AdHoc::try_on_ignite("SQLx migrations", run_migrations))
 		.mount("/assets", FileServer::from(relative!("/assets")))
 		.mount(
 			"/",