diff --git a/src/db.rs b/src/db.rs
index c43a77d..5eb83ce 100644
--- a/src/db.rs
+++ b/src/db.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use axum_login::{
 };
 use session_store::SqliteSessionStore;
 use sqlx::{
+    migrate::Migrator,
     sqlite::{SqliteConnectOptions, SqlitePoolOptions},
     SqlitePool,
 };
@@ -34,20 +35,32 @@ pub async fn get_pool() -> SqlitePool {
         })
     };
 
-    dbg!(&db_filename);
-
     let conn_opts = SqliteConnectOptions::new()
         .foreign_keys(true)
         .auto_vacuum(sqlx::sqlite::SqliteAutoVacuum::Incremental)
         .filename(&db_filename)
-        .busy_timeout(Duration::from_secs(TIMEOUT));
+        .busy_timeout(Duration::from_secs(TIMEOUT))
+        .create_if_missing(true);
 
-    // setup connection pool
-    SqlitePoolOptions::new()
+    let pool = SqlitePoolOptions::new()
         .max_connections(MAX_CONNS)
         .connect_with(conn_opts)
         .await
-        .expect("can't connect to database")
+        .expect("can't connect to database");
+
+    let mut m = Migrator::new(std::path::Path::new("./migrations"))
+        .await
+        .expect("Should be able to read the migration directory.");
+
+    let m = m.set_locking(true);
+
+    m.run(&pool)
+        .await
+        .expect("Should be able to run the migration.");
+
+    tracing::info!("Ran migrations");
+
+    pool
 }
 
 pub async fn session_layer(pool: SqlitePool, secret: &[u8]) -> SessionLayer<SqliteSessionStore> {
@@ -80,6 +93,21 @@ pub async fn auth_layer(
     AuthLayer::new(store, secret)
 }
 
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use std::time::Duration;
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn it_migrates_the_db() {
+        let db = super::get_pool().await;
+        tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(2)).await;
+        let r = sqlx::query("select count(*) from witches")
+            .fetch_one(&db)
+            .await;
+        assert!(r.is_ok());
+    }
+}
+
 //-************************************************************************
 // Session store sub-module, not a public lib.
 //-************************************************************************