diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d506869
--- /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");
+}
diff --git a/migrations/20240207205957_init.sql b/migrations/20240207205957_init.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb9ba46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/20240207205957_init.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS place
+(
+    place_id UUID PRIMARY KEY not null,
+    json     JSONB            NOT NULL
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS timeline_item
+(
+    item_id  UUID PRIMARY KEY         not null,
+    json     JSONB                    NOT NULL,
+    place_id UUID,
+    end_date TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE NOT NULL,
+    foreign key (place_id) references place (place_id)
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS raw_files
+(
+    date   TEXT PRIMARY KEY not null,
+    sha256 TEXT             not null,
+    json   JSONB            NOT NULL
+)
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 4fbcf96..a3240a3 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
 use clap::Parser;
 use itertools::Itertools;
-use sqlx::{Executor, FromRow};
+use sqlx::FromRow;
 use rayon::prelude::*;
 use serde_json::Value;
 use uuid::Uuid;
@@ -67,29 +67,6 @@ struct Place {
     rest: HashMap<String, Value>,
 }
 
-async fn init_db(db: &sqlx::PgPool) {
-    let init_query = r#"
-    CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS place (
-        place_id UUID PRIMARY KEY not null,
-        json JSONB NOT NULL
-    );
-
-    CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS timeline_item (
-        item_id UUID PRIMARY KEY not null,
-        json JSONB NOT NULL,
-        place_id UUID,
-        end_date TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE NOT NULL,
-        foreign key (place_id) references place (place_id)
-    );
-
-    CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS raw_files (date TEXT PRIMARY KEY not null, sha256 TEXT not null, json JSONB NOT NULL)
-    "#;
-
-    db.execute(init_query)
-        .await
-        .unwrap();
-}
-
 async fn find_updated(db: &sqlx::PgPool, files: ReadDir) -> Vec<UpdatedFile> {
     let date_hashes: Vec<DateHash> = sqlx::query_as("SELECT date, sha256 FROM raw_files")
         .fetch_all(db)
@@ -155,7 +132,10 @@ async fn main() {
         .await
         .unwrap();
 
-    init_db(&db).await;
+    sqlx::migrate!()
+        .run(&db)
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
 
     let need_refresh = find_updated(&db, files).await;