diff --git a/app.dockerfile b/app.dockerfile
index 3433288..c3c0fd0 100644
--- a/app.dockerfile
+++ b/app.dockerfile
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ COPY public ./public
 RUN mkdir -p /home/perplexica/data
 RUN yarn build
 
+RUN yarn add --dev @vercel/ncc
+RUN yarn ncc build ./src/lib/db/migrate.ts -o migrator
+
 FROM node:20.18.0-slim
 
 WORKDIR /home/perplexica
@@ -21,7 +24,12 @@ COPY --from=builder /home/perplexica/.next/static ./public/_next/static
 
 COPY --from=builder /home/perplexica/.next/standalone ./
 COPY --from=builder /home/perplexica/data ./data
+COPY drizzle ./drizzle
+COPY --from=builder /home/perplexica/migrator/build ./build
+COPY --from=builder /home/perplexica/migrator/index.js ./migrate.js
 
 RUN mkdir /home/perplexica/uploads
 
-CMD ["node", "server.js"]
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+COPY entrypoint.sh ./entrypoint.sh
+RUN chmod +x ./entrypoint.sh
+CMD ["./entrypoint.sh"]
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diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index b702b4e..b32e0a9 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ services:
       dockerfile: app.dockerfile
     environment:
       - SEARXNG_API_URL=http://searxng:8080
+      - DATA_DIR=/home/perplexica
     ports:
       - 3000:3000
     networks:
diff --git a/drizzle.config.ts b/drizzle.config.ts
index 58de9e0..a029112 100644
--- a/drizzle.config.ts
+++ b/drizzle.config.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import { defineConfig } from 'drizzle-kit';
+import path from 'path';
 
 export default defineConfig({
   dialect: 'sqlite',
   schema: './src/lib/db/schema.ts',
   out: './drizzle',
   dbCredentials: {
-    url: './data/db.sqlite',
+    url: path.join(process.cwd(), 'data', 'db.sqlite'),
   },
 });
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f9448a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+node migrate.js
+
+exec node server.js
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diff --git a/src/lib/db/index.ts b/src/lib/db/index.ts
index 9b761d4..515cdb3 100644
--- a/src/lib/db/index.ts
+++ b/src/lib/db/index.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ import Database from 'better-sqlite3';
 import * as schema from './schema';
 import path from 'path';
 
-const sqlite = new Database(path.join(process.cwd(), 'data/db.sqlite'));
+const DATA_DIR = process.env.DATA_DIR || process.cwd();
+const sqlite = new Database(path.join(DATA_DIR, './data/db.sqlite'));
 const db = drizzle(sqlite, {
   schema: schema,
 });
diff --git a/src/lib/db/migrate.ts b/src/lib/db/migrate.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c3ebff6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/db/migrate.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import db from './';
+import { migrate } from 'drizzle-orm/better-sqlite3/migrator';
+import path from 'path';
+
+migrate(db, { migrationsFolder: path.join(process.cwd(), 'drizzle') });