diff --git a/backend/src/main.rs b/backend/src/main.rs
index babaf7e..663041e 100644
--- a/backend/src/main.rs
+++ b/backend/src/main.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use axum::{
 use http::{Request, StatusCode};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use sqlx::{prelude::FromRow, sqlite::SqlitePoolOptions, SqlitePool};
+use sqlx::migrate::Migrator;
 use tower_http::services::ServeDir;
 
 mod error_handling;
@@ -78,6 +79,13 @@ async fn main() {
     
     let app_state = AppState {db_pool: db_pool.expect("Failed to get db_pool") };
 
+    static MIGRATOR: Migrator = sqlx::migrate!();
+
+    MIGRATOR
+        .run(&app_state.db_pool)
+        .await
+        .expect("Failed to run migrations");
+
     let user_data: Option<UserData> = None;
 
     // build our application with some routes