diff --git a/kitchen/build.rs b/kitchen/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7609593
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kitchen/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/kitchen/src/migrations.rs b/kitchen/src/migrations.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df9120f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kitchen/src/migrations.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+// Copyright 2022 Jeremy Wall (Jeremy@marzhilsltudios.com)
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+use sqlx::{migrate, SqlitePool};
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+pub async fn run_migration(pool: Arc<SqlitePool>) {
+    sqlx::migrate!("./migrations")
+        .run(pool.as_ref())
+        .await
+        .expect("Unable to run migratins");
+}
diff --git a/kitchen/src/web/mod.rs b/kitchen/src/web/mod.rs
index 67bebba..650f920 100644
--- a/kitchen/src/web/mod.rs
+++ b/kitchen/src/web/mod.rs
@@ -326,6 +326,10 @@ pub async fn ui_main(recipe_dir_path: PathBuf, store_path: PathBuf, listen_socke
             .await
             .expect("Unable to create app_store"),
     );
+    app_store
+        .run_migrations()
+        .await
+        .expect("Failed to run database migrations");
     let router = Router::new()
         .route("/", get(|| async { Redirect::temporary("/ui/plan") }))
         .route("/ui/*path", get(ui_static_assets))
diff --git a/kitchen/src/web/storage/mod.rs b/kitchen/src/web/storage/mod.rs
index 70422ee..68a9717 100644
--- a/kitchen/src/web/storage/mod.rs
+++ b/kitchen/src/web/storage/mod.rs
@@ -204,6 +204,15 @@ impl SqliteStore {
         let pool = Arc::new(sqlx::SqlitePool::connect_with(options).await?);
         Ok(Self { pool, url })
     }
+
+    #[instrument(fields(conn_string=self.url), skip_all)]
+    pub async fn run_migrations(&self) -> sqlx::Result<()> {
+        info!("Running databse migrations");
+        sqlx::migrate!("./migrations")
+            .run(self.pool.as_ref())
+            .await?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }
 
 #[async_trait]