diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index dcc449f..0b05548 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -333,6 +333,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "diesel_derives",
  "itoa",
  "pq-sys",
+ "r2d2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -362,6 +363,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "diesel_migrations"
+version = "2.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6036b3f0120c5961381b570ee20a02432d7e2d27ea60de9578799cf9156914ac"
+dependencies = [
+ "diesel",
+ "migrations_internals",
+ "migrations_macros",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "diesel_table_macro_syntax"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -434,7 +446,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "atomic 0.6.0",
  "pear",
  "serde",
- "toml",
+ "toml 0.8.8",
  "uncased",
  "version_check",
 ]
@@ -456,8 +468,10 @@ name = "fossil"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "diesel",
+ "diesel_migrations",
  "rocket",
  "rocket_db_pools",
+ "rocket_sync_db_pools",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -761,9 +775,9 @@ checksum = "af150ab688ff2122fcef229be89cb50dd66af9e01a4ff320cc137eecc9bacc38"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "js-sys"
-version = "0.3.66"
+version = "0.3.67"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cee9c64da59eae3b50095c18d3e74f8b73c0b86d2792824ff01bbce68ba229ca"
+checksum = "9a1d36f1235bc969acba30b7f5990b864423a6068a10f7c90ae8f0112e3a59d1"
 dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
@@ -842,6 +856,27 @@ version = "2.6.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f665ee40bc4a3c5590afb1e9677db74a508659dfd71e126420da8274909a0167"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "migrations_internals"
+version = "2.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0f23f71580015254b020e856feac3df5878c2c7a8812297edd6c0a485ac9dada"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+ "toml 0.7.8",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "migrations_macros"
+version = "2.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cce3325ac70e67bbab5bd837a31cae01f1a6db64e0e744a33cb03a543469ef08"
+dependencies = [
+ "migrations_internals",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "mime"
 version = "0.3.17"
@@ -1110,6 +1145,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "r2d2"
+version = "0.8.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "51de85fb3fb6524929c8a2eb85e6b6d363de4e8c48f9e2c2eac4944abc181c93"
+dependencies = [
+ "log",
+ "parking_lot",
+ "scheduled-thread-pool",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rand"
 version = "0.8.5"
@@ -1325,6 +1371,31 @@ dependencies = [
  "uncased",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rocket_sync_db_pools"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d83f32721ed79509adac4328e97f817a8f55a47c4b64799f6fd6cc3adb6e42ff"
+dependencies = [
+ "diesel",
+ "r2d2",
+ "rocket",
+ "rocket_sync_db_pools_codegen",
+ "serde",
+ "tokio",
+ "version_check",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rocket_sync_db_pools_codegen"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5cc890925dc79370c28eb15c9957677093fdb7e8c44966d189f38cedb995ee68"
+dependencies = [
+ "devise",
+ "quote",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustc-demangle"
 version = "0.1.23"
@@ -1356,6 +1427,15 @@ version = "1.0.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1ad4cc8da4ef723ed60bced201181d83791ad433213d8c24efffda1eec85d741"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "scheduled-thread-pool"
+version = "0.2.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3cbc66816425a074528352f5789333ecff06ca41b36b0b0efdfbb29edc391a19"
+dependencies = [
+ "parking_lot",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "scoped-futures"
 version = "0.1.3"
@@ -1687,6 +1767,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "toml"
+version = "0.7.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dd79e69d3b627db300ff956027cc6c3798cef26d22526befdfcd12feeb6d2257"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+ "serde_spanned",
+ "toml_datetime",
+ "toml_edit 0.19.15",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "toml"
 version = "0.8.8"
@@ -1696,7 +1788,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_spanned",
  "toml_datetime",
- "toml_edit",
+ "toml_edit 0.21.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1708,6 +1800,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "toml_edit"
+version = "0.19.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1b5bb770da30e5cbfde35a2d7b9b8a2c4b8ef89548a7a6aeab5c9a576e3e7421"
+dependencies = [
+ "indexmap 2.1.0",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_spanned",
+ "toml_datetime",
+ "winnow",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "toml_edit"
 version = "0.21.0"
@@ -1821,9 +1926,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-bidi"
-version = "0.3.13"
+version = "0.3.14"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "92888ba5573ff080736b3648696b70cafad7d250551175acbaa4e0385b3e1460"
+checksum = "6f2528f27a9eb2b21e69c95319b30bd0efd85d09c379741b0f78ea1d86be2416"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
@@ -1891,9 +1996,9 @@ checksum = "9c8d87e72b64a3b4db28d11ce29237c246188f4f51057d65a7eab63b7987e423"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen"
-version = "0.2.89"
+version = "0.2.90"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0ed0d4f68a3015cc185aff4db9506a015f4b96f95303897bfa23f846db54064e"
+checksum = "b1223296a201415c7fad14792dbefaace9bd52b62d33453ade1c5b5f07555406"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "wasm-bindgen-macro",
@@ -1901,9 +2006,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen-backend"
-version = "0.2.89"
+version = "0.2.90"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1b56f625e64f3a1084ded111c4d5f477df9f8c92df113852fa5a374dbda78826"
+checksum = "fcdc935b63408d58a32f8cc9738a0bffd8f05cc7c002086c6ef20b7312ad9dcd"
 dependencies = [
  "bumpalo",
  "log",
@@ -1916,9 +2021,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen-macro"
-version = "0.2.89"
+version = "0.2.90"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0162dbf37223cd2afce98f3d0785506dcb8d266223983e4b5b525859e6e182b2"
+checksum = "3e4c238561b2d428924c49815533a8b9121c664599558a5d9ec51f8a1740a999"
 dependencies = [
  "quote",
  "wasm-bindgen-macro-support",
@@ -1926,9 +2031,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen-macro-support"
-version = "0.2.89"
+version = "0.2.90"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f0eb82fcb7930ae6219a7ecfd55b217f5f0893484b7a13022ebb2b2bf20b5283"
+checksum = "bae1abb6806dc1ad9e560ed242107c0f6c84335f1749dd4e8ddb012ebd5e25a7"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -1939,15 +2044,15 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen-shared"
-version = "0.2.89"
+version = "0.2.90"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7ab9b36309365056cd639da3134bf87fa8f3d86008abf99e612384a6eecd459f"
+checksum = "4d91413b1c31d7539ba5ef2451af3f0b833a005eb27a631cec32bc0635a8602b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "web-sys"
-version = "0.3.66"
+version = "0.3.67"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "50c24a44ec86bb68fbecd1b3efed7e85ea5621b39b35ef2766b66cd984f8010f"
+checksum = "58cd2333b6e0be7a39605f0e255892fd7418a682d8da8fe042fe25128794d2ed"
 dependencies = [
  "js-sys",
  "wasm-bindgen",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index bf88679..4acc69f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,5 +7,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 diesel = { version = "2.1.4", features = ["postgres"] }
+diesel_migrations = { version = "2.1.0", features = ["postgres"] }
 rocket = {version="0.5.0",features=["secrets","json"]}
 rocket_db_pools = {version="0.1.0",features=["diesel_postgres"]}
+rocket_sync_db_pools = { version = "0.1.0", features = ["diesel_postgres_pool", "diesel"] }
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index adeeea2..8c12602 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=bind,source=src,target=src \
     --mount=type=bind,source=Cargo.lock,target=Cargo.lock \
     --mount=type=cache,target=/app/target/ \
     --mount=type=cache,target=/usr/local/cargo/registry/ \
-    --mount=type=bind,source=migrations,target=migrations \
+    --mount=type=bind,source=db,target=/srv/db \
     <<EOF
 set -e
 cargo build --locked --release
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ EOF
 # reproducability is important, consider using a digest
 # (e.g.,    debian@sha256:ac707220fbd7b67fc19b112cee8170b41a9e97f703f588b2cdbbcdcecdd8af57).
 FROM debian:stable-slim AS final
+WORKDIR /
 
 # Create a non-privileged user that the app will run under.
 # See https://docs.docker.com/develop/develop-images/dockerfile_best-practices/   #user
@@ -64,6 +65,8 @@ USER appuser
 # Copy the executable from the "build" stage.
 COPY --from=build /bin/server /bin/
 
+ADD ./db /srv/db
+
 # Expose the port that the application listens on.
 EXPOSE 8000
 
diff --git a/db/diesel/migrations/up.sql b/db/diesel/migrations/up.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e3bd2e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/diesel/migrations/up.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+CREATE TABLE posts (
+  id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
+  title VARCHAR NOT NULL,
+  body TEXT NOT NULL,
+  published BOOLEAN NOT NULL DEFAULT FALSE
+)
diff --git a/db/password.txt.example b/db/password.txt.example
deleted file mode 100644
index 9a983db..0000000
--- a/db/password.txt.example
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-password goes here!!!
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 65519ef..3d86bc0 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
+use rocket::fairing::AdHoc;
 use rocket::http::Status;
 use rocket::response::content::{self, RawHtml};
-use rocket::Request;
+use rocket::{Build, Request, Rocket};
 use rocket_db_pools::diesel;
 use rocket_db_pools::diesel::{prelude::*, PgPool, QueryResult};
 use rocket_db_pools::{Connection, Database};
+use rocket_sync_db_pools::database;
 use std::fs;
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate rocket;
+
 use rocket::serde::{json::Json, Deserialize};
 use rocket::{
     fs::FileServer,
@@ -105,10 +108,24 @@ fn default_catcher(status: Status, _: &Request) -> RawHtml<String> {
     )
 }
 
+// #[get("/migratetest")]
+async fn migrate(mut rocket: Rocket<Build>) -> Rocket<Build> {
+    let db = Db::fetch(&rocket).unwrap().get().await;
+
+    let post_ids: Vec<i64> = posts::table
+        .select(posts::id)
+        .load(&mut db)
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+
+    rocket
+}
+
 #[rocket::main]
 async fn main() {
     let _rocket = rocket::build()
         .attach(Db::init())
+        .attach(AdHoc::on_ignite("DB Migrations", migrate))
         .mount("/", routes![hello, get_book, delay, login, logout, dbtest])
         .register("/", catchers![default_catcher])
         .mount("/login", FileServer::from("/srv/web"))
diff --git a/migrations/i dont know why this needs to exist but it does.txt b/srv/db/diesel/migrations/up.sql
similarity index 100%
rename from migrations/i dont know why this needs to exist but it does.txt
rename to srv/db/diesel/migrations/up.sql