diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 58b3b12..cb6d3cd 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ surf = "2.3.2"
 dotenvy = "0.15.7"
 
 # For sqlite
-sqlx = { version = "0.7.1", features = [ "runtime-tokio", "sqlite" ] }
+sqlx = { version = "0.7.1", features = [ "runtime-tokio", "sqlite", "migrate" ] }
 
 # create random strings
 rand = "0.8.5"
diff --git a/db/migrations/1_setup.sql b/db/migrations/1_setup.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa4fb93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrations/1_setup.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+-- setup initial tables 
+
+-- this handles the users "floating" account
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS wolves (
+    id_wolves integer PRIMARY KEY,
+    email     text    not null,
+    discord   integer,
+    minecraft text
+);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS index_discord ON wolves (discord);
+
+-- used to verify the users email address
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS wolves_verify (
+    discord     integer PRIMARY KEY,
+    email       text    not null,
+    auth_code   text    not null,
+    date_expiry text    not null
+);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS index_date_expiry ON wolves_verify (date_expiry);
+
+-- information on teh server the bot is registered on
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS servers (
+    server          integer PRIMARY KEY,
+    wolves_api      text    not null,
+    role_past       integer,
+    role_current    integer,
+    member_past     integer DEFAULT 0,
+    member_current  integer DEFAULT 0
+);
+
+-- keep track of the members on the server
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS server_members (
+    server    integer not null,
+    id_wolves integer not null,
+    expiry    text    not null,
+    PRIMARY KEY(server,id_wolves),
+    FOREIGN KEY (id_wolves) REFERENCES wolves (id_wolves)
+);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/db/migrations/2_minecraft-server.sql b/db/migrations/2_minecraft-server.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3aedbc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrations/2_minecraft-server.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+-- add teh option to associate each discord server with a minecraft one managed by skynet
+ALTER TABLE servers
+ADD server_minecraft text; 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index c8ca3f9..ca57dbc 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -269,59 +269,11 @@ pub async fn db_init(config: &Config) -> Result<Pool<Sqlite>, Error> {
     )
     .await?;
 
-  sqlx::query(
-    "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS wolves (
-      id_wolves integer PRIMARY KEY,
-      email     text    not null,
-      discord   integer,
-      minecraft text
-    )",
-  )
-  .execute(&pool)
-  .await?;
-
-  sqlx::query("CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS index_discord ON wolves (discord)").execute(&pool).await?;
-
-  sqlx::query(
-    "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS wolves_verify (
-      discord     integer PRIMARY KEY, 
-      email       text    not null,
-      auth_code   text    not null,
-      date_expiry text    not null
-    )",
-  )
-  .execute(&pool)
-  .await?;
-
-  sqlx::query("CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS index_date_expiry ON wolves_verify (date_expiry)")
-    .execute(&pool)
+  // migrations are amazing!
+  sqlx::migrate!("./db/migrations")
+    .run(&pool)
     .await?;
 
-  sqlx::query(
-    "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS server_members (
-      server    integer not null,
-      id_wolves integer not null,
-      expiry    text    not null,
-      PRIMARY KEY(server,id_wolves),
-      FOREIGN KEY (id_wolves) REFERENCES wolves (id_wolves) 
-    )",
-  )
-  .execute(&pool)
-  .await?;
-
-  sqlx::query(
-    "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS servers (
-      server          integer PRIMARY KEY,
-      wolves_api      text    not null,
-      role_past       integer,
-      role_current    integer,
-      member_past     integer DEFAULT 0,
-      member_current  integer DEFAULT 0
-    )",
-  )
-  .execute(&pool)
-  .await?;
-
   Ok(pool)
 }