diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 50855de..c549f70 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ AUTHORIZED_USERS=""
 # PDS service URL (optional)
 SERVICE="https://bsky.social"
 
-DB_PATH="data/sqlite.db"
+DB_PATH="sqlite.db"
 GEMINI_MODEL="gemini-2.5-flash"
 
 DID=""
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d3cb348..7a56ead 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -34,4 +34,4 @@ report.[0-9]_.[0-9]_.[0-9]_.[0-9]_.json
 .DS_Store
 
 # Database
-data
\ No newline at end of file
+*.db
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index d955d34..84827b6 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -6,12 +6,11 @@ services:
     environment:
       - "AUTHORIZED_USERS=${AUTHORIZED_USERS}"
       - "SERVICE=${SERVICE:?https://bsky.social}"
-      - "DB_PATH=data/sqlite.db"
+      - "DB_PATH=sqlite.db"
       - "GEMINI_MODEL=${GEMINI_MODEL:-gemini-2.5-flash}"
       - "DID=${DID:?}"
       - "HANDLE=${HANDLE:?}"
       - "BSKY_PASSWORD=${BSKY_PASSWORD:?}"
       - "GEMINI_API_KEY=${GEMINI_API_KEY:?}"
     volumes:
-      - .:/app
-      - aero_db:/app/data
+      - aero_db:/sqlite.db
diff --git a/src/db/index.ts b/src/db/index.ts
index 88def3e..6643ac8 100644
--- a/src/db/index.ts
+++ b/src/db/index.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 import { drizzle } from "drizzle-orm/bun-sqlite";
+import { migrate } from "drizzle-orm/bun-sqlite/migrator";
 import { Database } from "bun:sqlite";
 import * as schema from "./schema";
 import { env } from "../env";
-import { migrateDB } from "./migrate";
-
-await migrateDB();
 
 const sqlite = new Database(env.DB_PATH);
-export default drizzle(sqlite, { schema });
+const db = drizzle(sqlite, { schema });
+
+migrate(db, { migrationsFolder: "./drizzle" });
+
+export default db;
diff --git a/src/db/migrate.ts b/src/db/migrate.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 0955709..0000000
--- a/src/db/migrate.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-import { migrate } from "drizzle-orm/bun-sqlite/migrator";
-import { drizzle } from "drizzle-orm/bun-sqlite";
-import { Database } from "bun:sqlite";
-import { env } from "../env";
-
-export async function migrateDB() {
-  const sqlite = new Database(env.DB_PATH);
-  const db = drizzle(sqlite);
-  await migrate(db, { migrationsFolder: "./drizzle" });
-}