diff --git a/cmd/rushlink/main.go b/cmd/rushlink/main.go
index 9494922..d21b000 100644
--- a/cmd/rushlink/main.go
+++ b/cmd/rushlink/main.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 
 	"gitea.hashru.nl/dsprenkels/rushlink"
 	"gitea.hashru.nl/dsprenkels/rushlink/internal/db"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -26,6 +27,11 @@ func main() {
 		log.Fatalln(err)
 	}
 
+	migrate := db.Gormigrate(database)
+	if err := migrate.Migrate(); err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(errors.Wrap(err, "migrating database"))
+	}
+
 	go rushlink.StartMetricsServer(*metricsListen, database, filestore)
 	rushlink.StartMainServer(*httpListen, database, filestore, *rootURL)
 }
diff --git a/internal/db/paste_test.go b/internal/db/paste_test.go
index 2d266db..26e7800 100644
--- a/internal/db/paste_test.go
+++ b/internal/db/paste_test.go
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ func OpenTemporaryDB() (*Database, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	migrate := Gormigrate(db)
+	if err := migrate.Migrate(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 	return db, nil
 }