diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 3e254b3..a079bca 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -37,6 +37,13 @@ async fn app() -> Router {
         .await
         .expect("Failed to create pool");
 
+    // Run migrations using the sqlx::migrate! macro
+    // Assumes your migrations are in a ./migrations folder relative to Cargo.toml
+    sqlx::migrate!("./migrations")
+        .run(&pool)
+        .await
+        .expect("Failed to run migrations on testcontainer DB");
+
     routes().await.layer(axum::Extension(pool))
 }