diff --git a/app/lib/db/migrate.ts b/app/lib/db/migrate.ts
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+import { migrate } from "drizzle-orm/neon-http/migrator";
+import { drizzle } from "drizzle-orm/neon-http";
+import * as schema from "./schema";
+
+export async function runMigrations() {
+  if (!process.env.DATABASE_URL) {
+    throw new Error("DATABASE_URL environment variable is not set");
+  }
+
+  try {
+    const db = drizzle(process.env.DATABASE_URL, { schema });
+    console.log("[DB] Running migrations...");
+    await migrate(db, { migrationsFolder: "./drizzle" });
+    console.log("[DB] Migrations completed successfully");
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error("[DB] Migration failed:", error);
+    throw error;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/server/plugins/migrations.ts b/server/plugins/migrations.ts
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+++ b/server/plugins/migrations.ts
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+import { runMigrations } from "../../app/lib/db/migrate";
+
+export default defineNitroPlugin(async () => {
+  // Run migrations once when the server starts
+  try {
+    await runMigrations();
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error("[Server] Failed to run migrations on startup:", error);
+    // In production, you may want to throw here to prevent server startup
+    // For now, we'll just log the error and continue
+    if (process.env.NODE_ENV === "production") {
+      throw error;
+    }
+  }
+});