diff --git a/geneit_backend/Cargo.lock b/geneit_backend/Cargo.lock
index bcd07a9..63c901a 100644
--- a/geneit_backend/Cargo.lock
+++ b/geneit_backend/Cargo.lock
@@ -1054,6 +1054,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.63",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "diesel_migrations"
+version = "2.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6036b3f0120c5961381b570ee20a02432d7e2d27ea60de9578799cf9156914ac"
+dependencies = [
+ "diesel",
+ "migrations_internals",
+ "migrations_macros",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "diesel_table_macro_syntax"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -1400,6 +1411,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bcrypt",
  "clap",
  "diesel",
+ "diesel_migrations",
  "env_logger",
  "futures-util",
  "httpdate",
@@ -2110,6 +2122,27 @@ version = "2.7.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6c8640c5d730cb13ebd907d8d04b52f55ac9a2eec55b440c8892f40d56c76c1d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "migrations_internals"
+version = "2.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0f23f71580015254b020e856feac3df5878c2c7a8812297edd6c0a485ac9dada"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+ "toml 0.7.8",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "migrations_macros"
+version = "2.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cce3325ac70e67bbab5bd837a31cae01f1a6db64e0e744a33cb03a543469ef08"
+dependencies = [
+ "migrations_internals",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "mime"
 version = "0.3.17"
@@ -3311,7 +3344,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-expr",
  "heck",
  "pkg-config",
- "toml",
+ "toml 0.8.12",
  "version-compare",
 ]
 
@@ -3472,6 +3505,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "toml"
+version = "0.7.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dd79e69d3b627db300ff956027cc6c3798cef26d22526befdfcd12feeb6d2257"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+ "serde_spanned",
+ "toml_datetime",
+ "toml_edit 0.19.15",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "toml"
 version = "0.8.12"
@@ -3481,7 +3526,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_spanned",
  "toml_datetime",
- "toml_edit",
+ "toml_edit 0.22.12",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3493,6 +3538,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "toml_edit"
+version = "0.19.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1b5bb770da30e5cbfde35a2d7b9b8a2c4b8ef89548a7a6aeab5c9a576e3e7421"
+dependencies = [
+ "indexmap 2.2.6",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_spanned",
+ "toml_datetime",
+ "winnow 0.5.40",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "toml_edit"
 version = "0.22.12"
@@ -3503,7 +3561,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_spanned",
  "toml_datetime",
- "winnow",
+ "winnow 0.6.8",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3959,6 +4017,15 @@ version = "0.52.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "bec47e5bfd1bff0eeaf6d8b485cc1074891a197ab4225d504cb7a1ab88b02bf0"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "winnow"
+version = "0.5.40"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f593a95398737aeed53e489c785df13f3618e41dbcd6718c6addbf1395aa6876"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "winnow"
 version = "0.6.8"
diff --git a/geneit_backend/Cargo.toml b/geneit_backend/Cargo.toml
index 16a3514..c133f20 100644
--- a/geneit_backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/geneit_backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ actix-multipart = "0.6.1"
 actix-remote-ip = "0.1.0"
 futures-util = "0.3.30"
 diesel = { version = "2.1.6", features = ["postgres"] }
+diesel_migrations = "2.1.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0.198", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.117"
 mailchecker = "6.0.4"
diff --git a/geneit_backend/build.rs b/geneit_backend/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a8149e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/geneit_backend/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+fn main() {
+    println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=migrations");
+}
diff --git a/geneit_backend/src/connections/db_connection.rs b/geneit_backend/src/connections/db_connection.rs
index 0fb543f..c3e3e82 100644
--- a/geneit_backend/src/connections/db_connection.rs
+++ b/geneit_backend/src/connections/db_connection.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@
 use crate::app_config::AppConfig;
 use diesel::result::{DatabaseErrorKind, Error};
 use diesel::{Connection, PgConnection};
+use diesel_migrations::{embed_migrations, EmbeddedMigrations, MigrationHarness};
 use std::cell::RefCell;
+
+const MIGRATIONS: EmbeddedMigrations = embed_migrations!();
+
 thread_local! {
     static POSTGRES_CONNECTION: RefCell<Option<PgConnection>> = const { RefCell::new(None) };
 }
@@ -39,3 +43,20 @@ where
         }
     }
 }
+
+/// Initialize database connection
+pub fn initialize_conn() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    // Run pending diesel migrations
+    execute(|db| {
+        let res = db
+            .run_pending_migrations(MIGRATIONS)
+            .expect("Failed to run database migration!");
+
+        for migration in res {
+            log::info!("Executed database migration {migration}")
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    })?;
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/geneit_backend/src/main.rs b/geneit_backend/src/main.rs
index 3825999..711766b 100644
--- a/geneit_backend/src/main.rs
+++ b/geneit_backend/src/main.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use actix_remote_ip::RemoteIPConfig;
 use actix_web::middleware::Logger;
 use actix_web::{web, App, HttpServer};
 use geneit_backend::app_config::AppConfig;
-use geneit_backend::connections::s3_connection;
+use geneit_backend::connections::{db_connection, s3_connection};
 use geneit_backend::controllers::{
     auth_controller, couples_controller, data_controller, families_controller, members_controller,
     photos_controller, server_controller, users_controller,
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ async fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
         .await
         .expect("Failed to initialize S3 bucket!");
 
+    // Initialize database connection
+    log::debug!("Initialize database connection");
+    db_connection::initialize_conn().expect("Failed to initialize database connection!");
+
     HttpServer::new(|| {
         App::new()
             .wrap(