diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index 8c287e2..94023ce 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -13,5 +13,10 @@ run-local-persistant-db *args:
     cargo run -- --database data.sqlite
 
 sqlx-prepare:
+    #!/usr/bin/env sh
+    if [ ! -f "data.sqlite" ]; then
+        touch data.sqlite
+    fi
+    DATABASE_URL="sqlite:data.sqlite" cargo sqlx migrate run
     DATABASE_URL="sqlite:data.sqlite" cargo sqlx prepare