diff --git a/crates/cdk-sqlite/Cargo.toml b/crates/cdk-sqlite/Cargo.toml
index b71747f9..5a816aba 100644
--- a/crates/cdk-sqlite/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/cdk-sqlite/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ nostr = ["cdk/nostr"]
 [dependencies]
 bitcoin.workspace = true
 const_format = "0.2.32"
-sqlx = { version = "0.6.3", default-features = false, features = ["runtime-tokio-rustls", "chrono", "sqlite"] }
+sqlx = { version = "0.6.3", default-features = false, features = ["runtime-tokio-rustls", "chrono", "sqlite", "macros", "migrate"] }
 cdk = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
 thiserror.workspace = true
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = [
diff --git a/crates/cdk-sqlite/src/mint/migration.rs b/crates/cdk-sqlite/src/mint/migrations/20240612124932_init.sql
similarity index 63%
rename from crates/cdk-sqlite/src/mint/migration.rs
rename to crates/cdk-sqlite/src/mint/migrations/20240612124932_init.sql
index 8cc8f408..2fd7a208 100644
--- a/crates/cdk-sqlite/src/mint/migration.rs
+++ b/crates/cdk-sqlite/src/mint/migrations/20240612124932_init.sql
@@ -1,23 +1,3 @@
-//! SQLite Mint Migration
-
-use const_format::formatcp;
-use sqlx::{Executor, Pool, Sqlite};
-
-use super::error::Error;
-
-/// Latest database version
-pub const DB_VERSION: usize = 0;
-
-/// Schema definition
-const INIT_SQL: &str = formatcp!(
-    r#"
--- Database settings
-PRAGMA encoding = "UTF-8";
-PRAGMA journal_mode = WAL;
-PRAGMA auto_vacuum = FULL;
-PRAGMA main.synchronous=NORMAL;
-PRAGMA foreign_keys = ON;
-PRAGMA user_version = {};
 
 -- Proof Table
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS proof (
@@ -84,25 +64,3 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS blind_signature (
 );
 
 CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS keyset_id_index ON blind_signature(keyset_id);
-
-    "#,
-    DB_VERSION
-);
-
-pub(crate) async fn init_migration(pool: &Pool<Sqlite>) -> Result<usize, Error> {
-    let mut conn = pool.acquire().await?;
-
-    match conn.execute(INIT_SQL).await {
-        Ok(_) => {
-            tracing::info!(
-                "database pragma/schema initialized to v{}, and ready",
-                DB_VERSION
-            );
-        }
-        Err(err) => {
-            tracing::error!("update (init) failed: {}", err);
-            return Err(Error::CouldNotInitialize);
-        }
-    }
-    Ok(DB_VERSION)
-}
diff --git a/crates/cdk-sqlite/src/mint/mod.rs b/crates/cdk-sqlite/src/mint/mod.rs
index 676d5bbd..2dbd5ecc 100644
--- a/crates/cdk-sqlite/src/mint/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/cdk-sqlite/src/mint/mod.rs
@@ -12,12 +12,10 @@ use cdk::secret::Secret;
 use cdk::types::{MeltQuote, MintQuote};
 use cdk::Amount;
 use error::Error;
-use migration::init_migration;
 use sqlx::sqlite::{SqliteConnectOptions, SqlitePool, SqliteRow};
 use sqlx::{ConnectOptions, Row};
 
 pub mod error;
-mod migration;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct MintSqliteDatabase {
@@ -36,10 +34,15 @@ impl MintSqliteDatabase {
 
         let pool = SqlitePool::connect(path).await?;
 
-        init_migration(&pool).await?;
-
         Ok(Self { pool })
     }
+
+    pub async fn migrate(&self) {
+        sqlx::migrate!("./src/mint/migrations")
+            .run(&self.pool)
+            .await
+            .expect("Could not run migrations");
+    }
 }
 
 #[async_trait]
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index d8ecc0e8..55e9c5ec 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
         devShells = flakeboxLib.mkShells {
           toolchain = toolchainNative;
           packages = [ ];
-          nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [ wasm-pack ];
+          nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [ wasm-pack sqlx-cli ];
         };
       });
 }