diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 32d26f1..d1da36b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 name = "covclaim"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
+build = "build.rs"
 
 [profile.release]
 strip = true
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ panic = "abort"
 tokio = { version = "1.36.0", features = ["full"] }
 axum = "0.7.4"
 diesel = { version = "2.1.4", features = ["sqlite", "r2d2", "chrono"] }
+diesel_migrations = "2.1.0"
 dotenvy = "0.15.7"
 env_logger = "0.11.2"
 log = "0.4.20"
@@ -30,3 +32,6 @@ crossbeam-channel = "0.5.11"
 r2d2 = "0.8.10"
 rayon = "1.8.1"
 num_cpus = "1.16.0"
+
+[build-dependencies]
+built = { version = "0.7.1", features = ["git2"] }
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d8f91cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+fn main() {
+    built::write_built_file().expect("Failed to acquire build-time information");
+}
diff --git a/src/db/mod.rs b/src/db/mod.rs
index 0260570..77e07fd 100644
--- a/src/db/mod.rs
+++ b/src/db/mod.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 use diesel::r2d2::ConnectionManager;
-use diesel::SqliteConnection;
+use diesel::sqlite::Sqlite;
+use diesel::{Connection, SqliteConnection};
+use diesel_migrations::{embed_migrations, EmbeddedMigrations, MigrationHarness};
+use std::error::Error;
+
+pub const MIGRATIONS: EmbeddedMigrations = embed_migrations!("./migrations");
 
 pub mod helpers;
 
@@ -9,7 +14,18 @@ mod schema;
 pub type DatabaseConnection = SqliteConnection;
 pub type Pool = r2d2::Pool<ConnectionManager<DatabaseConnection>>;
 
-pub fn establish_connection(url: &str) -> Result<Pool, r2d2::Error> {
+pub fn establish_connection(url: &str) -> Result<Pool, Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>> {
+    run_migrations(&mut SqliteConnection::establish(url)?)?;
+
     let manager = ConnectionManager::<DatabaseConnection>::new(url);
-    Pool::builder().build(manager)
+    let pool = Pool::builder().build(manager)?;
+
+    Ok(pool)
+}
+
+fn run_migrations(
+    connection: &mut impl MigrationHarness<Sqlite>,
+) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync + 'static>> {
+    connection.run_pending_migrations(MIGRATIONS)?;
+    Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 1328dfa..1c14b48 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -9,11 +9,26 @@ mod chain;
 mod claimer;
 mod db;
 
+pub mod built_info {
+    include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/built.rs"));
+}
+
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
     dotenv().expect("could not read env file");
     env_logger::init();
 
+    info!(
+        "Starting covclaim v{}-{}",
+        built_info::PKG_VERSION,
+        built_info::GIT_VERSION.unwrap_or("")
+    );
+    debug!(
+        "Compiled with {} for {}",
+        built_info::RUSTC_VERSION,
+        built_info::TARGET
+    );
+
     let network_params = get_address_params();
 
     let db = match db::establish_connection(