diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index bbcceca..2de1914 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ license = "AGPL-3.0"
 [dependencies]
 rocket = { version = "0.5.0-rc.1", features = ["json"] }
 diesel = { version = "1.4.8", features = ["postgres", "chrono"] }
+diesel_migrations = "1.4.0"
 redis = { version="0.21.5", features = ["aio", "tokio-comp"] }
 chrono = { version="0.*", features =["serde"] }
 rand = "0.*"
 dotenv = "0.*"
 sha2 = "0.*"
-diesel_logger = "0.1.1"
 log = "0.4.16"
 env_logger = "0.9.0"
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a0fc156..d79c222 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,20 +5,22 @@
 
 ### prepare database
 
-```sql
-CREATE USER hole CREATEDB;
-ALTER USER hole WITH PASSWORD "hole_pass";
 ```
-
-```
-$ diesel setup
+sudo -u postgres psql
 ```
 
-```sql
-\c hole_v2
-CREATE EXTENSION pg_trgm;
+```postgresql
+postgres=# CREATE USER hole WITH PASSWORD 'hole_pass';
+CREATE ROLE
+postgres=# CREATE DATABASE hole_v2 OWNER hole;
+CREATE DATABASE
+postgres=# \c hole_v2
+You are now connected to database "hole_v2" as user "postgres".
+hole_v2=# CREATE EXTENSION pg_trgm;
+CREATE EXTENSION
+hole_v2=# \q
 ```
 
 ```
-$ diesel run
+./hole-thu --init-database
 ```
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index c85043d..8bd9e9f 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ extern crate rocket;
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate diesel;
 
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate diesel_migrations;
+
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate log;
 
@@ -17,13 +20,21 @@ mod rds_models;
 mod cache;
 mod schema;
 
-use db_conn::Db;
+use db_conn::{Conn, Db};
+use diesel::Connection;
 use random_hasher::RandomHasher;
 use rds_conn::init_rds_client;
+use std::env;
+
+embed_migrations!("migrations/postgres");
 
 #[rocket::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<(), rocket::Error> {
     load_env();
+    if env::args().any(|arg| arg.eq("--init-database")) {
+        init_database();
+        return Ok(());
+    }
     env_logger::init();
     rocket::build()
         .mount(
@@ -58,3 +69,9 @@ fn load_env() {
         e => e.map(|_| ()).unwrap(),
     }
 }
+
+fn init_database() {
+    let database_url = env::var("DATABASE_URL").unwrap();
+    let conn = Conn::establish(&database_url).unwrap();
+    embedded_migrations::run(&conn).unwrap();
+}
diff --git a/src/schema.rs b/src/schema.rs
index 83a6e58..db6da45 100644
--- a/src/schema.rs
+++ b/src/schema.rs
@@ -42,4 +42,8 @@ table! {
 
 joinable!(comments -> posts (post_id));
 
-allow_tables_to_appear_in_same_query!(comments, posts, users,);
+allow_tables_to_appear_in_same_query!(
+    comments,
+    posts,
+    users,
+);