diff --git a/couchpotato/__init__.py b/couchpotato/__init__.py
index 512b71c..85ae33f 100644
--- a/couchpotato/__init__.py
+++ b/couchpotato/__init__.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def get_session(engine):
     return scoped_session(sessionmaker(transactional = True, bind = engine))
 
 def get_engine():
-    return create_engine('sqlite:///' + Env.get('db_path'), echo = False)
+    return create_engine(Env.get('db_path'), echo = False)
 
 
 @web.route('/')
diff --git a/couchpotato/cli.py b/couchpotato/cli.py
index 80dc17d..704ec6a 100644
--- a/couchpotato/cli.py
+++ b/couchpotato/cli.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def cmd_couchpotato(base_path, args):
     Env.get('settings').setFile(os.path.join(options.data_dir, 'settings.conf'))
     Env.set('app_dir', base_path)
     Env.set('data_dir', options.data_dir)
-    Env.set('db_path', os.path.join(options.data_dir, 'couchpotato.db'))
+    Env.set('db_path', 'sqlite:///' + os.path.join(options.data_dir, 'couchpotato.db'))
     Env.set('quiet', options.quiet)
     Env.set('daemonize', options.daemonize)
     Env.set('args', args)
@@ -91,6 +91,23 @@ def cmd_couchpotato(base_path, args):
     settings_loader.run()
 
 
+    # Load migrations
+    from migrate.versioning.api import version_control, db_version, version, upgrade
+    db = Env.get('db_path')
+    repo = os.path.join('couchpotato', 'core', 'migration')
+
+    latest_db_version = version(repo)
+
+    try:
+        current_db_version = db_version(db, repo)
+    except:
+        version_control(db, repo, version = latest_db_version)
+        current_db_version = db_version(db, repo)
+
+    if current_db_version < latest_db_version and not debug:
+        log.info('Doing database upgrade. From %d to %d' % (current_db_version, latest_db_version))
+        upgrade(db, repo)
+
     # Configure Database
     from elixir import setup_all, create_all
     setup_all()
diff --git a/couchpotato/core/migration/__init__.py b/couchpotato/core/migration/__init__.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/couchpotato/core/migration/migrate.cfg b/couchpotato/core/migration/migrate.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f17e967
--- /dev/null
+++ b/couchpotato/core/migration/migrate.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[db_settings]
+repository_id = CouchPotato
+version_table = migrate_version
+required_dbs = ['sqlite']
diff --git a/couchpotato/core/migration/versions/__init__.py b/couchpotato/core/migration/versions/__init__.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..7e6e44b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/couchpotato/core/migration/versions/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+"""
+    Examples
+
+        Adding a column:
+
+            from migrate import *
+            from migrate.changeset.schema import create_column
+            from sqlalchemy import *
+
+            meta = MetaData()
+
+            def upgrade(migrate_engine):
+                meta.bind = migrate_engine
+
+                #print changeset.schema
+                path_column = Column('path', String)
+                resource = Table('resource', meta, path_column)
+
+                create_column(path_column, resource)
+
+
+
+        Adding Relation table: http://www.mail-archive.com/sqlelixir@googlegroups.com/msg02061.html
+
+            person = Table('person', metadata, Column('id', Integer))
+            person_column = Column('person_id', Integer, ForeignKey('person.id'), nullable=False)
+            movie = Table('movie', metadata, person_column)
+            person_constraint = ForeignKeyConstraint(['person_id'], ['person.id'], ondelete="restrict", table=movie)
+
+"""