diff --git a/crates/migrate/build.rs b/crates/migrate/build.rs
index 80829b0d..eaaa156c 100644
--- a/crates/migrate/build.rs
+++ b/crates/migrate/build.rs
@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@ use std::{
 
 fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
     let out_dir = env::var("OUT_DIR")?;
+    let manifest_dir = env::var("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR")?;
     let dest_path = Path::new(&out_dir).join("data.rs");
     let mut datafile = File::create(&dest_path)?;
 
-    let prefix = "../../../../../../crates/migrate/data";
+    let prefix = manifest_dir + "/data";
 
     let ct = fs::read_dir("data/migrations")?
         .filter(|p| {
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index cbe6b013..8fd2ed6b 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -195,6 +195,22 @@
                   # TODO: add liveness check
                   ready_log_line = "Received Ready";
                 };
+                ### migrations ###
+                pluralkit-migrate-init = mkServiceInitProcess {
+                  name = "migrate";
+                };
+                pluralkit-migrate = {
+                  command = pkgs.writeShellApplication {
+                    name = "pluralkit-migrate";
+                    text = ''
+                      ${sourceDotenv}
+                      set -x
+                      exec target/debug/migrate
+                    '';
+                  };
+                  depends_on.postgres.condition = "process_healthy";
+                  depends_on.pluralkit-migrate-init.condition = "process_completed_successfully";
+                };
                 ### gateway ###
                 pluralkit-gateway-init = mkServiceInitProcess {
                   name = "gateway";