diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index 297cf89..1ba2c5a 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ pub enum AppError {
     #[error(transparent)]
     DbError(#[from] sqlx::Error),
 
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    DbMigrateError(#[from] sqlx::migrate::MigrateError),
+
     #[error(transparent)]
     StrumError(#[from] strum::ParseError),
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 719ae7d..db60241 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ async fn _main() -> AppResult<()> {
         &config.poloniex_rest_url,
         &config.poloniex_ws_url,
     ));
-    let repo = Arc::new(SqliteRepo::new(&config.database_url).await?);
+    let repo = Arc::new(SqliteRepo::new_migrate(&config.database_url).await?);
     let base_start_time = NaiveDate::from_ymd_opt(2024, 12, 1)
         .unwrap()
         .and_hms_opt(0, 0, 0)
@@ -221,9 +221,14 @@ async fn _main() -> AppResult<()> {
     let mut trades = poloniex_client.recent_trades_stream(&config.pairs).await?;
 
     while let Some(t) = trades.next().await {
-        println!("{t:?}");
-
-        let Ok(trade) = t else { break };
+        let trade = match t {
+            Ok(t) => t,
+            Err(e) => {
+                println!("trade stream error: {e:?}");
+                break;
+            }
+        };
+        println!("inserting {trade:?}");
 
         for interval in &config.intervals {
             tokio::spawn({
diff --git a/src/repos/sqlite.rs b/src/repos/sqlite.rs
index 641015d..a8d7f97 100644
--- a/src/repos/sqlite.rs
+++ b/src/repos/sqlite.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-use sqlx::SqlitePool;
+use std::str::FromStr;
+
+use sqlx::{sqlite::SqliteConnectOptions, SqlitePool};
 
 use crate::{
     error::{AppError, AppResult},
@@ -12,8 +14,14 @@ pub struct SqliteRepo {
 }
 
 impl SqliteRepo {
-    pub async fn new(db_url: &str) -> AppResult<Self> {
-        let pool = SqlitePool::connect(db_url).await?;
+    pub async fn new_migrate(db_url: &str) -> AppResult<Self> {
+        let conn_options = SqliteConnectOptions::from_str(db_url)?.create_if_missing(true);
+
+        println!("trying to open db {db_url}");
+        let pool = SqlitePool::connect_with(conn_options).await?;
+
+        println!("applying migrations");
+        sqlx::migrate!("./migrations").run(&pool).await?;
 
         Ok(Self { pool })
     }