diff --git a/be/Dockerfile b/be/Dockerfile
index 53d04bd..e50caea 100644
--- a/be/Dockerfile
+++ b/be/Dockerfile
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ WORKDIR /app
 COPY --chown=appuser:appuser app/ ./app/
 COPY --chown=appuser:appuser *.py ./
 COPY --chown=appuser:appuser requirements.txt ./
+COPY --chown=appuser:appuser alembic.ini ./
+COPY --chown=appuser:appuser alembic/ ./alembic/
 
 # Create logs directory
 RUN mkdir -p /app/logs && chown -R appuser:appuser /app
diff --git a/be/app/main.py b/be/app/main.py
index f9105e9..b6e3543 100644
--- a/be/app/main.py
+++ b/be/app/main.py
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ from sentry_sdk.integrations.fastapi import FastApiIntegration
 from fastapi_users.authentication import JWTStrategy
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 from jose import jwt, JWTError
+from alembic.config import Config
+from alembic import command
+import os
 
 from app.api.api_router import api_router
 from app.config import settings
@@ -216,8 +219,17 @@ async def read_root():
 async def startup_event():
     """Initialize services on startup."""
     logger.info(f"Application startup in {settings.ENVIRONMENT} environment...")
-    # You might perform initial checks or warm-up here
-    # await database.engine.connect() # Example check (get_db handles sessions per request)
+    
+    # Run database migrations
+    try:
+        logger.info("Running database migrations...")
+        alembic_cfg = Config("alembic.ini")
+        command.upgrade(alembic_cfg, "head")
+        logger.info("Database migrations completed successfully.")
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.error(f"Failed to run database migrations: {e}")
+        raise
+    
     init_scheduler()
     logger.info("Application startup complete.")