diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
index 0d5527d52..32ea852b1 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ COPY alembic.ini /app/alembic.ini
 EXPOSE 80
 
 
-CMD ["uv", "run", "uvicorn", "app.main:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "80", "--workers", "4"]
+CMD ["bash", "scripts/start.sh"]
 
 # command for Celery worker
 # CMD ["uv", "run", "celery", "-A", "app.celery.celery_app", "worker", "--loglevel=info"]
diff --git a/backend/scripts/start.sh b/backend/scripts/start.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..140ca5837
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/scripts/start.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+uv run alembic upgrade head
+
+exec uv run uvicorn app.main:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 80 --workers 4