diff --git a/packages/database-utils/src/migration-runner.ts b/packages/database-utils/src/migration-runner.ts
index 796eebc..07763a3 100644
--- a/packages/database-utils/src/migration-runner.ts
+++ b/packages/database-utils/src/migration-runner.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { isValid, parse } from 'date-fns'
 import { promises as fs } from 'fs'
-import pg, { Connection, Pgrm } from 'pg-using-bluebird'
+import pg, { Connection } from 'pg-using-bluebird'
 import { Logger } from 'winston'
 
 export const parseDateFromMigrationFilePath = (str: string, logger: Logger) => {
@@ -15,16 +15,14 @@ export const parseDateFromMigrationFilePath = (str: string, logger: Logger) => {
   return parsedDate
 }
 
-const createMigrationTable = (pgrm: Pgrm) =>
-  pgrm.withTransaction(tx =>
-    tx.queryAsync(`
+const createMigrationTable = (tx: Connection) =>
+  tx.queryAsync(`
         CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS schemaversion (
             schemaversion_id BIGSERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
             filename TEXT UNIQUE NOT NULL,
             applied TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE NOT NULL
         )
     `)
-  )
 
 const lockSchemaTable = (tx: Connection) => tx.queryAsync('LOCK TABLE schemaversion IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE NOWAIT')
 
@@ -57,7 +55,6 @@ const getUnappliedMigrationFiles = async (
 
 const applyMigration = async (
   logger: Logger,
-  pgrm: Pgrm,
   lockTx: Connection,
   specPath: string,
   quiet: boolean,
@@ -86,13 +83,15 @@ export const migrate = async ({
   dbUrl,
   dbNames,
   quiet = false,
-  migrationDir = `${process.cwd()}/db/migrations`
+  migrationDir = `${process.cwd()}/db/migrations`,
+  tx
 }: {
   logger: Logger
   dbUrl: string
   dbNames: string[]
   quiet?: boolean
   migrationDir?: string
+  tx?: Connection
 }) => {
   const isValidService = dbNames.some(name => dbUrl.includes(name))
   if (!isValidService || (dbUrl.includes('aws') && !process.env.YTL_AWS_STACK)) {
@@ -106,7 +105,11 @@ export const migrate = async ({
 
   const pgrm = pg({ dbUrl })
   try {
-    await createMigrationTable(pgrm)
+    if (tx) {
+      await createMigrationTable(tx)
+    } else {
+      await pgrm.withTransaction(tx => createMigrationTable(tx))
+    }
   } catch (error) {
     const stack = String((error as Error).stack)
     logger.error(`Fatal error occured while creating migration table (schemaversion): ${stack}`)
@@ -114,40 +117,11 @@ export const migrate = async ({
   }
 
   try {
-    await pgrm.withTransaction(async (lockTx: Connection) => {
-      try {
-        if (!(await lockSchemaTable(lockTx))) {
-          logger.warn('Could not lock schema table. Someone else is probably running the migrations.')
-          return
-        }
-      } catch (error) {
-        if ((error as NodeJS.ErrnoException).code === '55P03') {
-          logger.warn(
-            'Error 55P03 lock_not_available while locking schema table. Ignoring error without trying to migrate as someone else is probably running the migrations.'
-          )
-          return
-        } else {
-          logger.error(`Unknown error while locking the schema table: ${String(error)}`)
-          throw error
-        }
-      }
-      const files = await getUnappliedMigrationFiles(logger, lockTx, migrationDir)
-      if (!quiet) {
-        logger.info(`Applying total of ${files.length} migrations`)
-      }
-
-      try {
-        for (const file of files) {
-          await applyMigration(logger, pgrm, lockTx, file, quiet, migrationDir)
-        }
-      } catch (e) {
-        if (e instanceof Error) {
-          logger.error(e.message)
-        } else {
-          logger.error(e)
-        }
-      }
-    })
+    if (tx) {
+      await runMigrationsInTransaction(tx)
+    } else {
+      await pgrm.withTransaction((lockTx: Connection) => runMigrationsInTransaction(lockTx))
+    }
   } catch (error) {
     if (error instanceof Error) {
       logger.error(`Fatal error occured while running migrations: ${error.message}`)
@@ -156,4 +130,39 @@ export const migrate = async ({
     }
     throw error
   }
+
+  async function runMigrationsInTransaction(lockTx: Connection) {
+    try {
+      if (!(await lockSchemaTable(lockTx))) {
+        logger.warn('Could not lock schema table. Someone else is probably running the migrations.')
+        return
+      }
+    } catch (error) {
+      if ((error as NodeJS.ErrnoException).code === '55P03') {
+        logger.warn(
+          'Error 55P03 lock_not_available while locking schema table. Ignoring error without trying to migrate as someone else is probably running the migrations.'
+        )
+        return
+      } else {
+        logger.error(`Unknown error while locking the schema table: ${String(error)}`)
+        throw error
+      }
+    }
+    const files = await getUnappliedMigrationFiles(logger, lockTx, migrationDir)
+    if (!quiet) {
+      logger.info(`Applying total of ${files.length} migrations`)
+    }
+
+    try {
+      for (const file of files) {
+        await applyMigration(logger, lockTx, file, quiet, migrationDir)
+      }
+    } catch (e) {
+      if (e instanceof Error) {
+        logger.error(e.message)
+      } else {
+        logger.error(e)
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }