diff --git a/backend/migrations/1579387929122-foo.js b/backend/migrations/1579387929122-foo.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9d23051ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/migrations/1579387929122-foo.js
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+import { throwError, of, concat } from 'rxjs'
+import { tap, flatMap, mergeMap, map, catchError, filter } from 'rxjs/operators'
+import CONFIG from '../src/config'
+import { getNeode, getDriver } from '../src/bootstrap/neo4j'
+import normalizeEmail from '../src/schema/resolvers//helpers/normalizeEmail'
+
+
+export function up (next) {
+  const driver = getDriver()
+  const rxSession = driver.rxSession()
+  rxSession
+    .beginTransaction()
+    .pipe(
+      flatMap(txc =>
+        concat(
+          txc
+          .run("MATCH (email:EmailAddress) RETURN email {.email}")
+          .records()
+          .pipe(
+            map(record => {
+              const { email } = record.get('email')
+              const normalizedEmail = normalizeEmail(email)
+              return { email, normalizedEmail }
+            }),
+            filter(({email, normalizedEmail}) => email !== normalizedEmail),
+            mergeMap(({email, normalizedEmail})=> {
+              return txc
+                .run(`
+                  MATCH (oldUser:User)-[:PRIMARY_EMAIL]->(oldEmail:EmailAddress {email: $email}), (oldUser)-[previousRelationship]-(oldEmail)
+                  MATCH (user:User)-[:PRIMARY_EMAIL]->(email:EmailAddress {email: $normalizedEmail})
+                  DELETE previousRelationship
+                  WITH oldUser, oldEmail, user, email
+                  CALL apoc.refactor.mergeNodes([user, oldUser], { properties: 'discard', mergeRels: true }) YIELD node as mergedUser
+                  CALL apoc.refactor.mergeNodes([email, oldEmail], { properties: 'discard', mergeRels: true }) YIELD node as mergedEmail
+                  RETURN user {.*}, email {.*}
+              `, { email, normalizedEmail })
+                .records()
+                .pipe(
+                  map(r => ({
+                    oldEmail: email,
+                    email: r.get('email'),
+                    user: r.get('user'),
+                  }))
+                )
+            }),
+          ),
+          txc.commit(),
+        ).pipe(catchError(err => txc.rollback().pipe(throwError(err))))
+      )
+    )
+    .subscribe({
+      next: ({ user, email, oldUser, oldEmail }) => console.log(`
+    Merged:
+    =============================
+    userId: ${user.id}
+    email: ${oldEmail} => ${email.email}
+    =============================
+    `),
+      complete: () => {
+        console.log('Merging of duplicate users completed')
+        next()
+      },
+      error: error => throw new Error(error)
+    })
+}
+
+export function down () {
+  throw new Error("Irreversible migration")
+}
diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index acd0a9549..4d23406c7 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@
     "test": "jest --forceExit --detectOpenHandles --runInBand",
     "db:reset": "babel-node src/seed/reset-db.js",
     "db:seed": "babel-node src/seed/seed-db.js",
-    "db:setup": "babel-node src/migration/setup.js",
-    "db:migrate": "babel-node src/migration/migrate.js"
+    "db:setup": "babel-node src/db/setup.js",
+    "db:migrate:create": "migrate create --template-file./src/db/migrationTemplate.js",
+    "db:migrate": "migrate --compiler 'js:@babel/register'"
   },
   "author": "Human Connection gGmbH",
   "license": "MIT",
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@
     "metascraper-url": "^5.10.3",
     "metascraper-video": "^5.10.3",
     "metascraper-youtube": "^5.10.5",
+    "migrate": "^1.6.2",
     "minimatch": "^3.0.4",
     "mustache": "^4.0.0",
     "neo4j-driver": "^4.0.1",
diff --git a/backend/src/db/migrationTemplate.js b/backend/src/db/migrationTemplate.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dff6564ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/db/migrationTemplate.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+export function up (next) {
+  next()
+}
+
+export function down (next) {
+  next()
+}
diff --git a/backend/src/migration/setup.js b/backend/src/db/setup.sj
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/src/migration/setup.js
rename to backend/src/db/setup.sj
diff --git a/backend/src/migration/migrate.js b/backend/src/migration/migrate.js
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb..000000000
diff --git a/backend/yarn.lock b/backend/yarn.lock
index 8c67f5a30..db1062af0 100644
--- a/backend/yarn.lock
+++ b/backend/yarn.lock
@@ -1680,6 +1680,11 @@ ansi-regex@^4.0.0, ansi-regex@^4.1.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ansi-regex/-/ansi-regex-4.1.0.tgz#8b9f8f08cf1acb843756a839ca8c7e3168c51997"
   integrity sha512-1apePfXM1UOSqw0o9IiFAovVz9M5S1Dg+4TrDwfMewQ6p/rmMueb7tWZjQ1rx4Loy1ArBggoqGpfqqdI4rondg==
 
+ansi-styles@^2.2.1:
+  version "2.2.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ansi-styles/-/ansi-styles-2.2.1.tgz#b432dd3358b634cf75e1e4664368240533c1ddbe"
+  integrity sha1-tDLdM1i2NM914eRmQ2gkBTPB3b4=
+
 ansi-styles@^3.1.0, ansi-styles@^3.2.0, ansi-styles@^3.2.1:
   version "3.2.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ansi-styles/-/ansi-styles-3.2.1.tgz#41fbb20243e50b12be0f04b8dedbf07520ce841d"
@@ -2492,6 +2497,17 @@ chalk@2.3.0:
     escape-string-regexp "^1.0.5"
     supports-color "^4.0.0"
 
+chalk@^1.1.3:
+  version "1.1.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/chalk/-/chalk-1.1.3.tgz#a8115c55e4a702fe4d150abd3872822a7e09fc98"
+  integrity sha1-qBFcVeSnAv5NFQq9OHKCKn4J/Jg=
+  dependencies:
+    ansi-styles "^2.2.1"
+    escape-string-regexp "^1.0.2"
+    has-ansi "^2.0.0"
+    strip-ansi "^3.0.0"
+    supports-color "^2.0.0"
+
 chalk@^2.0.0, chalk@^2.0.1, chalk@^2.1.0, chalk@^2.4.1, chalk@^2.4.2:
   version "2.4.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/chalk/-/chalk-2.4.2.tgz#cd42541677a54333cf541a49108c1432b44c9424"
@@ -2704,6 +2720,11 @@ combined-stream@^1.0.6, combined-stream@~1.0.6:
   dependencies:
     delayed-stream "~1.0.0"
 
+commander@^2.9.0, commander@~2.20.3:
+  version "2.20.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/commander/-/commander-2.20.3.tgz#fd485e84c03eb4881c20722ba48035e8531aeb33"
+  integrity sha512-GpVkmM8vF2vQUkj2LvZmD35JxeJOLCwJ9cUkugyk2nuhbv3+mJvpLYYt+0+USMxE+oj+ey/lJEnhZw75x/OMcQ==
+
 commander@^3.0.1:
   version "3.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/commander/-/commander-3.0.2.tgz#6837c3fb677ad9933d1cfba42dd14d5117d6b39e"
@@ -2714,11 +2735,6 @@ commander@^4.0.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/commander/-/commander-4.0.1.tgz#b67622721785993182e807f4883633e6401ba53c"
   integrity sha512-IPF4ouhCP+qdlcmCedhxX4xiGBPyigb8v5NeUp+0LyhwLgxMqyp3S0vl7TAPfS/hiP7FC3caI/PB9lTmP8r1NA==
 
-commander@~2.20.3:
-  version "2.20.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/commander/-/commander-2.20.3.tgz#fd485e84c03eb4881c20722ba48035e8531aeb33"
-  integrity sha512-GpVkmM8vF2vQUkj2LvZmD35JxeJOLCwJ9cUkugyk2nuhbv3+mJvpLYYt+0+USMxE+oj+ey/lJEnhZw75x/OMcQ==
-
 commondir@^1.0.1:
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/commondir/-/commondir-1.0.1.tgz#ddd800da0c66127393cca5950ea968a3aaf1253b"
@@ -3001,6 +3017,11 @@ date-fns@2.9.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/date-fns/-/date-fns-2.9.0.tgz#d0b175a5c37ed5f17b97e2272bbc1fa5aec677d2"
   integrity sha512-khbFLu/MlzLjEzy9Gh8oY1hNt/Dvxw3J6Rbc28cVoYWQaC1S3YI4xwkF9ZWcjDLscbZlY9hISMr66RFzZagLsA==
 
+dateformat@^2.0.0:
+  version "2.2.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/dateformat/-/dateformat-2.2.0.tgz#4065e2013cf9fb916ddfd82efb506ad4c6769062"
+  integrity sha1-QGXiATz5+5Ft39gu+1Bq1MZ2kGI=
+
 dayjs@^1.8.19:
   version "1.8.19"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/dayjs/-/dayjs-1.8.19.tgz#5117dc390d8f8e586d53891dbff3fa308f51abfe"
@@ -3423,7 +3444,7 @@ escape-html@~1.0.3:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/escape-html/-/escape-html-1.0.3.tgz#0258eae4d3d0c0974de1c169188ef0051d1d1988"
   integrity sha1-Aljq5NPQwJdN4cFpGI7wBR0dGYg=
 
-escape-string-regexp@^1.0.5:
+escape-string-regexp@^1.0.2, escape-string-regexp@^1.0.5:
   version "1.0.5"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/escape-string-regexp/-/escape-string-regexp-1.0.5.tgz#1b61c0562190a8dff6ae3bb2cf0200ca130b86d4"
   integrity sha1-G2HAViGQqN/2rjuyzwIAyhMLhtQ=
@@ -3834,7 +3855,6 @@ extsprintf@^1.2.0:
 
 faker@Marak/faker.js#master:
   version "4.1.0"
-  uid "3b2fa4aebccee52ae1bafc15d575061fb30c3cf1"
   resolved "https://codeload.github.com/Marak/faker.js/tar.gz/3b2fa4aebccee52ae1bafc15d575061fb30c3cf1"
 
 fast-deep-equal@^2.0.1:
@@ -4387,6 +4407,13 @@ har-validator@~5.1.0:
     ajv "^6.5.5"
     har-schema "^2.0.0"
 
+has-ansi@^2.0.0:
+  version "2.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/has-ansi/-/has-ansi-2.0.0.tgz#34f5049ce1ecdf2b0649af3ef24e45ed35416d91"
+  integrity sha1-NPUEnOHs3ysGSa8+8k5F7TVBbZE=
+  dependencies:
+    ansi-regex "^2.0.0"
+
 has-flag@^2.0.0:
   version "2.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/has-flag/-/has-flag-2.0.0.tgz#e8207af1cc7b30d446cc70b734b5e8be18f88d51"
@@ -6119,6 +6146,20 @@ micromatch@^4.0.2:
     braces "^3.0.1"
     picomatch "^2.0.5"
 
+migrate@^1.6.2:
+  version "1.6.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/migrate/-/migrate-1.6.2.tgz#8970d596780553fe9f545bdf83806df8473f025b"
+  integrity sha512-XAFab+ArPTo9BHzmihKjsZ5THKRryenA+lwob0R+ax0hLDs7YzJFJT5YZE3gtntZgzdgcuFLs82EJFB/Dssr+g==
+  dependencies:
+    chalk "^1.1.3"
+    commander "^2.9.0"
+    dateformat "^2.0.0"
+    dotenv "^4.0.0"
+    inherits "^2.0.3"
+    minimatch "^3.0.3"
+    mkdirp "^0.5.1"
+    slug "^0.9.2"
+
 mime-db@1.40.0:
   version "1.40.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mime-db/-/mime-db-1.40.0.tgz#a65057e998db090f732a68f6c276d387d4126c32"
@@ -6163,7 +6204,7 @@ mimic-response@^1.0.0, mimic-response@^1.0.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mimic-response/-/mimic-response-1.0.1.tgz#4923538878eef42063cb8a3e3b0798781487ab1b"
   integrity sha512-j5EctnkH7amfV/q5Hgmoal1g2QHFJRraOtmx0JpIqkxhBhI/lJSl1nMpQ45hVarwNETOoWEimndZ4QK0RHxuxQ==
 
-minimatch@^3.0.4:
+minimatch@^3.0.3, minimatch@^3.0.4:
   version "3.0.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/minimatch/-/minimatch-3.0.4.tgz#5166e286457f03306064be5497e8dbb0c3d32083"
   integrity sha512-yJHVQEhyqPLUTgt9B83PXu6W3rx4MvvHvSUvToogpwoGDOUQ+yDrR0HRot+yOCdCO7u4hX3pWft6kWBBcqh0UA==
@@ -7704,6 +7745,11 @@ serve-static@1.14.1:
   version "1.14.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/serve-static/-/serve-static-1.14.1.tgz#666e636dc4f010f7ef29970a88a674320898b2f9"
   integrity sha512-JMrvUwE54emCYWlTI+hGrGv5I8dEwmco/00EvkzIIsR7MqrHonbD9pO2MOfFnpFntl7ecpZs+3mW+XbQZu9QCg==
+  dependencies:
+    encodeurl "~1.0.2"
+    escape-html "~1.0.3"
+    parseurl "~1.3.3"
+    send "0.17.1"
 
 set-blocking@^2.0.0, set-blocking@~2.0.0:
   version "2.0.0"
@@ -7784,6 +7830,13 @@ slice-ansi@^2.1.0:
     astral-regex "^1.0.0"
     is-fullwidth-code-point "^2.0.0"
 
+slug@^0.9.2:
+  version "0.9.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/slug/-/slug-0.9.4.tgz#fad5f1ef33150830c7688cd8500514576eccabd8"
+  integrity sha512-3YHq0TeJ4+AIFbJm+4UWSQs5A1mmeWOTQqydW3OoPmQfNKxlO96NDRTIrp+TBkmvEsEFrd+Z/LXw8OD/6OlZ5g==
+  dependencies:
+    unicode ">= 0.3.1"
+
 slug@~2.1.0:
   version "2.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/slug/-/slug-2.1.0.tgz#293f8d53de7e55c15871846fd1bc36114841a8c7"
@@ -8151,6 +8204,11 @@ supertest@~4.0.2:
     methods "^1.1.2"
     superagent "^3.8.3"
 
+supports-color@^2.0.0:
+  version "2.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/supports-color/-/supports-color-2.0.0.tgz#535d045ce6b6363fa40117084629995e9df324c7"
+  integrity sha1-U10EXOa2Nj+kARcIRimZXp3zJMc=
+
 supports-color@^4.0.0:
   version "4.5.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/supports-color/-/supports-color-4.5.0.tgz#be7a0de484dec5c5cddf8b3d59125044912f635b"