diff --git a/database/package.json b/database/package.json
index ced0054d1..168794760 100644
--- a/database/package.json
+++ b/database/package.json
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
   "scripts": {
     "build": "tsc --build",
     "clean": "tsc --build --clean",
-    "up": "node build/src/index.js up",
-    "down": "node build/src/index.js down",
-    "reset": "node build/src/index.js reset",
+    "up": "cd build && node src/index.js up",
+    "down": "cd build && node src/index.js down",
+    "reset": "cd build && node src/index.js reset",
     "dev_up": "nodemon -w ./ --ext ts --exec ts-node src/index.ts up",
     "dev_down": "nodemon -w ./ --ext ts --exec ts-node src/index.ts down",
     "dev_reset": "nodemon -w ./ --ext ts --exec ts-node src/index.ts reset",
diff --git a/database/src/prepare.ts b/database/src/prepare.ts
index 8ab0e8e84..174639f1a 100644
--- a/database/src/prepare.ts
+++ b/database/src/prepare.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 import { createConnection } from 'mysql'
 import CONFIG from './config'
 
-export default async () => {
+export default async (): Promise<void> => {
   const con = createConnection({
     host: CONFIG.DB_HOST,
     port: CONFIG.DB_PORT,
@@ -24,4 +24,19 @@ export default async () => {
     CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS ${CONFIG.DB_DATABASE} 
       DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4
       DEFAULT COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;`)
+
+  // Check if old migration table is present, delete if needed
+  await con.query(
+    `SHOW COLUMNS FROM \`${CONFIG.DB_DATABASE}\`.\`migrations\` LIKE 'version';`,
+    (err, result /* , fields */) => {
+      if (err) throw err
+      if (result.length > 0) {
+        con.query(`DROP TABLE \`${CONFIG.DB_DATABASE}\`.\`migrations\``)
+        // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+        console.log('Found and dropped old migrations table')
+      }
+    },
+  )
+
+  await con.end()
 }