diff --git a/db.py b/db.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7dab633c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+from flask.ext.script import Manager, Server
+from flask_migrate import Migrate, MigrateCommand
+from app import create_app, db
+from credstash import getAllSecrets
+
+secrets = getAllSecrets(region="eu-west-1")
+
+application = create_app('live', secrets)
+
+manager = Manager(application)
+migrate = Migrate(application, db)
+manager.add_command('db', MigrateCommand)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    manager.run()
diff --git a/scripts/aws_install_dependencies.sh b/scripts/aws_install_dependencies.sh
index c95b64aab..e36fae522 100755
--- a/scripts/aws_install_dependencies.sh
+++ b/scripts/aws_install_dependencies.sh
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ echo "Install dependencies"
 cd /home/ubuntu/notifications-admin;
 export FLASK_CONFIG=/home/ubuntu/config.cfg
 pip3 install -r /home/ubuntu/notifications-admin/requirements.txt
-python3 app.py db upgrade
+python3 db.py db upgrade