diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9c80736..1fed5ed 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -48,20 +48,7 @@ PORT=3080
 
 Point NPM at `http://<host-ip>:3080` for the proxy host.
 
-### 3. Create the initial database migration
-
-Run this **once** on your local dev machine before first deploy, then commit the result:
-
-```bash
-cd server
-npm install
-# point at your local postgres or use DATABASE_URL from .env
-npm run db:migrate   # creates prisma/migrations/
-```
-
-Commit the generated `server/prisma/migrations/` folder — `prisma migrate deploy` in the container will apply it on startup.
-
-### 4. Deploy
+### 3. Deploy
 
 ```bash
 docker compose pull
diff --git a/server/package.json b/server/package.json
index 95963c4..6d8501f 100644
--- a/server/package.json
+++ b/server/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     "dev": "tsx watch src/index.ts",
     "build": "tsc",
     "start": "node dist/index.js",
-    "start:prod": "prisma migrate deploy && node dist/index.js",
+    "start:prod": "prisma db push && node dist/index.js",
     "db:migrate": "prisma migrate dev",
     "db:push": "prisma db push",
     "db:generate": "prisma generate",