diff --git a/packages/bookwyrm/package.nix b/packages/bookwyrm/package.nix
index 6a0e44b..2a44fa5 100644
--- a/packages/bookwyrm/package.nix
+++ b/packages/bookwyrm/package.nix
@@ -118,6 +118,11 @@ mkDerivation {
 		export EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD=""
 		export SECRET_KEY=""
 
+		rm -r bookwyrm/migrations/*
+		touch bookwyrm/migrations/__init__.py
+
+		${python311}/bin/python manage.py makemigrations
+
 		${python311}/bin/python manage.py compile_themes
 		${python311}/bin/python manage.py collectstatic --no-input