diff --git a/apiserver/bin/worker b/apiserver/bin/worker
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..17b42fd9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apiserver/bin/worker
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+python manage.py migrate
+
+python manage.py rqworker
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 2963907be..d1cdd3314 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ services:
     image: plane-api
     depends_on:
         - redis
-    command: python manage.py rqworker
+    command: ./bin/worker
     links:
         - redis
     environment: