diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index b3095ff..f89b10c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ RUN npm run build
 FROM base AS runner
 WORKDIR /app
 ENV NODE_ENV=production
+RUN apk add --no-cache sqlite
 RUN addgroup --system --gid 1001 nodejs
 RUN adduser --system --uid 1001 nextjs
 
@@ -35,10 +36,6 @@ COPY --from=builder /app/prisma/template.db ./template.db
 COPY --from=builder --chown=nextjs:nodejs /app/.next/standalone ./
 COPY --from=builder --chown=nextjs:nodejs /app/.next/static ./.next/static
 
-# Prisma CLI + schema engine for automatic schema migration on startup
-COPY --from=builder /app/node_modules/prisma ./node_modules/prisma
-COPY --from=builder /app/node_modules/@prisma/engines ./node_modules/@prisma/engines
-
 COPY docker-entrypoint.sh ./
 RUN chmod +x docker-entrypoint.sh
 
diff --git a/docker-entrypoint.sh b/docker-entrypoint.sh
index f2a73e4..a0d448d 100644
--- a/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -1,15 +1,36 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 set -e
 
-DB_PATH="/app/data/prod.db"
+TEMPLATE="/app/template.db"
+DB="/app/data/prod.db"
 
-if [ ! -f "$DB_PATH" ]; then
+if [ ! -f "$DB" ]; then
   echo "[db] First run — creating database from template"
-  cp /app/template.db "$DB_PATH"
+  cp "$TEMPLATE" "$DB"
+  exec node server.js
 fi
 
 echo "[db] Syncing schema..."
-node ./node_modules/prisma/build/index.js db push --skip-generate --accept-data-loss 2>&1 || \
-  echo "[db] ⚠ Schema sync failed, starting with existing schema"
 
+# 1) Create any new tables
+sqlite3 "$TEMPLATE" ".schema" | \
+  sed 's/CREATE TABLE /CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS /g' | \
+  sed 's/CREATE INDEX /CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS /g' | \
+  sed 's/CREATE UNIQUE INDEX /CREATE UNIQUE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS /g' | \
+  sqlite3 "$DB" 2>/dev/null || true
+
+# 2) Add missing columns to existing tables
+for table in $(sqlite3 "$TEMPLATE" "SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table' AND name NOT LIKE 'sqlite_%' AND name NOT LIKE '_prisma%'"); do
+  prod_cols=$(sqlite3 "$DB" "PRAGMA table_info('$table')" 2>/dev/null | cut -d'|' -f2 || echo "")
+
+  sqlite3 "$TEMPLATE" "PRAGMA table_info('$table')" | while IFS='|' read -r _cid name type notnull dflt _pk; do
+    if ! echo "$prod_cols" | grep -qx "$name"; then
+      alter="ALTER TABLE \"$table\" ADD COLUMN \"$name\" $type"
+      [ -n "$dflt" ] && alter="$alter DEFAULT $dflt"
+      sqlite3 "$DB" "$alter" 2>/dev/null && echo "[db] + $table.$name" || true
+    fi
+  done
+done
+
+echo "[db] Schema sync complete"
 exec node server.js