diff --git a/api/src/bin/cron_mon.rs b/api/src/bin/cron_mon.rs
index 881ffa68..92f86898 100644
--- a/api/src/bin/cron_mon.rs
+++ b/api/src/bin/cron_mon.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use clap::{Args, Parser, Subcommand};
 use cron_mon_api::application::services::{
     get_create_monitor_service, get_process_late_jobs_service,
 };
-use cron_mon_api::infrastructure::database::create_connection_pool;
+use cron_mon_api::infrastructure::database::{create_connection_pool, run_migrations};
 use cron_mon_api::infrastructure::logging::init_logging;
 
 /// The cron-mon CLI.
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ struct CreateMonitorArgs {
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
     init_logging();
+    run_migrations();
 
     let cli = Cli::parse();
     match cli.command {
diff --git a/api/src/lib.rs b/api/src/lib.rs
index 04f87d86..0c6c17e0 100644
--- a/api/src/lib.rs
+++ b/api/src/lib.rs
@@ -13,13 +13,11 @@ use rocket::{routes, Build, Rocket};
 use crate::application::routes::{api_keys, health, jobs, monitors};
 use crate::infrastructure::auth::jwt::{Jwk, JwtAuthService};
 use crate::infrastructure::auth::JwtAuth;
-use crate::infrastructure::database::{create_connection_pool, run_migrations};
+use crate::infrastructure::database::create_connection_pool;
 use crate::infrastructure::middleware::fairings::{cors::CORS, default_json::DefaultJSON};
 
 #[rocket::launch]
 pub fn rocket() -> Rocket<Build> {
-    run_migrations();
-
     let db_pool = create_connection_pool().expect("Failed to create DB connection pool.");
 
     rocket::build()