diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 7796eb23..e8cdc729 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -52,4 +52,4 @@ EXPOSE 3000
 
 ENV PORT 3000
 
-CMD ["yarn", "production"]
+CMD ["yarn", "start-docker"]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3a14a010..224713d1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -51,15 +51,14 @@ mysql://username:mypassword@localhost:3306/mydb
 
 The `HASH_SALT` is used to generate unique values for your installation.
 
-### Check database
+This will also create a login account with username **admin** and password **umami**.
+
+### Create database tables
 
 ```bash
-yarn check-db
+yarn update-db
 ```
 
-The database structure will automatically be applied on the first start of Umami.
-This will also create a login account with username **admin** and password **umami**.
-
 ### Build the application
 
 ```bash
@@ -102,6 +101,7 @@ To get the latest features, simply do a pull, install any new dependencies, and
 git pull
 yarn install
 yarn build
+yarn update-db
 ```
 
 To update the Docker image, simply pull the new images and rebuild:
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f5386cb5..684c4374 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -12,19 +12,20 @@
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "next dev",
     "build": "npm-run-all build-tracker build-geo build-db build-app",
-    "start": "next start",
+    "start": "npm-run-all check-db start-next",
+    "start-docker": "npm-run-all check-db start-server",
     "start-env": "node -r dotenv/config scripts/start-env.js",
     "start-server": "node server.js",
+    "start-next": "next start",
     "build-app": "next build",
     "build-tracker": "rollup -c rollup.tracker.config.js",
-    "build-db": "npm-run-all copy-db-files build-db-client",
+    "build-db": "npm-run-all copy-db-files build-db-client check-db",
     "build-lang": "npm-run-all format-lang compile-lang",
     "build-geo": "node scripts/build-geo.js",
     "build-db-schema": "prisma db pull",
     "build-db-client": "prisma generate",
-    "test-db": "node scripts/test-db.js",
-    "check-db": "prisma migrate status",
     "update-db": "prisma migrate deploy",
+    "check-db": "node scripts/check-db.js",
     "copy-db-files": "node scripts/copy-db-files.js",
     "generate-lang": "npm-run-all extract-lang merge-lang",
     "extract-lang": "formatjs extract \"{pages,components}/**/*.js\" --out-file build/messages.json",
diff --git a/scripts/check-db.js b/scripts/check-db.js
index 118ebd21..2e27a838 100644
--- a/scripts/check-db.js
+++ b/scripts/check-db.js
@@ -1,16 +1,94 @@
 require('dotenv').config();
 const { PrismaClient } = require('@prisma/client');
 const prisma = new PrismaClient();
+const chalk = require('chalk');
+const spawn = require('cross-spawn');
 
-async function check() {
-  await prisma.account.findMany({ limit: 1 });
+let message = '';
+
+function success(msg) {
+  console.log(chalk.greenBright(`✓ ${msg}`));
 }
 
-check()
-  .catch(e => {
-    console.error(e);
-    process.exit(1);
-  })
-  .finally(async () => {
-    await prisma.$disconnect();
+async function checkEnv() {
+  if (!process.env.DATABASE_URL) {
+    throw new Error('DATABASE_URL is not defined.');
+  } else {
+    success('DATABASE_URL is defined.');
+  }
+}
+
+async function checkConnection() {
+  try {
+    await prisma.$connect();
+
+    success('Database connection successful.');
+  } catch (e) {
+    throw new Error('Unable to connect to the database.');
+  }
+}
+
+async function checkTables() {
+  try {
+    await prisma.account.findFirst();
+
+    success('Database tables found.');
+  } catch (e) {
+    message = `To update your database, you need to run:\n${chalk.bold.whiteBright(
+      'yarn update-db',
+    )}`;
+    throw new Error('Database tables not found.');
+  }
+}
+
+async function run(cmd, args) {
+  const buffer = [];
+  const proc = spawn(cmd, args);
+
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    proc.stdout.on('data', data => buffer.push(data));
+
+    proc.on('error', () => {
+      reject(new Error('Failed to run Prisma.'));
+    });
+
+    proc.on('exit', () => resolve(buffer.join('')));
   });
+}
+
+async function checkMigrations() {
+  const output = await run('prisma', ['migrate', 'status']);
+
+  const missingMigrations = output.includes('Following migration have not yet been applied');
+  const notManaged = output.includes('The current database is not managed');
+
+  if (notManaged) {
+    const cmd = output.match(/yarn prisma migrate resolve --applied ".*"/g);
+
+    message = `You need to update your database by running:\n${chalk.bold.whiteBright(cmd[0])}`;
+    throw new Error('Database is out of date.');
+  } else if (missingMigrations) {
+    message = output;
+    throw new Error('Database is out of date.');
+  }
+
+  success('Database is up to date.');
+}
+
+(async () => {
+  let err = false;
+  for (let fn of [checkEnv, checkConnection, checkTables, checkMigrations]) {
+    try {
+      await fn();
+    } catch (e) {
+      console.log(chalk.red(`✗ ${e.message}`));
+      err = true;
+    } finally {
+      await prisma.$disconnect();
+      if (err) {
+        console.log(message);
+        process.exit(1);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+})();
diff --git a/scripts/copy-db-files.js b/scripts/copy-db-files.js
index 9bba914d..92d5c49f 100644
--- a/scripts/copy-db-files.js
+++ b/scripts/copy-db-files.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ require('dotenv').config();
 const fse = require('fs-extra');
 const path = require('path');
 
-function getDatabase() {
+function getDatabaseType() {
   const type =
     process.env.DATABASE_TYPE ||
     (process.env.DATABASE_URL && process.env.DATABASE_URL.split(':')[0]);
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ function getDatabase() {
   return type;
 }
 
-const databaseType = getDatabase();
+const databaseType = getDatabaseType();
 
 if (!databaseType || !['mysql', 'postgresql'].includes(databaseType)) {
   throw new Error('Missing or invalid database');
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index c6054736..6478c811 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2246,25 +2246,10 @@ camelcase@^6.2.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/camelcase/-/camelcase-6.3.0.tgz#5685b95eb209ac9c0c177467778c9c84df58ba9a"
   integrity sha512-Gmy6FhYlCY7uOElZUSbxo2UCDH8owEk996gkbrpsgGtrJLM3J7jGxl9Ic7Qwwj4ivOE5AWZWRMecDdF7hqGjFA==
 
-caniuse-lite@^1.0.30001283:
-  version "1.0.30001314"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/caniuse-lite/-/caniuse-lite-1.0.30001314.tgz#65c7f9fb7e4594fca0a333bec1d8939662377596"
-  integrity sha512-0zaSO+TnCHtHJIbpLroX7nsD+vYuOVjl3uzFbJO1wMVbuveJA0RK2WcQA9ZUIOiO0/ArMiMgHJLxfEZhQiC0kw==
-
-caniuse-lite@^1.0.30001313:
-  version "1.0.30001320"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/caniuse-lite/-/caniuse-lite-1.0.30001320.tgz#8397391bec389b8ccce328636499b7284ee13285"
-  integrity sha512-MWPzG54AGdo3nWx7zHZTefseM5Y1ccM7hlQKHRqJkPozUaw3hNbBTMmLn16GG2FUzjR13Cr3NPfhIieX5PzXDA==
-
-caniuse-lite@^1.0.30001317, caniuse-lite@^1.0.30001332, caniuse-lite@^1.0.30001335:
-  version "1.0.30001344"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/caniuse-lite/-/caniuse-lite-1.0.30001344.tgz#8a1e7fdc4db9c2ec79a05e9fd68eb93a761888bb"
-  integrity sha512-0ZFjnlCaXNOAYcV7i+TtdKBp0L/3XEU2MF/x6Du1lrh+SRX4IfzIVL4HNJg5pB2PmFb8rszIGyOvsZnqqRoc2g==
-
-caniuse-lite@^1.0.30001349:
-  version "1.0.30001352"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/caniuse-lite/-/caniuse-lite-1.0.30001352.tgz#cc6f5da3f983979ad1e2cdbae0505dccaa7c6a12"
-  integrity sha512-GUgH8w6YergqPQDGWhJGt8GDRnY0L/iJVQcU3eJ46GYf52R8tk0Wxp0PymuFVZboJYXGiCqwozAYZNRjVj6IcA==
+caniuse-lite@^1.0.30001283, caniuse-lite@^1.0.30001313, caniuse-lite@^1.0.30001317, caniuse-lite@^1.0.30001332, caniuse-lite@^1.0.30001335, caniuse-lite@^1.0.30001349:
+  version "1.0.30001356"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/caniuse-lite/-/caniuse-lite-1.0.30001356.tgz"
+  integrity sha512-/30854bktMLhxtjieIxsrJBfs2gTM1pel6MXKF3K+RdIVJZcsn2A2QdhsuR4/p9+R204fZw0zCBBhktX8xWuyQ==
 
 chalk@^2.0.0, chalk@^2.4.1, chalk@^2.4.2:
   version "2.4.2"