diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index da8e4cd..22d9080 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,10 +31,6 @@ apk add hs9001
 
 ### Setup / Config
 
-```
-hs9001 init
-```
-
 Add this to .bashrc
 
 ```
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4d3ea54..b261697 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ module hs9001
 
 go 1.16
 
-require modernc.org/sqlite v1.10.0 // indirect
+require modernc.org/sqlite v1.10.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e3caea6..2fca74a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
+github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.0 h1:VSnTsYCnlFHaM2/igO1h6X3HA71jcobQuxemgkq4zYo=
 github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.0/go.mod h1:HtrtbFcZ19U5GC7JDqmcUSB87Iq5E25KnS6fMYU6eOk=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.3 h1:x95R7cp+rSeeqAMI2knLtQ0DKlaBhv2NrtrOvafPHRo=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.3/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/kballard/go-shellquote v0.0.0-20180428030007-95032a82bc51 h1:Z9n2FFNUXsshfwJMBgNA0RU6/i7WVaAegv3PtuIHPMs=
 github.com/kballard/go-shellquote v0.0.0-20180428030007-95032a82bc51/go.mod h1:CzGEWj7cYgsdH8dAjBGEr58BoE7ScuLd+fwFZ44+/x8=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.12 h1:wuysRhFDzyxgEmMf5xjvJ2M9dZoWAXNNr5LSBS7uHXY=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.12/go.mod h1:cbi8OIDigv2wuxKPP5vlRcQ1OAZbq2CE4Kysco4FUpU=
+github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.6 h1:dNPt6NO46WmLVt2DLNpwczCmdV5boIZ6g/tlDrlRUbg=
 github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.6/go.mod h1:NyWgC/yNuGj7Q9rpYnZvas74GogHl5/Z4A/KQRfk6bU=
 github.com/remyoudompheng/bigfft v0.0.0-20200410134404-eec4a21b6bb0 h1:OdAsTTz6OkFY5QxjkYwrChwuRruF69c169dPK26NUlk=
 github.com/remyoudompheng/bigfft v0.0.0-20200410134404-eec4a21b6bb0/go.mod h1:qqbHyh8v60DhA7CoWK5oRCqLrMHRGoxYCSS9EjAz6Eo=
@@ -40,6 +43,7 @@ modernc.org/cc/v3 v3.31.5-0.20210308123301-7a3e9dab9009 h1:u0oCo5b9wyLr++HF3AN9J
 modernc.org/cc/v3 v3.31.5-0.20210308123301-7a3e9dab9009/go.mod h1:0R6jl1aZlIl2avnYfbfHBS1QB6/f+16mihBObaBC878=
 modernc.org/ccgo/v3 v3.9.0 h1:JbcEIqjw4Agf+0g3Tc85YvfYqkkFOv6xBwS4zkfqSoA=
 modernc.org/ccgo/v3 v3.9.0/go.mod h1:nQbgkn8mwzPdp4mm6BT6+p85ugQ7FrGgIcYaE7nSrpY=
+modernc.org/httpfs v1.0.6 h1:AAgIpFZRXuYnkjftxTAZwMIiwEqAfk8aVB2/oA6nAeM=
 modernc.org/httpfs v1.0.6/go.mod h1:7dosgurJGp0sPaRanU53W4xZYKh14wfzX420oZADeHM=
 modernc.org/libc v1.7.13-0.20210308123627-12f642a52bb8/go.mod h1:U1eq8YWr/Kc1RWCMFUWEdkTg8OTcfLw2kY8EDwl039w=
 modernc.org/libc v1.8.0 h1:Pp4uv9g0csgBMpGPABKtkieF6O5MGhfGo6ZiOdlYfR8=
@@ -55,8 +59,10 @@ modernc.org/sqlite v1.10.0 h1:0QNqx4EzfZzNEG13sFbS/L+egh0X5WXSckHrxHkySX8=
 modernc.org/sqlite v1.10.0/go.mod h1:PGzq6qlhyYjL6uVbSgS6WoF7ZopTW/sI7+7p+mb4ZVU=
 modernc.org/strutil v1.1.0 h1:+1/yCzZxY2pZwwrsbH+4T7BQMoLQ9QiBshRC9eicYsc=
 modernc.org/strutil v1.1.0/go.mod h1:lstksw84oURvj9y3tn8lGvRxyRC1S2+g5uuIzNfIOBs=
+modernc.org/tcl v1.5.0 h1:euZSUNfE0Fd4W8VqXI1Ly1v7fqDJoBuAV88Ea+SnaSs=
 modernc.org/tcl v1.5.0/go.mod h1:gb57hj4pO8fRrK54zveIfFXBaMHK3SKJNWcmRw1cRzc=
 modernc.org/token v1.0.0 h1:a0jaWiNMDhDUtqOj09wvjWWAqd3q7WpBulmL9H2egsk=
 modernc.org/token v1.0.0/go.mod h1:UGzOrNV1mAFSEB63lOFHIpNRUVMvYTc6yu1SMY/XTDM=
 modernc.org/z v1.0.1-0.20210308123920-1f282aa71362/go.mod h1:8/SRk5C/HgiQWCgXdfpb+1RvhORdkz5sw72d3jjtyqA=
+modernc.org/z v1.0.1 h1:WyIDpEpAIx4Hel6q/Pcgj/VhaQV5XPJ2I6ryIYbjnpc=
 modernc.org/z v1.0.1/go.mod h1:8/SRk5C/HgiQWCgXdfpb+1RvhORdkz5sw72d3jjtyqA=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index db644e0..d8eaebf 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ func createConnection() *sql.DB {
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Panic(err)
 	}
+
 	return db
 }
 
@@ -41,6 +42,53 @@ func initDatabase(conn *sql.DB) {
 	}
 }
 
+func migrateDatabase(conn *sql.DB, currentVersion int) {
+
+	migrations := []string{"ALTER TABLE history add column workdir varchar(4096)"}
+
+	if !(len(migrations) > currentVersion) {
+		return
+	}
+
+	_, err := conn.Exec("BEGIN;")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Panic(err)
+	}
+	for _, m := range migrations[currentVersion:] {
+		_, err := conn.Exec(m)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Panic(err)
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	setDBVersion(conn, len(migrations))
+
+	_, err = conn.Exec("END;")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Panic(err)
+	}
+}
+
+func fetchDBVersion(conn *sql.DB) int {
+	rows, err := conn.Query("PRAGMA user_version;")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Panic(err)
+	}
+	defer rows.Close()
+	rows.Next()
+	var res int
+	rows.Scan(&res)
+	return res
+}
+
+func setDBVersion(conn *sql.DB, ver int) {
+	_, err := conn.Exec(fmt.Sprintf("PRAGMA user_version=%d", ver))
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Panic(err)
+	}
+}
+
 func importFromStdin(conn *sql.DB) {
 	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(os.Stdin)
 
@@ -67,6 +115,7 @@ func search(conn *sql.DB, q string) {
 		log.Panic(err)
 	}
 
+	defer rows.Close()
 	for rows.Next() {
 		var command string
 		err = rows.Scan(&command)
@@ -135,7 +184,7 @@ func exists(path string) (bool, error) {
 }
 
 func printUsage() {
-	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Usage:   ./hs9001 <add/search/init/import>\n")
+	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Usage:   ./hs9001 <add/search/import>\n")
 }
 
 func main() {
@@ -151,7 +200,21 @@ func main() {
 	cmd := os.Args[1]
 	globalargs := os.Args[2:]
 
-	conn := createConnection()
+	var conn *sql.DB
+	ok, _ := exists(databaseLocation())
+
+	if !ok {
+		err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(databaseLocation()), 0755)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Panic(err)
+		}
+		conn = createConnection()
+		initDatabase(conn)
+	} else {
+		conn = createConnection()
+	}
+
+	migrateDatabase(conn, fetchDBVersion(conn))
 
 	switch cmd {
 	case "add":
@@ -197,12 +260,7 @@ func main() {
 
 		//we do not want to leak what we just deleted :^)
 		os.Exit(23)
-	case "init":
-		err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(databaseLocation()), 0755)
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Panic(err)
-		}
-		initDatabase(conn)
+
 	case "import":
 		importFromStdin(conn)
 	default: