diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e2a8460..4ee5ce2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "user-svc-actix"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
-
+build = "build.rs"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
@@ -14,4 +14,9 @@ actix-web = "4"
 chrono = { version = "0.4", features = [ "serde" ] }
 ring = "0.16.20"
 data-encoding = "2.3.2"
-futures-util = "0.3"
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+futures-util = "0.3"
+
+[build-dependencies]
+dotenv = "0.15.0"
+sqlx = { version = "0.6.0", features = [ "runtime-tokio-rustls", "mysql", "chrono" ] }
+tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d7faf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+extern crate dotenv;
+
+use std::{env, collections::HashMap};
+
+use sqlx::Connection;
+use dotenv::dotenv;
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main(){
+    dotenv().ok();
+    let mut dotenv_vars: HashMap<String, String> = HashMap::new();
+    for (key, val) in env::vars() {
+        dotenv_vars.insert(key, val);
+    }
+    let db_url = match dotenv_vars.get("DATABASE_URL") {
+        Some(var) => {var},
+        None => {panic!("Nigga damn")}
+    };
+    let mut conn = match sqlx::MySqlConnection::connect(&db_url).await {
+        Ok(res) => {res},
+        Err(e) => {panic!("{}", e)}
+    };
+    match sqlx::migrate!("./migrations").run(&mut conn).await {
+        Ok(()) => {println!("{}", "Successfully ran migrations.")},
+        Err(error) => {panic!("{error}")}
+    };
+}
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diff --git a/migrations/20220714012938_create_databases.sql b/migrations/20220714012938_create_databases.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9477429
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/20220714012938_create_databases.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+-- Add migration script here
+CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS usersvc;
+USE usersvc;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/dao/main_dao.rs b/src/dao/main_dao.rs
index c769380..af26feb 100644
--- a/src/dao/main_dao.rs
+++ b/src/dao/main_dao.rs
@@ -20,15 +20,7 @@ pub async fn start_database_connection(env_vars: &HashMap<String, String>) -> Re
         None => panic!("DB_DATABASE_NAME env var not found")
     };
     let formatted_db_url = &format!("mysql://{db_user}:{db_pass}@{db_host}/{db_database_name}");
-    let mut rs = sqlx::MySqlConnection::connect(&formatted_db_url).await;
-    for _i in 1..20 {
-        match &rs {
-            Ok(_conn) => {break;},
-            Err(_e) => {}
-        }
-        rs = sqlx::MySqlConnection::connect(&formatted_db_url).await;
-    }
-    rs
+    sqlx::MySqlConnection::connect(&formatted_db_url).await
 }
 pub async fn run_all_migrations(conn: &mut MySqlConnection){    
     match sqlx::migrate!("./migrations").run(conn).await {
diff --git a/src/routes/user_routes.rs b/src/routes/user_routes.rs
index ac828fe..bb52da9 100644
--- a/src/routes/user_routes.rs
+++ b/src/routes/user_routes.rs
@@ -7,14 +7,6 @@ use sqlx::MySqlConnection;
 
 use crate::{r#do::user::User, dao::{user_dao::{insert_user, find_user_by_email}, token_dao::{insert_token, self, update_token_with_id}}, dto::{user_dtos::{UserForCreationDto, UserForLoginDto}, message_resources_dtos::MessageResourceDto}, validation::user_validator, util::hasher::{self, generate_multiple_random_token_with_rng}, r#do::token::Token, resources::error_messages::{ERROR_USER_ALREADY_EXISTS, ERROR_USER_DOES_NOT_EXIST, ERROR_PASSWORD_INCORRECT, ERROR_INVALID_TOKEN, ERROR_MISSING_TOKEN, ERROR_INCORRECT_TOKEN, ERROR_EXPIRED_TOKEN}, r#do::token::AUTH_TOKEN_EXPIRATION_TIME_IN_DAYS, r#do::token::REFRESH_TOKEN_EXPIRATION_TIME_IN_DAYS};
 
-/*#[get("/u&ser/{id}")]
-pub async fn get_user_from_db(id: Path<i32>, db_conn: Data<Mutex<MySqlConnection>>) -> HttpResponse {
-    match find_user_by_id(&mut db_conn.lock().unwrap(), *id).await{
-        Ok(MySqlQueryResult)
-    }
-    HttpResponse::Ok().json(web::Json("ss"))
-}*/
-
 #[post("/user")]
 pub async fn create_user(incoming_user: web::Json<UserForCreationDto>, db_conn: Data<Mutex<MySqlConnection>>) -> HttpResponse {
     let mut message_resources: Vec<MessageResourceDto> = Vec::new();