diff --git a/lib/globals.gd b/lib/globals.gd
index cfdecb45..171896ed 100644
--- a/lib/globals.gd
+++ b/lib/globals.gd
@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@ func _ready() -> void:
 	context.setup()
 	
 	context.open_db("user://overlay.db")
-	context.ensure_tables()
+	# Method one, just create all tables, prevents alterations to existing tables.
+	#context.ensure_tables()
+	# Method two, use migrations to handle setting up database tables, ensuring that
+	# tables can be modified in the future
+	context.run_migrations()
 	if FileAccess.file_exists("user://settings.tres"):
 		settings = load("user://settings.tres")
 	else: