diff --git a/Procfile b/Procfile
index cfcc0f8..9ef93ae 100644
--- a/Procfile
+++ b/Procfile
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 worker: celery -A brightIDfaucet worker -B
 beat: celery -A brightIDfaucet beat -l INFO
-release: python manage.py migrate
 web: gunicorn brightIDfaucet.wsgi --workers 2 --threads 2
diff --git a/app.json b/app.json
index cfa0bec..fa504f7 100644
--- a/app.json
+++ b/app.json
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
       "quantity": 1
     }
   },
+  "scripts": {
+    "postdeploy": "python manage.py migrate"
+  },
   "healthchecks": {
     "web": [
       {