diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d8064f8..8e44c14 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ bld/
 *.so
 *.dll
 *.dylib
+*.a
+
+## migrations, they are autogenerated on build and publsish
+*.sql
 
 # Visual Studio 2015/2017 cache/options directory
 .vs/
diff --git a/Console/Commands/MainCommand.cs b/Console/Commands/MainCommand.cs
index 1c3ff9d..2a1012a 100644
--- a/Console/Commands/MainCommand.cs
+++ b/Console/Commands/MainCommand.cs
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 using Console.Extensions;
 using Console.Repositories;
 using Console.Views;
-using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using Terminal.Gui;
 using YoutubeExplode;
@@ -193,7 +192,8 @@ public async ValueTask ExecuteAsync(IConsole console)
 
         using var dbContext = serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<MyDbContext>();
         using var settingsRepository = serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<SettingsRepository>();
-        await dbContext.Database.MigrateAsync();
+        //TODO change to dapper and use fluent migrations cause this will never work
+        await dbContext.MigrateAOTAsync("migrations.sql");
         await settingsRepository.InitializeAsync();
 
         await using var playerController = serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<PlayerController>();
diff --git a/Console/Console.csproj b/Console/Console.csproj
index 19fca67..a5241ae 100644
--- a/Console/Console.csproj
+++ b/Console/Console.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
 	<UseAppHost>true</UseAppHost> 
-    <TrimMode>full</TrimMode>
+    <PublishTrimmed>true</PublishTrimmed>
     <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
@@ -25,15 +25,11 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Terminal.Gui" Version="2.0.0-prealpha.216" />
     <PackageReference Include="YoutubeExplodeMusic" Version="6.4.0-music.1" />
   </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup>
-        <InternalsVisibleTo Include="Tests" />
-  </ItemGroup>
 	
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <TrimmerRootAssembly Include="CliFx" />
-    <TrimmerRootAssembly Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
+ <ItemGroup>
+    <InternalsVisibleTo Include="Tests" />
+ </ItemGroup>
+		 
  <PropertyGroup>
     <PortAudioPlatform>$(RuntimeIdentifier)</PortAudioPlatform>
     <PortAudioPlatform Condition="'$(PortAudioPlatform)' == '' AND $([MSBuild]::IsOsPlatform('Windows')) AND '$([System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation]::OSArchitecture)' == 'Arm64'">win-arm64</PortAudioPlatform>
@@ -48,6 +44,17 @@
     <PortAudioFileName Condition="$(PortAudioPlatform.StartsWith('linux-'))">libportaudio.so</PortAudioFileName>
     <PortAudioFileName Condition="'$(PortAudioFileName)' == ''">libportaudio.dylib</PortAudioFileName>
   </PropertyGroup>
+	
+    <Target Name="GenerateMigrationsAfterBuild" AfterTargets="Build">
+      <Exec Command="dotnet ef migrations script -o migrations.sql --no-build" LogStandardErrorAsError="true" />
+      <Copy SourceFiles="$(ProjectDir)/migrations.sql" DestinationFolder="$(OutDir)" SkipUnchangedFiles="true" />
+    </Target>
+
+    <!-- Generate migrations after publish -->
+    <Target Name="GenerateMigrationsAfterPublish" AfterTargets="Publish">
+      <Exec Command="dotnet ef migrations script -o migrations.sql --no-build" LogStandardErrorAsError="true" />
+      <Copy SourceFiles="$(ProjectDir)/migrations.sql" DestinationFolder="$(PublishDir)" SkipUnchangedFiles="true" />
+    </Target>
 
   <Target Name="Download PortAudio before build" BeforeTargets="PreBuildEvent">
     <Exec Command="powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File &quot;$(ProjectDir)/DownloadPortAudioBin.ps1&quot; -Platform $(PortAudioPlatform) -OutputPath &quot;$(ProjectDir)/$(PortAudioFileName)&quot;" LogStandardErrorAsError="true" />
diff --git a/Console/Extensions/MyDbContextExtensions.cs b/Console/Extensions/MyDbContextExtensions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c8d46ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Console/Extensions/MyDbContextExtensions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+using Console.Database;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+
+namespace Console.Extensions;
+
+internal static class MyDbContextExtensions
+{
+    public static async ValueTask MigrateAOTAsync(this MyDbContext context, string filename)
+    {
+        using Stream stream = File.OpenRead(filename);
+        using StreamReader reader = new(stream);
+        var sql = reader.ReadToEnd();
+        await context.Database.ExecuteSqlRawAsync(sql);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Console/Program.cs b/Console/Program.cs
index 0f71743..71a249d 100644
--- a/Console/Program.cs
+++ b/Console/Program.cs
@@ -1,10 +1,25 @@
-using CliFx;
+using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
+using CliFx;
 using Console.Commands;
+using Console.Database;
+using Console.Migrations;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
 
 namespace Console;
 
 public static class Program
 {
+    [DynamicDependency(DynamicallyAccessedMemberTypes.All, typeof(MainCommand))]
+    [DynamicDependency(DynamicallyAccessedMemberTypes.All, typeof(MyDbContext))]
+    [DynamicDependency(DynamicallyAccessedMemberTypes.All, typeof(InitialCreate))]
+    [DynamicDependency(DynamicallyAccessedMemberTypes.All, typeof(RemoveDescription))]
+    [DynamicDependency(DynamicallyAccessedMemberTypes.All, typeof(Order))]
+    [DynamicDependency(DynamicallyAccessedMemberTypes.All, typeof(Settings))]
+    [DynamicDependency(DynamicallyAccessedMemberTypes.All, typeof(Volume_as_int))]
+    [DynamicDependency(DynamicallyAccessedMemberTypes.All, typeof(MyDbContextModelSnapshot))]
+    [DynamicDependency(DynamicallyAccessedMemberTypes.All, typeof(Migration))]
+    [DynamicDependency(DynamicallyAccessedMemberTypes.All, typeof(ModelSnapshot))]
     public static async Task<int> Main() =>
         await new CliApplicationBuilder().AddCommand<MainCommand>().Build().RunAsync();
 }