diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 803e914..d615b1e 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ FROM oven/bun:1.3.13 AS build
 WORKDIR /app
 
 COPY package.json bun.lock ./
+COPY patches ./patches
 RUN bun install --frozen-lockfile
 
 COPY . .
diff --git a/bin.ts b/bin.ts
index 7d35551..67bb8bc 100644
--- a/bin.ts
+++ b/bin.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ const main = defineCommand({
     version,
     description: 'Fullstack server binary (default subcommand: serve)',
   },
+  default: 'serve',
   subCommands: {
     serve: () => import('./src/cli/serve').then((m) => m.default),
     migrate: () => import('./src/cli/migrate').then((m) => m.default),
diff --git a/drizzle/.gitkeep b/drizzle/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/src/cli/migrate.ts b/src/cli/migrate.ts
index 9e38358..a79e870 100644
--- a/src/cli/migrate.ts
+++ b/src/cli/migrate.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { existsSync } from 'node:fs'
 import { defineCommand } from 'citty'
 
 const MIGRATIONS_FOLDER = './drizzle'
+const JOURNAL = `${MIGRATIONS_FOLDER}/meta/_journal.json`
 
 export default defineCommand({
   meta: {
@@ -9,8 +10,8 @@ export default defineCommand({
     description: 'Apply pending database migrations from ./drizzle',
   },
   async run() {
-    if (!existsSync(MIGRATIONS_FOLDER)) {
-      console.log(`No ${MIGRATIONS_FOLDER} directory; nothing to apply (use db:push in dev).`)
+    if (!existsSync(JOURNAL)) {
+      console.log(`No migrations found at ${MIGRATIONS_FOLDER} (run \`bun run db:generate\` to create some).`)
       return
     }