diff --git a/deploy.sh b/deploy.sh
index d39ae9a..de49444 100755
--- a/deploy.sh
+++ b/deploy.sh
@@ -85,14 +85,14 @@ function validate {
     # note: this logic is duplicated in the `./github/workflows/lint_python.yml` config
     # if you update this file, you should update that as well
     echo "running black"
-    black --diff --color --check -l 79 "$check_path"
+    black --exclude "migrations/*" --diff --color --check -l 79 "$check_path"
     echo "running codespell"
     codespell --skip="./.git,./package.json,./package-lock.json,./node_modules" "$check_path"
     echo "running flake8"
-    flake8 "$check_path" --count --max-complexity=10 --max-line-length=79 \
-        --show-source --statistics
+    flake8 "$check_path" --exclude "migrations" --count --max-complexity=10 \
+        --max-line-length=79 --show-source --statistics
     echo "running isort"
-    isort --check-only --diff --profile black -l 79 "$check_path"
+    isort --skip "migrations" --check-only --diff --profile black -l 79 "$check_path"
     printf "    \n> all validations passed\n"
 
 }
diff --git a/docker_assets/run.sh b/docker_assets/run.sh
index e8a4cd2..686624e 100644
--- a/docker_assets/run.sh
+++ b/docker_assets/run.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 set -e
 
 # django setup
-python manage.py makemigrations
 python manage.py migrate
 
 if [[ -z "$DJANGO_DEBUG" ]]; then
diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/migrations/0001_initial.py b/tubearchivist/home/migrations/0001_initial.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb51fff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/migrations/0001_initial.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# Generated by Django 4.1.5 on 2023-02-02 06:49
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+import home.models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    initial = True
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('auth', '0012_alter_user_first_name_max_length'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name='Account',
+            fields=[
+                ('id', models.BigAutoField(auto_created=True, primary_key=True, serialize=False, verbose_name='ID')),
+                ('password', models.CharField(max_length=128, verbose_name='password')),
+                ('last_login', models.DateTimeField(blank=True, null=True, verbose_name='last login')),
+                ('is_superuser', models.BooleanField(default=False, help_text='Designates that this user has all permissions without explicitly assigning them.', verbose_name='superuser status')),
+                ('name', models.CharField(max_length=150, unique=True)),
+                ('is_staff', models.BooleanField(default=False)),
+                ('groups', models.ManyToManyField(blank=True, help_text='The groups this user belongs to. A user will get all permissions granted to each of their groups.', related_name='user_set', related_query_name='user', to='auth.group', verbose_name='groups')),
+                ('user_permissions', models.ManyToManyField(blank=True, help_text='Specific permissions for this user.', related_name='user_set', related_query_name='user', to='auth.permission', verbose_name='user permissions')),
+            ],
+            options={
+                'abstract': False,
+            },
+            managers=[
+                ('objects', home.models.AccountManager()),
+            ],
+        ),
+    ]