diff --git a/packages/unleash-api/migrator.js b/packages/unleash-api/migrator.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d51e2564b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/unleash-api/migrator.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const DBMigrate = require('db-migrate');
+const path = require('path');
+
+function findUnleashApiRoot () {
+    try {
+        return path.dirname(require.resolve('unleash-api/package.json'));
+    } catch (e) {}
+    try {
+        return path.dirname(require.resolve('../unleash-api/package.json'));
+    } catch (e) {}
+    return process.cwd();
+}
+
+function migrateDb (dbUri) {
+    const dbmigrate = DBMigrate.getInstance(true, {
+        cwd: findUnleashApiRoot(),
+        config: { custom: dbUri },
+        env: 'custom' }
+    );
+    return dbmigrate.up();
+}
+
+module.exports = migrateDb;
diff --git a/packages/unleash-api/package.json b/packages/unleash-api/package.json
index bcd560af67..cfd7becd07 100644
--- a/packages/unleash-api/package.json
+++ b/packages/unleash-api/package.json
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
     "start:dev:pg": "pg_virtualenv npm run start:dev:pg-chain",
     "start:dev:pg-chain": "export DATABASE_URL=postgres://$PGUSER:$PGPASSWORD@localhost:$PGPORT/postgres ; db-migrate up && npm run start:dev",
     "db-migrate": "db-migrate up",
+    "db-migrate:down": "db-migrate down",
     "test": "export PORT=4243 ; mocha test/**/*.js && npm run test:coverage",
     "test:unit": "mocha test/unit/**/*.js ",
     "test:ci": "npm run db-migrate && npm run test",
@@ -49,7 +50,8 @@
     "bluebird": "^3.4.6",
     "body-parser": "1.15.2",
     "cookie-parser": "^1.4.1",
-    "db-migrate": "0.9.25",
+    "db-migrate": "0.10.0-beta.17",
+    "db-migrate-pg": "0.1.10",
     "deep-diff": "^0.3.3",
     "errorhandler": "^1.4.3",
     "express": "4.14.0",
diff --git a/packages/unleash-api/server-impl.js b/packages/unleash-api/server-impl.js
index 853829d696..abd0ba922e 100644
--- a/packages/unleash-api/server-impl.js
+++ b/packages/unleash-api/server-impl.js
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
 'use strict';
 const logger = require('./lib/logger');
-const defaultDatabaseUri = process.env.DATABASE_URL;
+const migrator = require('./migrator');
 
-function start (options) {
-    options = options || {};
+const DEFAULT_OPTIONS = {
+    databaseUri: process.env.DATABASE_URL,
+    port: process.env.HTTP_PORT || process.env.PORT || 4242,
+    baseUriPath: process.env.BASE_URI_PATH || '',
+};
+
+function createApp (options) {
+    const db = require('./lib/db/dbPool')(options.databaseUri);
 
-    const db = require('./lib/db/dbPool')(options.databaseUri || defaultDatabaseUri);
     // Database dependecies (statefull)
     const eventDb = require('./lib/db/event')(db);
     const EventStore = require('./lib/eventStore');
@@ -14,27 +19,33 @@ function start (options) {
     const strategyDb = require('./lib/db/strategy')(db, eventStore);
 
     const config = {
-        baseUriPath: process.env.BASE_URI_PATH || '',
-        port: process.env.HTTP_PORT || process.env.PORT || 4242,
+        baseUriPath: options.baseUriPath,
+        port: options.port,
+        publicFolder: options.publicFolder,
         db,
         eventDb,
         eventStore,
         featureDb,
         strategyDb,
-        publicFolder: options.publicFolder,
     };
 
     const app = require('./app')(config);
-
     const server = app.listen(app.get('port'), () => {
-        logger.info(`unleash started on ${app.get('port')}`);
+        logger.info(`Unleash started on ${app.get('port')}`);
     });
+    return { app, server };
+}
 
-    return {
-        app,
-        server,
-        config,
-    };
+function start (opts) {
+    const options = Object.assign({}, DEFAULT_OPTIONS, opts);
+
+    if (!options.databaseUri) {
+        throw new Error('You must either pass databaseUri option or set environemnt variable DATABASE_URL');
+    }
+
+    return migrator(options.databaseUri)
+        .then(() => createApp(options))
+        .catch(err => logger.error('failed to migrate db', err));
 }
 
 process.on('uncaughtException', err => {
diff --git a/packages/unleash-server/bin/unleash.js b/packages/unleash-server/bin/unleash.js
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..2a8305259c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/unleash-server/bin/unleash.js
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+'use strict';
+
+process.env.NODE_ENV = 'production';
+
+const program = require('commander');
+const unleash = require('../server.js');
+
+
+program
+    .option('-p, --port <port>', 'The port you want to start unleash on')
+    .option('-d, --databaseUri <databaseUri>', 'The full databaseUri to connect to, including username and password')
+    .parse(process.argv);
+
+unleash.start({
+    databaseUri: program.databaseUri || process.env.DATABASE_URL,
+    port: program.port || process.env.PORT || 4242,
+}).then(conf => {
+    console.log(`Unleash started on port:${conf.app.get('port')}`);
+});
+
diff --git a/packages/unleash-server/package.json b/packages/unleash-server/package.json
index 9584239462..05dad2a26e 100644
--- a/packages/unleash-server/package.json
+++ b/packages/unleash-server/package.json
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
     "node": "6"
   },
   "main": "./server.js",
+  "bin": {
+    "unleash": "./bin/unleash.js"
+  },
   "scripts": {
     "db-migrate-and-start": "npm run db-migrate && npm run start",
     "start": "NODE_ENV=production node server-impl.js",
@@ -31,10 +34,9 @@
     "test:ci": "npm run test"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "commander": "^2.9.0",
     "unleash-api": "1.0.0-alpha.2",
     "unleash-frontend": "1.0.0-alpha.2"
   },
-  "devDependencies": {
-
-  }
+  "devDependencies": {}
 }