diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index e284b84..eaec4c2 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ jobs:
           command: |
             . venv/bin/activate
             sleep 1
+            flask db init
             flask db upgrade
       - run:
           name: flask test
@@ -61,7 +62,13 @@ jobs:
           command: git push https://heroku:$HEROKU_API_KEY@git.heroku.com/$HEROKU_APP_NAME.git HEAD:main
       - run:
           name: Smoke test
-          command: ./testbackend.sh
+          command: |
+          ./testbackend.sh
+          HTTPCODE=`curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" https://$HEROKU_APP_NAME.herokuapp.com/api/articles`
+          if [ "$HTTPCODE" -ne 200 ];then
+            echo "heroku app not responding, failing deploy"
+            exit 1
+          fi
   buildandpush_dockerhub:
     docker:
       - image: docker:17.05.0-ce-git
diff --git a/migrations/versions/746e128618e8_.py b/migrations/versions/746e128618e8_.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2228ec1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/versions/746e128618e8_.py
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+"""empty message
+
+Revision ID: 746e128618e8
+Revises: 6960e01d0424
+Create Date: 2021-01-18 01:07:46.186822
+
+"""
+from alembic import op
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+
+
+# revision identifiers, used by Alembic.
+revision = '746e128618e8'
+down_revision = '6960e01d0424'
+branch_labels = None
+depends_on = None
+
+
+def upgrade():
+    # ### commands auto generated by Alembic - please adjust! ###
+    op.create_table('tags',
+    sa.Column('id', sa.Integer(), nullable=False),
+    sa.Column('tagname', sa.String(length=100), nullable=True),
+    sa.PrimaryKeyConstraint('id')
+    )
+    op.create_table('users',
+    sa.Column('id', sa.Integer(), nullable=False),
+    sa.Column('username', sa.String(length=80), nullable=False),
+    sa.Column('email', sa.String(length=100), nullable=False),
+    sa.Column('password', sa.Binary(), nullable=True),
+    sa.Column('created_at', sa.DateTime(), nullable=False),
+    sa.Column('updated_at', sa.DateTime(), nullable=False),
+    sa.Column('bio', sa.String(length=300), nullable=True),
+    sa.Column('image', sa.String(length=120), nullable=True),
+    sa.PrimaryKeyConstraint('id'),
+    sa.UniqueConstraint('email'),
+    sa.UniqueConstraint('username')
+    )
+    op.create_table('userprofile',
+    sa.Column('id', sa.Integer(), nullable=False),
+    sa.Column('user_id', sa.Integer(), nullable=False),
+    sa.ForeignKeyConstraint(['user_id'], ['users.id'], ),
+    sa.PrimaryKeyConstraint('id'),
+    sa.UniqueConstraint('user_id')
+    )
+    op.create_table('article',
+    sa.Column('id', sa.Integer(), nullable=False),
+    sa.Column('slug', sa.Text(), nullable=True),
+    sa.Column('title', sa.String(length=100), nullable=False),
+    sa.Column('description', sa.Text(), nullable=False),
+    sa.Column('body', sa.Text(), nullable=True),
+    sa.Column('createdAt', sa.DateTime(), nullable=False),
+    sa.Column('updatedAt', sa.DateTime(), nullable=False),
+    sa.Column('author_id', sa.Integer(), nullable=False),
+    sa.ForeignKeyConstraint(['author_id'], ['userprofile.id'], ),
+    sa.PrimaryKeyConstraint('id'),
+    sa.UniqueConstraint('slug')
+    )
+    op.create_table('followers_assoc',
+    sa.Column('follower', sa.Integer(), nullable=True),
+    sa.Column('followed_by', sa.Integer(), nullable=True),
+    sa.ForeignKeyConstraint(['followed_by'], ['userprofile.user_id'], ),
+    sa.ForeignKeyConstraint(['follower'], ['userprofile.user_id'], )
+    )
+    op.create_table('comment',
+    sa.Column('id', sa.Integer(), nullable=False),
+    sa.Column('body', sa.Text(), nullable=True),
+    sa.Column('createdAt', sa.DateTime(), nullable=False),
+    sa.Column('updatedAt', sa.DateTime(), nullable=False),
+    sa.Column('author_id', sa.Integer(), nullable=False),
+    sa.Column('article_id', sa.Integer(), nullable=False),
+    sa.ForeignKeyConstraint(['article_id'], ['article.id'], ),
+    sa.ForeignKeyConstraint(['author_id'], ['userprofile.id'], ),
+    sa.PrimaryKeyConstraint('id')
+    )
+    op.create_table('favoritor_assoc',
+    sa.Column('favoriter', sa.Integer(), nullable=True),
+    sa.Column('favorited_article', sa.Integer(), nullable=True),
+    sa.ForeignKeyConstraint(['favorited_article'], ['article.id'], ),
+    sa.ForeignKeyConstraint(['favoriter'], ['userprofile.id'], )
+    )
+    op.create_table('tag_assoc',
+    sa.Column('tag', sa.Integer(), nullable=True),
+    sa.Column('article', sa.Integer(), nullable=True),
+    sa.ForeignKeyConstraint(['article'], ['article.id'], ),
+    sa.ForeignKeyConstraint(['tag'], ['tags.id'], )
+    )
+    # ### end Alembic commands ###
+
+
+def downgrade():
+    # ### commands auto generated by Alembic - please adjust! ###
+    op.drop_table('tag_assoc')
+    op.drop_table('favoritor_assoc')
+    op.drop_table('comment')
+    op.drop_table('followers_assoc')
+    op.drop_table('article')
+    op.drop_table('userprofile')
+    op.drop_table('users')
+    op.drop_table('tags')
+    # ### end Alembic commands ###