diff --git a/controller/migrator.go b/controller/migrator.go
index 46a564d..3624255 100644
--- a/controller/migrator.go
+++ b/controller/migrator.go
@@ -20,9 +20,13 @@ func CheckDBVersionAndMigrate(db *sqlx.DB) {
     )
 
     oldDBVersion := 0
-
-    err := db.Get(&oldDBVersion, "SELECT MAX(version) FROM schema_version")
+    schemaVersionCount := 0
+    err := db.Get(&schemaVersionCount, "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM schema_version")
     if err != nil { panic(err) }
+    if schemaVersionCount > 0 {
+        err := db.Get(&oldDBVersion, "SELECT MAX(version) FROM schema_version")
+        if err != nil { panic(err) }
+    }
 
     for oldDBVersion < DB_VERSION {
         switch oldDBVersion {
diff --git a/global/config.go b/global/config.go
index 0115c3f..20e152f 100644
--- a/global/config.go
+++ b/global/config.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 type (
     dbConfig struct {
         Host string `toml:"host"`
+        Port int64  `toml:"port"`
         Name string `toml:"name"`
         User string `toml:"user"`
         Pass string `toml:"pass"`
@@ -42,6 +43,12 @@ var Config = func() config {
     config := config{
         BaseUrl: "https://arimelody.me",
         Port: 8080,
+        DB: dbConfig{
+            Host: "127.0.0.1",
+            Port: 5432,
+            User: "arimelody",
+            Name: "arimelody",
+        },
     }
 
     data, err := os.ReadFile(configFile)
@@ -80,6 +87,10 @@ func handleConfigOverrides(config *config) error {
     if env, has := os.LookupEnv("ARIMELODY_DATA_DIR"); has { config.DataDirectory = env }
 
     if env, has := os.LookupEnv("ARIMELODY_DB_HOST"); has { config.DB.Host = env }
+    if env, has := os.LookupEnv("ARIMELODY_DB_PORT"); has {
+        config.DB.Port, err = strconv.ParseInt(env, 10, 0)
+        if err != nil { return errors.New("ARIMELODY_DB_PORT: " + err.Error()) }
+    }
     if env, has := os.LookupEnv("ARIMELODY_DB_NAME"); has { config.DB.Name = env }
     if env, has := os.LookupEnv("ARIMELODY_DB_USER"); has { config.DB.User = env }
     if env, has := os.LookupEnv("ARIMELODY_DB_PASS"); has { config.DB.Pass = env }
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index e257da5..cbda0a7 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ const DEFAULT_PORT int64 = 8080
 func main() {
     fmt.Printf("made with <3 by ari melody\n\n")
 
+    // TODO: refactor `global` to `AppState`
+    // this should contain `Config` and `DB`, and be passed through to all
+    // handlers that need it. it's better than weird static globals everywhere!
+
     // initialise database connection
     if global.Config.DB.Host == "" {
         fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "FATAL: db.host not provided! Exiting...\n")
@@ -52,8 +56,9 @@ func main() {
     global.DB, err = sqlx.Connect(
         "postgres",
         fmt.Sprintf(
-            "host=%s user=%s dbname=%s password='%s' sslmode=disable",
+            "host=%s port=%d user=%s dbname=%s password='%s' sslmode=disable",
             global.Config.DB.Host,
+            global.Config.DB.Port,
             global.Config.DB.User,
             global.Config.DB.Name,
             global.Config.DB.Pass,
@@ -319,7 +324,7 @@ func main() {
             os.Exit(1)
         }
 
-        fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "No accounts exist! Generated invite code: " + string(invite.Code) + "\nUse this at %s/admin/register.\n", global.Config.BaseUrl)
+        fmt.Printf("No accounts exist! Generated invite code: %s\n", invite.Code)
     }
 
     // delete expired invites
@@ -331,7 +336,7 @@ func main() {
 
     // start the web server!
     mux := createServeMux()
-    fmt.Printf("Now serving at http://127.0.0.1:%d\n", global.Config.Port)
+    fmt.Printf("Now serving at %s:%d\n", global.Config.BaseUrl, global.Config.Port)
     log.Fatal(
         http.ListenAndServe(fmt.Sprintf(":%d", global.Config.Port), 
         global.HTTPLog(global.DefaultHeaders(mux)),
diff --git a/schema_migration/000-init.sql b/schema_migration/000-init.sql
index 2c6e5b1..3f4c723 100644
--- a/schema_migration/000-init.sql
+++ b/schema_migration/000-init.sql
@@ -1,10 +1,4 @@
-CREATE SCHEMA arimelody;
-
--- Schema verison
-CREATE TABLE arimelody.schema_version (
-    version INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
-    applied_at TIMESTAMP DEFAULT current_timestamp
-);
+CREATE SCHEMA IF NOT EXISTS arimelody;
 
 --
 -- Tables