diff --git a/server/src/server.js b/server/src/server.js
index c3560ebff..8a1974bdb 100644
--- a/server/src/server.js
+++ b/server/src/server.js
@@ -1,123 +1,133 @@
 // @flow
 
 import cluster from 'cluster';
 import cookieParser from 'cookie-parser';
 import express from 'express';
 import expressWs from 'express-ws';
 import os from 'os';
 
 import './cron/cron';
+import { migrate } from './database/migrations';
 import { jsonEndpoints } from './endpoints';
 import { emailSubscriptionResponder } from './responders/comm-landing-responders';
 import {
   jsonHandler,
   httpGetHandler,
   downloadHandler,
   htmlHandler,
   uploadHandler,
 } from './responders/handlers';
 import landingHandler from './responders/landing-handler';
 import { errorReportDownloadResponder } from './responders/report-responders';
 import {
   createNewVersionResponder,
   markVersionDeployedResponder,
 } from './responders/version-responders';
 import { websiteResponder } from './responders/website-responders';
 import { onConnection } from './socket/socket';
 import {
   multerProcessor,
   multimediaUploadResponder,
   uploadDownloadResponder,
 } from './uploads/uploads';
 import { getGlobalURLFacts, getLandingURLFacts } from './utils/urls';
 
 const { baseRoutePath } = getGlobalURLFacts();
 const landingBaseRoutePath = getLandingURLFacts().baseRoutePath;
 
 if (cluster.isMaster) {
-  const cpuCount = os.cpus().length;
-  for (let i = 0; i < cpuCount; i++) {
-    cluster.fork();
-  }
+  (async () => {
+    const didMigrationsSucceed: boolean = await migrate();
+    if (!didMigrationsSucceed) {
+      // The following line uses exit code 2 to ensure nodemon exits
+      // in a dev environment, instead of restarting. Context provided
+      // in https://github.com/remy/nodemon/issues/751
+      process.exit(2);
+    }
+    const cpuCount = os.cpus().length;
+    for (let i = 0; i < cpuCount; i++) {
+      cluster.fork();
+    }
+  })();
   cluster.on('exit', () => cluster.fork());
 } else {
   const server = express();
   expressWs(server);
   server.use(express.json({ limit: '50mb' }));
   server.use(cookieParser());
 
   const router = express.Router();
   router.use('/images', express.static('images'));
   router.use('/commlanding/images', express.static('images'));
   router.use('/fonts', express.static('fonts'));
   router.use('/commlanding/fonts', express.static('fonts'));
   router.use('/misc', express.static('misc'));
   router.use(
     '/.well-known',
     express.static(
       '.well-known',
       // Necessary for apple-app-site-association file
       {
         setHeaders: res => res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json'),
       },
     ),
   );
   const compiledFolderOptions =
     process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development'
       ? undefined
       : { maxAge: '1y', immutable: true };
   router.use(
     '/compiled',
     express.static('app_compiled', compiledFolderOptions),
   );
   router.use(
     '/commlanding/compiled',
     express.static('landing_compiled', compiledFolderOptions),
   );
   router.use('/', express.static('icons'));
   router.use('/commlanding', express.static('landing_icons'));
 
   for (const endpoint in jsonEndpoints) {
     // $FlowFixMe Flow thinks endpoint is string
     const responder = jsonEndpoints[endpoint];
     const expectCookieInvalidation = endpoint === 'log_out';
     router.post(
       `/${endpoint}`,
       jsonHandler(responder, expectCookieInvalidation),
     );
   }
 
   router.post('/commlanding/subscribe_email', emailSubscriptionResponder);
 
   router.get(
     '/create_version/:deviceType/:codeVersion',
     httpGetHandler(createNewVersionResponder),
   );
   router.get(
     '/mark_version_deployed/:deviceType/:codeVersion',
     httpGetHandler(markVersionDeployedResponder),
   );
 
   router.get(
     '/download_error_report/:reportID',
     downloadHandler(errorReportDownloadResponder),
   );
   router.get(
     '/upload/:uploadID/:secret',
     downloadHandler(uploadDownloadResponder),
   );
 
   // $FlowFixMe express-ws has side effects that can't be typed
   router.ws('/ws', onConnection);
   router.get(`${landingBaseRoutePath}*`, landingHandler);
   router.get('*', htmlHandler(websiteResponder));
 
   router.post(
     '/upload_multimedia',
     multerProcessor,
     uploadHandler(multimediaUploadResponder),
   );
 
   server.use(baseRoutePath, router);
   server.listen(parseInt(process.env.PORT, 10) || 3000, 'localhost');
 }