diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.app_name}}/Makefile b/{{cookiecutter.app_name}}/Makefile
index d5ccfe0..3027f94 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.app_name}}/Makefile
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.app_name}}/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,11 @@ env-teardown:
 
 db/migrate:
 	make wait-for-postgres
-	goose -dir database/migrations -table "migration_versions" postgres "$(DATABASE_URL)" up
+ifneq ("$(wildcard $(database/migrations/.keep))","")
+  goose -dir database/migrations -table "migration_versions" postgres "$(DATABASE_URL)" up
+else
+	$(info NO migration files to run)
+endif
 
 db/rollback:
 	make wait-for-postgres
@@ -39,7 +43,7 @@ dev:
 
 install-dependencies:
 	go install github.com/cosmtrek/air@v1.43.0
-	go install github.com/pressly/goose/v3/cmd/goose@v3.9.0
+	go install github.com/pressly/goose/v3/cmd/goose@v3.15.0
 	go install github.com/ddollar/forego@latest
 	go mod tidy
 	npm install
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.app_name}}/database/database.go b/{{cookiecutter.app_name}}/database/database.go
index 6fc606f..200882c 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.app_name}}/database/database.go
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.app_name}}/database/database.go
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ import (
 
 var database *gorm.DB
 
+const databaseDir = "database/migrations"
+
 func InitDatabase(databaseURL string) {
 	db, err := gorm.Open(postgres.Open(databaseURL), &gorm.Config{})
 	if err != nil {
@@ -38,12 +40,25 @@ func migrateDB(db *gorm.DB) {
 		log.Fatalf("Failed to convert gormDB to sqlDB: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	err = goose.Up(sqlDB, "database/migrations", goose.WithAllowMissing())
+	if migrationFileExist() {
+		err = goose.Up(sqlDB, databaseDir, goose.WithAllowMissing())
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("Failed to migrate database: %v", err)
+		}
+
+		log.Println("Migrated database successfully.")
+	} else {
+		log.Println("NO migration files")
+	}
+}
+
+func migrationFileExist() bool {
+	files, err := os.ReadDir(databaseDir)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("Failed to migrate database: %v", err)
+		log.Fatalf("Missing migration directory: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	log.Println("Migrated database successfully.")
+	return len(files) > 0 && files[0].Name() != ".keep"
 }
 
 func GetDB() *gorm.DB {