diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c66a55f..2fc2cd8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -73,28 +73,69 @@ requirements are as follows:
 
 ### Setup DB
 
-Make sure the env file contains a valid DB_URL for your setup. If you're
-following this setup exactly, the value is already correct
-(`DB_URL="postgresql:///cape_env_db"`).
-
-**_NOTE:_** You can also specify this in an environment variable name `DB_URL`.
-This is intended more for automation use cases where the installation of the
-package is less controllable.
-
 This package provides the `capedb` script to handle DB upgrades, downgrades and
 checking of current version. All other `alembic` commands (including upgrades,
 downgrades and checking of current version) can be accomplished via normal
 `alembic` means.
 
+**_NOTE:_** At this point we expect an empty database to exist before we apply
+migrations or create tables. This could change in the future, but for now it's a
+requirement. If you followed the postgres setup above you have already done
+this.
+
+#### Alembic Config
+
+Usage of the `capedb` script requires an `alembic` config file be available.
+This can be accomplished in a number of ways:
+
+- have it available in the current working directory when executing the `capedb`
+  script (it will be found automatically)
+- specification on the command line when calling `capedb`:
+  `capedb [-c | --config <CONFIG_PATH>]`
+- specifying the location in the `ALEMBIC_CONFIG` environment variable
+
+**_NOTE:_** However the `alembic.ini` is specified, the value of
+`script_location` needs to point to the migrations directory of this package.
+This is most likely `<python_site_package_dir>/cape_cod_db/migrations` if you
+are using an installed version of this package. The
+`<python_site_package_dir>/cape_cod_db` directory also contains an `alembic.ini`
+that can be used if defaults are fine, though you will want to specify the
+database url as detailed below if you use the builtin config file.
+
+#### Database URL
+
+Though the database url is often defined in the `alembic` config, if you also
+need to specify it separately you also have a few options:
+
+- specification on the command line when calling `capedb`:
+  `capedb [-x db_url=<DB_URL>]`
+- specifying the location in the `DB_URL` environment variable
+
+#### capedb Script Usage
+
 Run the alembic migrations on the empty (or previously upgraded) db to get up to
 date `capedb upgrade head`. _NOTE:_ `head` can be replaced with another revision
 identifier to go to a specific version.
 
-Downgrades can be performed via `capedb upgrade <revision>`.
+Downgrades can be performed via `capedb downgrade <revision>`.
+
+The current version can be determined with `capedb current [--verbose]`.
+
+#### capedb-app script
+
+This is probably not anything you want to use. Probably.
+
+This is the more traditional `app.py` like mechanism to create database tables.
+This is not compatible with our provided migrations either. If you wish to
+create an empty database using only the most schema in this version of this
+package without any migration information, this is your boo. But you would have
+to maintain your own migrations at that point. If you are maintaining migrations
+ever.
 
-The current version can be determined with `capedb current [--verbose]`
+This script requires the `DB_URL` environment variable be set and does not work
+with alembic at all, so the alembic config is not needed.
 
-### play with it
+### Play With The DB
 
 From repo root in the python repl of your fancy (that has all the dependencies
 installed).
@@ -139,3 +180,50 @@ with Session(db.engine) as session:
     for u in res.all():
         print(u)
 ```
+
+If you prefer `psql` (**_NOTE:_** this assumes you have all the perms on the
+db):
+
+```bash
+12:12 $ psql cape_env_db
+
+
+psql (18.3)
+Type "help" for help.
+
+cape_env_db=> \d+
+                                          List of relations
+ Schema |      Name       |   Type   | Owner | Persistence | Access method |    Size    | Description
+--------+-----------------+----------+-------+-------------+---------------+------------+-------------
+ public | alembic_version | table    | xxxx  | permanent   | heap          | 8192 bytes |
+ public | user            | table    | xxxx  | permanent   | heap          | 16 kB      |
+ public | user_id_seq     | sequence | xxxx  | permanent   |               | 8192 bytes |
+
+cape_env_db=> \d user
+                                         Table "public.user"
+   Column    |            Type             | Collation | Nullable |             Default
+-------------+-----------------------------+-----------+----------+----------------------------------
+ created_at  | timestamp without time zone |           | not null |
+ last_edited | timestamp without time zone |           | not null |
+ id          | integer                     |           | not null | nextval('user_id_seq'::regclass)
+ first_name  | character varying           |           | not null |
+ last_name   | character varying           |           | not null |
+ email       | character varying           |           | not null |
+
+cape_env_db=> select * from alembic_version;
+ version_num
+--------------
+ 6001985fea71
+(1 row)
+
+# NOTE that if you manipulate records via sql, the created_at and last_edited
+# **ARE NOT HANDLED FOR YOU**
+
+cape_env_db=> insert into public.user (created_at, last_edited, first_name, last_name, email) values (now(), now(), 'First', 'Last', 'fl@fakeemail.test');
+INSERT 0 1
+cape_env_db=> select * from public.user;
+         created_at         |        last_edited         | id | first_name | last_name |       email
+----------------------------+----------------------------+----+------------+-----------+-------------------
+ 2026-03-05 13:55:21.688756 | 2026-03-05 13:55:21.688756 |  2 | First      | Last      | fl@fakeemail.test
+(1 row)
+```
diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
deleted file mode 100644
index b7cb347..0000000
--- a/app.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-from cape_cod_db.database import create_db_and_tables
-from cape_cod_db.models import User
-
-# NOTE: if we need to create fixtures in code, do that here. add functions for
-#       each fixture set and call them in main after creating the tables. if we
-#       end up providing dumps of fixtures instead, we don't need to add code,
-#       just import the dumps (probably)
-
-
-def main():
-    create_db_and_tables()
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()
diff --git a/alembic.ini b/cape_cod_db/alembic.ini
similarity index 99%
rename from alembic.ini
rename to cape_cod_db/alembic.ini
index 8fce0f8..d33d60e 100644
--- a/alembic.ini
+++ b/cape_cod_db/alembic.ini
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # this is typically a path given in POSIX (e.g. forward slashes)
 # format, relative to the token %(here)s which refers to the location of this
 # ini file
-script_location = %(here)s/alembic
+script_location = %(here)s/migrations
 
 # template used to generate migration file names; The default value is %%(rev)s_%%(slug)s
 # Uncomment the line below if you want the files to be prepended with date and time
diff --git a/cape_cod_db/cli/__init__.py b/cape_cod_db/cli/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/cape_cod_db/cli/app.py b/cape_cod_db/cli/app.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..02ad76e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cape_cod_db/cli/app.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+from cape_cod_db.database import create_tables
+from cape_cod_db.models import User
+
+# WARNING: Usage of this script only applies the most recent schema, with 0
+#          respect to migrations and without including any migration tables or
+#          history. If migrations are desired (probable) use `capedb.py`
+#          instead.
+
+
+def main():
+    create_tables()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/capedb.py b/cape_cod_db/cli/capedb.py
similarity index 100%
rename from capedb.py
rename to cape_cod_db/cli/capedb.py
diff --git a/cape_cod_db/database.py b/cape_cod_db/database.py
index 721034f..a2c4b50 100644
--- a/cape_cod_db/database.py
+++ b/cape_cod_db/database.py
@@ -1,25 +1,46 @@
 import logging
 
-from dotenv import dotenv_values
 from sqlmodel import SQLModel, create_engine
 
-config = dotenv_values(".env")
+db_url = None
 
-logging.basicConfig()
-logger = logging.getLogger("sqlalchemy.engine")
-log_level = config.get("LOG_LEVEL", logging.INFO)
-assert log_level is not None, "Log level should not be None"
-logger.setLevel(log_level)
+try:
+    from .migrations.env import config
 
+    logger = logging.getLogger("alembic.env")
 
-db_url = config.get("DB_URL", None)
+    # this works for the case where we're doing alembic things. When we're
+    # doing orm things (e.g. in an api lambda) we need another source to check
+    # some other source for the DB  URL as the config object doesn't exit in
+    # env.py. alembic doesn't play when we're just doing orm things.
+    db_url = config.get_main_option("sqlalchemy.url")
+except AttributeError as ae:
+    logging.basicConfig()
+    logger = logging.getLogger(__file__)
+    logger.warning(
+        "Not running with a valid alembic config. Checking for DB_URL "
+        "environment variable"
+    )
+
+    import os
+
+    db_url = os.getenv("DB_URL")
 
 if db_url is None:
-    logger.error("DB_URL is not configured")
+    logger.error(
+        "DB_URL is not configured. This needs to be in the alembic config "
+        "file or an environment variable named `DB_URL`"
+    )
     exit(1)
 
+logger.info(f"Configured for database: {db_url}")
+
 engine = create_engine(db_url)
 
 
-def create_db_and_tables():
+def create_tables():
+    """Create the tables on the DB pointed to by `engine`.
+
+    At this point we expect the empty database to exist when calling this.
+    """
     SQLModel.metadata.create_all(engine)
diff --git a/alembic/README b/cape_cod_db/migrations/README
similarity index 100%
rename from alembic/README
rename to cape_cod_db/migrations/README
diff --git a/cape_cod_db/migrations/__init__.py b/cape_cod_db/migrations/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..81d65c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cape_cod_db/migrations/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+
+# export of the default alembic config installed with this package
+DEFAULT_ALEMBIC_CFGPATH = Path(__file__).parent.parent / "alembic.ini"
diff --git a/alembic/env.py b/cape_cod_db/migrations/env.py
similarity index 76%
rename from alembic/env.py
rename to cape_cod_db/migrations/env.py
index 7d41c04..fbab9c9 100644
--- a/alembic/env.py
+++ b/cape_cod_db/migrations/env.py
@@ -1,20 +1,11 @@
+import logging
 import os
-import sys
-
-# so that alembic has access to our models, we're adding the project root here
-proj_root = os.path.realpath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), ".."))
-sys.path.insert(0, proj_root)
-
-print(sys.path)
-
 from logging.config import fileConfig
 
-from dotenv import dotenv_values
+from alembic import context
 from sqlalchemy import engine_from_config, pool
 from sqlmodel import SQLModel
 
-from alembic import context
-
 # NOTE: as new table models are added, they need to be imported here.
 from cape_cod_db.models import User
 
@@ -27,6 +18,8 @@
 if config.config_file_name is not None:
     fileConfig(config.config_file_name)
 
+logger = logging.getLogger("alembic.env")
+
 # add your model's MetaData object here
 # for 'autogenerate' support
 # from myapp import mymodel
@@ -34,36 +27,29 @@
 target_metadata = SQLModel.metadata
 
 
-# cape_cod_db has its own config file and which contains database url.
-# Additionally for migrations we're running from an ephemeral virtualenv that
-# may not have a good .env file available.
-# we're going to ignore what's set in the alembic ini then check the following
-# in decreasing order of precedence:
-# - an environment variable named "DB_URL"
-# - the project .env file for a key of "DB_URL"
-# We'll consider one of those to be required and will error out if not found.
+# we have 3 ways to specify the database url (higher in list is higher
+# precedence):
+# - command line parameter `db_url`
+# - env var `DB_URL`
+# - alembic config file value `sqlalchemy.url`
 
-db_url = os.getenv("DB_URL")
+cli_args = context.get_x_argument(as_dictionary=True)
 
-if db_url is None:
-    # TODO: we also specify a log level in that config. we *could* use that here,
-    #       but for now we're going to respect what's in the alembic ini since the
-    #       logging here is for a different purpose than the logging in the db app's
-    #       setup
-    proj_config = dotenv_values(os.path.join(proj_root, ".env"))
-    db_url = proj_config.get("DB_URL")
+# first try a cli arg
+db_url = cli_args.get("db_url", None)
 
+# then an env var
 if db_url is None:
-    print(
-        "No DB_URL configured in environment variable or project level .env "
-        "file. Cannot continue."
-    )
-    # if we don't have this we have problems. so we are bailing
-    sys.exit(1)
-
+    db_url = os.getenv("DB_URL")
 
-config.set_main_option("sqlalchemy.url", db_url)
+# we've already got the file config, so if db_url is not None by here, overwrite
+# the file config value
+if db_url is not None:
+    config.set_main_option("sqlalchemy.url", db_url)
 
+logging.info(
+    f"Configured for database: {config.get_main_option('sqlalchemy.url')}"
+)
 
 # other values from the config, defined by the needs of env.py,
 # can be acquired:
diff --git a/alembic/script.py.mako b/cape_cod_db/migrations/script.py.mako
similarity index 100%
rename from alembic/script.py.mako
rename to cape_cod_db/migrations/script.py.mako
diff --git a/alembic/versions/6001985fea71_add_email_to_user_table.py b/cape_cod_db/migrations/versions/6001985fea71_add_email_to_user_table.py
similarity index 100%
rename from alembic/versions/6001985fea71_add_email_to_user_table.py
rename to cape_cod_db/migrations/versions/6001985fea71_add_email_to_user_table.py
diff --git a/alembic/versions/eecb735a6c3b_create_user_table.py b/cape_cod_db/migrations/versions/eecb735a6c3b_create_user_table.py
similarity index 100%
rename from alembic/versions/eecb735a6c3b_create_user_table.py
rename to cape_cod_db/migrations/versions/eecb735a6c3b_create_user_table.py
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index cbfedbf..8bd0a9f 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ version = "1.18.4"
 description = "A database migration tool for SQLAlchemy."
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.10"
-groups = ["dev"]
+groups = ["main"]
 files = [
     {file = "alembic-1.18.4-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:a5ed4adcf6d8a4cb575f3d759f071b03cd6e5c7618eb796cb52497be25bfe19a"},
     {file = "alembic-1.18.4.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:cb6e1fd84b6174ab8dbb2329f86d631ba9559dd78df550b57804d607672cedbc"},
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ version = "0.7.0"
 description = "Reusable constraint types to use with typing.Annotated"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
-groups = ["dev"]
+groups = ["main"]
 files = [
     {file = "annotated_types-0.7.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:1f02e8b43a8fbbc3f3e0d4f0f4bfc8131bcb4eebe8849b8e5c773f3a1c582a53"},
     {file = "annotated_types-0.7.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:aff07c09a53a08bc8cfccb9c85b05f1aa9a2a6f23728d790723543408344ce89"},
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ version = "3.3.2"
 description = "Lightweight in-process concurrent programming"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.10"
-groups = ["dev"]
+groups = ["main"]
 markers = "platform_machine == \"aarch64\" or platform_machine == \"ppc64le\" or platform_machine == \"x86_64\" or platform_machine == \"amd64\" or platform_machine == \"AMD64\" or platform_machine == \"win32\" or platform_machine == \"WIN32\""
 files = [
     {file = "greenlet-3.3.2-cp310-cp310-macosx_11_0_universal2.whl", hash = "sha256:9bc885b89709d901859cf95179ec9f6bb67a3d2bb1f0e88456461bd4b7f8fd0d"},
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ version = "1.3.10"
 description = "A super-fast templating language that borrows the best ideas from the existing templating languages."
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
-groups = ["dev"]
+groups = ["main"]
 files = [
     {file = "mako-1.3.10-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:baef24a52fc4fc514a0887ac600f9f1cff3d82c61d4d700a1fa84d597b88db59"},
     {file = "mako-1.3.10.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:99579a6f39583fa7e5630a28c3c1f440e4e97a414b80372649c0ce338da2ea28"},
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ version = "3.0.3"
 description = "Safely add untrusted strings to HTML/XML markup."
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.9"
-groups = ["dev"]
+groups = ["main"]
 files = [
     {file = "markupsafe-3.0.3-cp310-cp310-macosx_10_9_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:2f981d352f04553a7171b8e44369f2af4055f888dfb147d55e42d29e29e74559"},
     {file = "markupsafe-3.0.3-cp310-cp310-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl", hash = "sha256:e1c1493fb6e50ab01d20a22826e57520f1284df32f2d8601fdd90b6304601419"},
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ version = "2.9.11"
 description = "psycopg2 - Python-PostgreSQL Database Adapter"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.9"
-groups = ["dev"]
+groups = ["main"]
 files = [
     {file = "psycopg2-binary-2.9.11.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:b6aed9e096bf63f9e75edf2581aa9a7e7186d97ab5c177aa6c87797cd591236c"},
     {file = "psycopg2_binary-2.9.11-cp310-cp310-macosx_10_9_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:d6fe6b47d0b42ce1c9f1fa3e35bb365011ca22e39db37074458f27921dca40f2"},
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ version = "2.12.5"
 description = "Data validation using Python type hints"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.9"
-groups = ["dev"]
+groups = ["main"]
 files = [
     {file = "pydantic-2.12.5-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:e561593fccf61e8a20fc46dfc2dfe075b8be7d0188df33f221ad1f0139180f9d"},
     {file = "pydantic-2.12.5.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:4d351024c75c0f085a9febbb665ce8c0c6ec5d30e903bdb6394b7ede26aebb49"},
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ version = "2.41.5"
 description = "Core functionality for Pydantic validation and serialization"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.9"
-groups = ["dev"]
+groups = ["main"]
 files = [
     {file = "pydantic_core-2.41.5-cp310-cp310-macosx_10_12_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:77b63866ca88d804225eaa4af3e664c5faf3568cea95360d21f4725ab6e07146"},
     {file = "pydantic_core-2.41.5-cp310-cp310-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl", hash = "sha256:dfa8a0c812ac681395907e71e1274819dec685fec28273a28905df579ef137e2"},
@@ -453,28 +453,13 @@ files = [
 [package.dependencies]
 typing-extensions = ">=4.14.1"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "python-dotenv"
-version = "1.2.2"
-description = "Read key-value pairs from a .env file and set them as environment variables"
-optional = false
-python-versions = ">=3.10"
-groups = ["dev"]
-files = [
-    {file = "python_dotenv-1.2.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:1d8214789a24de455a8b8bd8ae6fe3c6b69a5e3d64aa8a8e5d68e694bbcb285a"},
-    {file = "python_dotenv-1.2.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:2c371a91fbd7ba082c2c1dc1f8bf89ca22564a087c2c287cd9b662adde799cf3"},
-]
-
-[package.extras]
-cli = ["click (>=5.0)"]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "sqlalchemy"
 version = "2.0.48"
 description = "Database Abstraction Library"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
-groups = ["dev"]
+groups = ["main"]
 files = [
     {file = "sqlalchemy-2.0.48-cp310-cp310-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl", hash = "sha256:7001dc9d5f6bb4deb756d5928eaefe1930f6f4179da3924cbd95ee0e9f4dce89"},
     {file = "sqlalchemy-2.0.48-cp310-cp310-manylinux2014_aarch64.manylinux_2_17_aarch64.manylinux_2_28_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:1a89ce07ad2d4b8cfc30bd5889ec40613e028ed80ef47da7d9dd2ce969ad30e0"},
@@ -576,7 +561,7 @@ version = "0.0.37"
 description = "SQLModel, SQL databases in Python, designed for simplicity, compatibility, and robustness."
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.10"
-groups = ["dev"]
+groups = ["main"]
 files = [
     {file = "sqlmodel-0.0.37-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:2137a4045ef3fd66a917a7717ada959a1ceb3630d95e1f6aaab39dd2c0aef278"},
     {file = "sqlmodel-0.0.37.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:d2c19327175794faf50b1ee31cc966764f55b1dedefc046450bc5741a3d68352"},
@@ -592,7 +577,7 @@ version = "2.4.0"
 description = "A lil' TOML parser"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
-groups = ["dev"]
+groups = ["main"]
 markers = "python_version == \"3.10\""
 files = [
     {file = "tomli-2.4.0-cp311-cp311-macosx_10_9_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:b5ef256a3fd497d4973c11bf142e9ed78b150d36f5773f1ca6088c230ffc5867"},
@@ -650,7 +635,7 @@ version = "4.15.0"
 description = "Backported and Experimental Type Hints for Python 3.9+"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.9"
-groups = ["dev"]
+groups = ["main"]
 files = [
     {file = "typing_extensions-4.15.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:f0fa19c6845758ab08074a0cfa8b7aecb71c999ca73d62883bc25cc018c4e548"},
     {file = "typing_extensions-4.15.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:0cea48d173cc12fa28ecabc3b837ea3cf6f38c6d1136f85cbaaf598984861466"},
@@ -662,7 +647,7 @@ version = "0.4.2"
 description = "Runtime typing introspection tools"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.9"
-groups = ["dev"]
+groups = ["main"]
 files = [
     {file = "typing_inspection-0.4.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:4ed1cacbdc298c220f1bd249ed5287caa16f34d44ef4e9c3d0cbad5b521545e7"},
     {file = "typing_inspection-0.4.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:ba561c48a67c5958007083d386c3295464928b01faa735ab8547c5692e87f464"},
@@ -674,4 +659,4 @@ typing-extensions = ">=4.12.0"
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.1"
 python-versions = "^3.10"
-content-hash = "e457989b445bcc50a73da1069ac767412ccb52ee959b86b6983a7a710e6af16b"
+content-hash = "88c72aa5a8140b3d2a40f0fb6307920af40be74748d9aba4183e5027dcbd725b"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5267f1f..622496d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,31 +6,28 @@ authors = ["L. Drew Pihera <drew.pihera@gtri.gatech.edu>"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 readme = "README.md"
 packages = [{ include = "cape_cod_db" }]
-include = ["app.py", "capedb.py", "alembic", "alembic.ini"]
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = "^3.10"
-
-[tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
 alembic = "^1.18.4"
-python-dotenv = "^1.2.1"
 psycopg2-binary = "^2.9.11"
 sqlmodel = "^0.0.37"
 
 [tool.poetry.scripts]
-capedb = "capedb:main"
+capedb = "cape_cod_db.cli.capedb:main"
+capedb-app = "cape_cod_db.cli.app:main"
 
 [build-system]
 requires = ["poetry-core"]
 build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
 
 [tool.black]
-force-exclude = "alembic"
+force-exclude = "cape_cod_db/migrations"
 line-length = 80
 
 [tool.isort]
 profile = "black"
-extend_skip = ["alembic"]
+extend_skip = ["cape_cod_db/migrations"]
 
 line_length = 80
 
diff --git a/pyrightconfig.json b/pyrightconfig.json
index 78030fa..3505172 100644
--- a/pyrightconfig.json
+++ b/pyrightconfig.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
     "autoImportCompletions": true,
     "typeCheckingMode": "basic",
-    "ignore": ["alembic/**"]
+    "ignore": ["cape_cod_db/migrations/**"]
 }