diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index 78f9f11..9ccb043 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ ENV PYTHONPATH=/app
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
     gcc \
     libpq-dev \
+    postgresql-client \
     curl \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 COPY services/ /app/services/
 COPY tests/ /app/tests/
 COPY conftest.py /app/conftest.py
+COPY infra/migrations/ /app/infra/migrations/
 
 RUN useradd -m -u 1000 stonks && \
     chown -R stonks:stonks /app
diff --git a/infra/helm/stonks-oracle/templates/deployments.yaml b/infra/helm/stonks-oracle/templates/deployments.yaml
index 898b2f1..2de060a 100644
--- a/infra/helm/stonks-oracle/templates/deployments.yaml
+++ b/infra/helm/stonks-oracle/templates/deployments.yaml
@@ -28,6 +28,38 @@ spec:
       {{- end }}
       securityContext:
         {{- include "stonks.podSecurityContext" $root | nindent 8 }}
+      {{- if eq $svc.image "scheduler" }}
+      initContainers:
+        - name: run-migrations
+          image: {{ $root.Values.image.registry }}/{{ $svc.image }}:{{ $root.Values.image.tag }}
+          imagePullPolicy: {{ $root.Values.image.pullPolicy }}
+          command: ["sh", "-c"]
+          args:
+            - |
+              for f in $(ls /app/infra/migrations/*.sql 2>/dev/null | sort); do
+                echo "Applying $(basename $f)..."
+                PGPASSWORD="$POSTGRES_PASSWORD" psql \
+                  -h "$POSTGRES_HOST" -p "$POSTGRES_PORT" \
+                  -U "$POSTGRES_USER" -d "$POSTGRES_DB" \
+                  -f "$f" -v ON_ERROR_STOP=0 2>&1 | tail -1 || true
+              done
+              echo "Migrations complete."
+          securityContext:
+            {{- include "stonks.containerSecurityContext" $root | nindent 12 }}
+          envFrom:
+            - configMapRef:
+                name: stonks-config
+            {{- range $svc.secrets }}
+            - secretRef:
+                name: {{ . }}
+            {{- end }}
+          resources:
+            requests: { cpu: 50m, memory: 64Mi }
+            limits: { cpu: 200m, memory: 128Mi }
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: tmp
+              mountPath: /tmp
+      {{- end }}
       containers:
         - name: {{ $svc.image }}
           image: {{ $root.Values.image.registry }}/{{ $svc.image }}:{{ $root.Values.image.tag }}
diff --git a/pipelines/runmefirst.sh b/pipelines/runmefirst.sh
index 44cc4df..d97ff7b 100755
--- a/pipelines/runmefirst.sh
+++ b/pipelines/runmefirst.sh
@@ -314,20 +314,31 @@ for db in stonks_beta stonks_paper; do
   echo "  ✓ Database $db exists"
 done
 
-# Run migrations on beta and paper databases
+# Run migrations on all three databases (idempotent — IF NOT EXISTS in DDL)
 REPO_ROOT="${SCRIPT_DIR}/../stonks-oracle"
 if [ -d "$REPO_ROOT/infra/migrations" ]; then
-  for db in stonks_beta stonks_paper; do
+  for db in stonks stonks_beta stonks_paper; do
     echo "  Running migrations on $db..."
     for migration in $(ls "$REPO_ROOT/infra/migrations/"*.sql 2>/dev/null | sort); do
-      kubectl exec -n postgresql-service "$PG_POD" -c postgres -- \
-        psql -U stonks -d "$db" -f - < "$migration" > /dev/null 2>&1 || true
+      kubectl exec -i -n postgresql-service "$PG_POD" -c postgres -- \
+        psql -U postgres -d "$db" < "$migration" > /dev/null 2>&1 || true
     done
     echo "  ✓ Migrations applied to $db"
   done
 else
   echo "  ⚠ Migrations directory not found at $REPO_ROOT/infra/migrations — skipping"
 fi
+
+# Seed symbol registry data on all three databases
+if [ -d "$REPO_ROOT/services/symbol_registry" ]; then
+  for db in stonks stonks_beta stonks_paper; do
+    echo "  Seeding $db..."
+    POSTGRES_HOST=postgresql-rw.postgresql-service.svc.cluster.local \
+    POSTGRES_PASSWORD='St0nks0racl3!' POSTGRES_USER=stonks POSTGRES_DB="$db" \
+    python3 -m services.symbol_registry.seed 2>/dev/null || true
+    echo "  ✓ Seed data applied to $db"
+  done
+fi
 echo ""
 
 # -------------------------------------------------------