diff --git a/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Database/DatabaseContext.cs b/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Database/DatabaseContext.cs
index 95674dd5..43312a56 100644
--- a/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Database/DatabaseContext.cs
+++ b/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Database/DatabaseContext.cs
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ using EntityFramework.Exceptions.PostgreSQL;
 using EntityFrameworkCore.Projectables.Infrastructure;
 using Iceshrimp.Backend.Core.Configuration;
 using Iceshrimp.Backend.Core.Database.Tables;
+using Iceshrimp.Backend.Core.Extensions;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection.EntityFrameworkCore;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design;
 using Npgsql;
 
 namespace Iceshrimp.Backend.Core.Database;
@@ -1010,4 +1012,21 @@ public class DatabaseContext(DbContextOptions<DatabaseContext> options)
 
 	public IQueryable<Note> NoteDescendants(Note note, int depth, int breadth)
 		=> FromExpression(() => NoteDescendants(note.Id, depth, breadth));
+}
+
+[SuppressMessage("ReSharper", "UnusedType.Global",
+                 Justification = "Constructed using reflection by the dotnet-ef CLI tool")]
+public class DesignTimeDatabaseContextFactory : IDesignTimeDbContextFactory<DatabaseContext> {
+	DatabaseContext IDesignTimeDbContextFactory<DatabaseContext>.CreateDbContext(string[] args) {
+		var configuration = new ConfigurationBuilder()
+		                    .SetBasePath(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory())
+		                    .AddCustomConfiguration()
+		                    .Build();
+
+		var config     = configuration.GetSection("Database").Get<Config.DatabaseSection>();
+		var dataSource = DatabaseContext.GetDataSource(config);
+		var builder    = new DbContextOptionsBuilder<DatabaseContext>();
+		DatabaseContext.Configure(builder, dataSource);
+		return new DatabaseContext(builder.Options);
+	}
 }
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diff --git a/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Database/Migrations/20240204213755_RemoveHiddenNoteVisibility.cs b/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Database/Migrations/20240204213755_RemoveHiddenNoteVisibility.cs
index 6dd6bd44..53ddef6f 100644
--- a/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Database/Migrations/20240204213755_RemoveHiddenNoteVisibility.cs
+++ b/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Database/Migrations/20240204213755_RemoveHiddenNoteVisibility.cs
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ namespace Iceshrimp.Backend.Core.Database.Migrations
     {
         /// <inheritdoc />
         protected override void Up(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder) {
+	        Console.WriteLine("Fixing up note visibility enums, please hang tight!");
+	        Console.WriteLine("This may take a long time (15-30 minutes), especially if your database is unusually large or you're running low end hardware.");
+	        
 	        // We want to set all hidden notes to be specified notes that can only be seen by the author before we remove the enum
 	        migrationBuilder.Sql("""
 	                             UPDATE "note" SET "visibleUserIds" = '{}', "mentions" = '{}', "visibility" = 'specified' WHERE "visibility" = 'hidden';
@@ -27,6 +30,9 @@ namespace Iceshrimp.Backend.Core.Database.Migrations
         /// <inheritdoc />
         protected override void Down(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
         {
+	        Console.WriteLine("Reverting changes to note visibility enums, please hang tight!");
+	        Console.WriteLine("This may take a long time (15-30 minutes), especially if your database is unusually large or you're running low end hardware.");
+	        
 	        migrationBuilder.Sql("""
 	                             ALTER TYPE "public"."note_visibility_enum" RENAME TO "note_visibility_enum_old";
 	                             ALTER TYPE "public"."poll_notevisibility_enum" RENAME TO "poll_notevisibility_enum_old";
diff --git a/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Database/Migrations/20240210233409_FixNoteMentionsColumnType.cs b/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Database/Migrations/20240210233409_FixNoteMentionsColumnType.cs
index d534b488..8eb882d2 100644
--- a/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Database/Migrations/20240210233409_FixNoteMentionsColumnType.cs
+++ b/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Database/Migrations/20240210233409_FixNoteMentionsColumnType.cs
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ namespace Iceshrimp.Backend.Core.Database.Migrations
         /// <inheritdoc />
         protected override void Up(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
         {
+	        Console.WriteLine("Fixing up note.mentionedRemoteUsers, please hang tight!");
+	        Console.WriteLine("This may take a long time (15-30 minutes), especially if your database is unusually large or you're running low end hardware.");
+
 	        migrationBuilder.Sql("""
 	                             ALTER TABLE "note" ALTER COLUMN "mentionedRemoteUsers" DROP DEFAULT;
 	                             ALTER TABLE "note" ALTER COLUMN "mentionedRemoteUsers" TYPE jsonb USING "mentionedRemoteUsers"::jsonb;
@@ -22,6 +25,9 @@ namespace Iceshrimp.Backend.Core.Database.Migrations
         /// <inheritdoc />
         protected override void Down(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
         {
+	        Console.WriteLine("Reverting changes to note.mentionedRemoteUsers, please hang tight!");
+	        Console.WriteLine("This may take a long time (15-30 minutes), especially if your database is unusually large or you're running low end hardware.");
+
 	        migrationBuilder.Sql("""
 	                             ALTER TABLE "note" ALTER COLUMN "mentionedRemoteUsers" DROP DEFAULT;
 	                             ALTER TABLE "note" ALTER COLUMN "mentionedRemoteUsers" TYPE text USING "mentionedRemoteUsers"::text;
diff --git a/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Extensions/ConfigurationBuilderExtensions.cs b/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Extensions/ConfigurationBuilderExtensions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d31774c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Extensions/ConfigurationBuilderExtensions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+namespace Iceshrimp.Backend.Core.Extensions;
+
+public static class ConfigurationBuilderExtensions {
+	public static IConfigurationBuilder AddCustomConfiguration(this IConfigurationBuilder configuration) {
+		return configuration.AddIniFile(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("ICESHRIMP_CONFIG") ?? "configuration.ini",
+		                                false, true)
+		                    .AddIniFile(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("ICESHRIMP_CONFIG_OVERRIDES") ?? "configuration.overrides.ini",
+		                                true, true);
+	}
+}
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diff --git a/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Extensions/WebApplicationExtensions.cs b/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Extensions/WebApplicationExtensions.cs
index d95c11e9..066318bb 100644
--- a/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Extensions/WebApplicationExtensions.cs
+++ b/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Extensions/WebApplicationExtensions.cs
@@ -65,7 +65,9 @@ public static class WebApplicationExtensions {
 
 		if (args.Contains("--migrate") || args.Contains("--migrate-and-start")) {
 			app.Logger.LogInformation("Running migrations...");
+			context.Database.SetCommandTimeout(0);
 			await context.Database.MigrateAsync();
+			context.Database.SetCommandTimeout(30);
 			if (args.Contains("--migrate")) Environment.Exit(0);
 		}
 		else if ((await context.Database.GetPendingMigrationsAsync()).Any()) {
diff --git a/Iceshrimp.Backend/Startup.cs b/Iceshrimp.Backend/Startup.cs
index f7148211..97ac1c28 100644
--- a/Iceshrimp.Backend/Startup.cs
+++ b/Iceshrimp.Backend/Startup.cs
@@ -5,12 +5,7 @@ using Vite.AspNetCore.Extensions;
 var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);
 
 builder.Configuration.Sources.Clear();
-builder.Configuration
-       .AddIniFile(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("ICESHRIMP_CONFIG") ?? "configuration.ini",
-                   false, true);
-builder.Configuration
-       .AddIniFile(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("ICESHRIMP_CONFIG_OVERRIDES") ?? "configuration.overrides.ini",
-                   true, true);
+builder.Configuration.AddCustomConfiguration();
 
 builder.Services.AddControllers(options => { options.ModelBinderProviders.AddHybridBindingProvider(); })
        .AddNewtonsoftJson() //TODO: remove once dotNetRdf switches to System.Text.Json (or we switch to LinkedData.NET)