diff --git a/CTFd/__init__.py b/CTFd/__init__.py
index 714340c85b887f343bb3cf59300279429d39ba87..858df583a06894626e31a6bc3a485f60346993ac 100644
--- a/CTFd/__init__.py
+++ b/CTFd/__init__.py
@@ -249,13 +249,13 @@ def create_app(config="CTFd.config.Config"):
             
             db.create_all()
             
-            if not is_running_migration_command():
-                stamp_latest_revision()
-        else:
+            # if not is_running_migration_command():
+                # stamp_latest_revision()
+        # else:
             # This creates tables instead of db.create_all()
             # Allows migrations to happen properly
             
-            upgrade()
+            # upgrade()
 
         from CTFd.models import ma
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 8a3a56ba3d0d27d4e592836d99ac1b52a3f555dc..280930d00d806d280cd609402343b364f13ccb5a 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ services:
       - MARIADB_PASSWORD=ctfd
       - MARIADB_DATABASE=ctfd
       - MARIADB_AUTO_UPGRADE=1
+      - MYSQL_HOST=db
     volumes:
       - .data/mysql:/var/lib/mysql
     networks:
diff --git a/migrations/alembic.ini b/migrations/alembic.ini
index 358eb0e0d0dc52883f042e0ceb5daa6094456363..01ee20cae79c5a6835a558a83165c7f1fb49e96c 100644
--- a/migrations/alembic.ini
+++ b/migrations/alembic.ini
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 [alembic]
 script_location = .
+sqlalchemy.url = mysql+pymysql://ctfd:ctfd@db/ctfd
 # template used to generate migration files
 # file_template = %%(rev)s_%%(slug)s
 
diff --git a/migrations/env.py b/migrations/env.py
index f98947724b9631b2d82f1a04c0a55856a29af341..ec3d6c442e74df71cbb39d68524398458596f7ef 100644
--- a/migrations/env.py
+++ b/migrations/env.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "../CTF
 from flask import current_app
 from CTFd import create_app
 
-app = create_app()
+app = create_app(config="CTFd.config.Config")
 with app.app_context():
     config.set_main_option(
         "sqlalchemy.url",