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@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ pnpm install
 pnpm run build
 
 # initialize the database and seed it with some data
+pnpm prisma db push
 pnpm prisma db seed
 
 # Run code generation (repeat this after eg. changing the Prisma schema). This is part of the build script, but faster