diff --git a/kube/boost/templates/migration-job.yaml b/kube/boost/templates/migration-job.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8d863736
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kube/boost/templates/migration-job.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+apiVersion: batch/v1
+kind: Job
+metadata:
+  name: database-migrations-job
+  labels:
+    env: {{ .Values.deploymentEnvironment }}
+    app: boost
+  annotations:
+    "helm.sh/hook": pre-install,pre-upgrade
+    "helm.sh/hook-weight": "-1"
+spec:
+  ttlSecondsAfterFinished: 3600
+  backoffLimit: 4
+  template:
+    spec:
+      restartPolicy: OnFailure
+      volumes:
+{{ toYaml .Values.Volumes | indent 6 }}
+      imagePullSecrets:
+        - name: revsys-docker-registry
+      containers:
+        - name: database-migrations
+          image: {{ .Values.Image }}:{{ .Values.ImageTag }}
+          command: ["/bin/sh", "-c"]
+          args:
+            - "./manage.py migrate --noinput"
+          env:
+{{ toYaml .Values.Env | indent 10 }}
+          volumeMounts:
+{{ toYaml .Values.VolumeMounts | indent 10 }}
diff --git a/kube/boost/values.yaml b/kube/boost/values.yaml
index e16780bd..2b6a8dd9 100644
--- a/kube/boost/values.yaml
+++ b/kube/boost/values.yaml
@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@ replicaCount: "2"
 # where necessary
 
 initCommands:
-  - name: migrate
-    command: ./manage.py migrate --noinput
+  # migrate moved to a Job
+  # - name: migrate
+  #   command: ./manage.py migrate --noinput
   - name: collectstatic
     command: ./manage.py collectstatic --noinput