diff --git a/src/Actions/UpdateIndex.php b/src/Actions/UpdateIndex.php
index 3406380..5933091 100644
--- a/src/Actions/UpdateIndex.php
+++ b/src/Actions/UpdateIndex.php
@@ -7,15 +7,14 @@
 use BenBjurstrom\Prezet\Models\Document;
 use BenBjurstrom\Prezet\Models\Heading;
 use BenBjurstrom\Prezet\Models\Tag;
-use Illuminate\Database\QueryException;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Artisan;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
 
 class UpdateIndex
 {
     public static function handle(): void
     {
-
         self::runMigrations();
         $docs = GetAllFrontmatter::handle();
         $docs->each(function (FrontmatterData $doc) {
@@ -76,19 +75,15 @@ protected static function setTags(Document $d, array $tags): void
 
     protected static function runMigrations(): void
     {
-        try {
-            Artisan::call('migrate:rollback', [
-                '--path' => base_path('vendor/benbjurstrom/prezet/database/migrations'),
-                '--database' => 'prezet',
-                '--realpath' => true,
-                '--no-interaction' => true,
-            ]);
-        } catch (QueryException $e) {
-            // either file does not exist or
-            // migrations table does not exist
+        if (! Schema::connection('prezet')->hasTable('migrations')) {
+            Schema::connection('prezet')->create('migrations', function ($table) {
+                $table->increments('id');
+                $table->string('migration');
+                $table->integer('batch');
+            });
         }
 
-        Artisan::call('migrate', [
+        Artisan::call('migrate:fresh', [
             '--path' => base_path('vendor/benbjurstrom/prezet/database/migrations'),
             '--database' => 'prezet',
             '--realpath' => true,