diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Configuration/DatabaseConfiguration.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Configuration/DatabaseConfiguration.cs
index e076bc03cb..d5adce7577 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Configuration/DatabaseConfiguration.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Configuration/DatabaseConfiguration.cs
@@ -34,11 +34,6 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Configuration
 		/// </summary>
 		public bool DropDatabase { get; set; }
 
-		/// <summary>
-		/// Used to indicate that the database is being loaded to generate migrations. Should not be used in production!.
-		/// </summary>
-		public bool DesignTime { get; set; }
-
 		/// <summary>
 		/// The <see cref="string"/> form of the <see cref="global::System.Version"/> of the target server.
 		/// </summary>
diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Database/Design/DesignTimeDbContextFactoryHelpers.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Database/Design/DesignTimeDbContextFactoryHelpers.cs
index a0569aafe3..54d79bddc3 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Database/Design/DesignTimeDbContextFactoryHelpers.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Database/Design/DesignTimeDbContextFactoryHelpers.cs
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Database.Design
 		{
 			var dbConfig = new DatabaseConfiguration
 			{
-				DesignTime = true,
 				DatabaseType = databaseType,
 				ConnectionString = connectionString,
 				ServerVersion = serverVersion,
diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Database/Design/SqliteDesignTimeDbContextFactory.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Database/Design/SqliteDesignTimeDbContextFactory.cs
index b855f8ad9c..924d8934f9 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Database/Design/SqliteDesignTimeDbContextFactory.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Database/Design/SqliteDesignTimeDbContextFactory.cs
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Database.Design
 		/// <inheritdoc />
 		public SqliteDatabaseContext CreateDbContext(string[] args)
 		{
-			SqliteDatabaseContext.DesignTime = true;
 			return new SqliteDatabaseContext(
 				DesignTimeDbContextFactoryHelpers.CreateDatabaseContextOptions<SqliteDatabaseContext>(
 					DatabaseType.Sqlite,
-					"Data Source=tgs_design.sqlite3;Mode=ReadWriteCreate"));
+					"Data Source=tgs_design.sqlite3;Mode=ReadWriteCreate"),
+				true);
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Database/SqliteDatabaseContext.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Database/SqliteDatabaseContext.cs
index 0076efe2c2..c13ebf2027 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Database/SqliteDatabaseContext.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Database/SqliteDatabaseContext.cs
@@ -14,16 +14,21 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Database
 	sealed class SqliteDatabaseContext : DatabaseContext
 	{
 		/// <summary>
-		/// Static property to receive the configured value of <see cref="DatabaseConfiguration.DesignTime"/>.
+		/// If the database context is running in design time mode.
 		/// </summary>
-		public static bool DesignTime { get; set; }
+		readonly bool designTime;
 
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="SqliteDatabaseContext"/> class.
 		/// </summary>
 		/// <param name="dbContextOptions">The <see cref="DbContextOptions{TContext}"/> for the <see cref="DatabaseContext"/>.</param>
-		public SqliteDatabaseContext(DbContextOptions<SqliteDatabaseContext> dbContextOptions) : base(dbContextOptions)
+		/// <param name="designTime">The value of <see cref="designTime"/>.</param>
+		public SqliteDatabaseContext(
+			DbContextOptions<SqliteDatabaseContext> dbContextOptions,
+			bool designTime = false)
+			: base(dbContextOptions)
 		{
+			this.designTime = designTime;
 		}
 
 		/// <summary>
@@ -31,7 +36,9 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Database
 		/// </summary>
 		/// <param name="options">The <see cref="DbContextOptionsBuilder"/> to configure.</param>
 		/// <param name="databaseConfiguration">The <see cref="DatabaseConfiguration"/>.</param>
-		public static void ConfigureWith(DbContextOptionsBuilder options, DatabaseConfiguration databaseConfiguration)
+		public static void ConfigureWith(
+			DbContextOptionsBuilder options,
+			DatabaseConfiguration databaseConfiguration)
 		{
 			ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(options);
 			ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(databaseConfiguration);
@@ -39,7 +46,6 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Database
 			if (databaseConfiguration.DatabaseType != DatabaseType.Sqlite)
 				throw new InvalidOperationException($"Invalid DatabaseType for {nameof(SqliteDatabaseContext)}!");
 
-			DesignTime = databaseConfiguration.DesignTime;
 			options.UseSqlite(databaseConfiguration.ConnectionString, sqliteOptions => sqliteOptions.UseQuerySplittingBehavior(QuerySplittingBehavior.SingleQuery));
 		}
 
@@ -56,7 +62,7 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Database
 			// use the DateTimeOffsetToBinaryConverter
 			// Based on: https://github.com/aspnet/EntityFrameworkCore/issues/10784#issuecomment-415769754
 			// This only supports millisecond precision, but should be sufficient for most use cases.
-			if (!DesignTime)
+			if (!designTime)
 				foreach (var entityType in modelBuilder.Model.GetEntityTypes())
 				{
 					var properties = entityType