diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Core/Application.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Core/Application.cs
index ae4489d387..351cb649ec 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Core/Application.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Core/Application.cs
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ using System.IdentityModel.Tokens.Jwt;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Reflection;
 using Tgstation.Server.Host.Components;
-using Tgstation.Server.Host.Components.Chat;
 using Tgstation.Server.Host.Components.Chat.Commands;
 using Tgstation.Server.Host.Components.Watchdog;
 using Tgstation.Server.Host.Configuration;
diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Models/DatabaseContext.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Models/DatabaseContext.cs
index e92934f70e..c75a8d9769 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Models/DatabaseContext.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Models/DatabaseContext.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
 using System;
+#if !DEBUG
 using System.Linq;
+#endif
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Tgstation.Server.Host.Configuration;
@@ -136,9 +138,14 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Models
 		/// <inheritdoc />
 		public async Task Initialize(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
 		{
+#if DEBUG
+			await Database.EnsureCreatedAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+			var wasEmpty = (await Users.CountAsync().ConfigureAwait(false)) == 0;
+#else
 			var migrations = await Database.GetAppliedMigrationsAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
 			var wasEmpty = !migrations.Any();
 			await Database.MigrateAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+#endif
 			if (wasEmpty)
 				await databaseSeeder.SeedDatabase(this, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
 		}
diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/appsettings.json b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/appsettings.json
index f62fafa2f2..233a6dd6fa 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/appsettings.json
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/appsettings.json
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     },
     "Console": {
       "LogLevel": {
+        "Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore": "Warning",
         "Default": "Trace"
       }
     },