diff --git a/foods.db b/foods.db
index c8e49e5..81ff588 100644
Binary files a/foods.db and b/foods.db differ
diff --git a/src/get_foods.sql b/src/get_foods.sql
index dbd3e94..69523a1 100644
--- a/src/get_foods.sql
+++ b/src/get_foods.sql
@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@ SELECT
     color
 FROM
     food
+ORDER BY
+    sort_order, name;
diff --git a/src/get_version.sql b/src/get_version.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4edeca1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/get_version.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+PRAGMA user_version;
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index d1d1eb7..3ab24fc 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use axum::{
     routing::{get, post},
 };
 use parking_lot::Mutex;
-use rusqlite::{CachedStatement, Connection, Row};
+use rusqlite::{CachedStatement, Connection, Row, Transaction};
 use tower_http::trace::TraceLayer;
 use tower_request_id::{RequestId, RequestIdLayer};
 use tracing::{debug, error, info, info_span};
@@ -123,6 +123,50 @@ impl<'conn> PreparedStatements {
 
 type ConnState = Arc<Mutex<Connection>>;
 
+fn get_version(tx: &Transaction) -> rusqlite::Result<usize> {
+    tx.query_one(include_str!("get_version.sql"), (), |row| row.get(0))
+}
+
+fn get_migrations() -> [&'static str; 4] {
+    [
+        include_str!("migrations/1.sql"),
+        include_str!("migrations/2.sql"),
+        include_str!("migrations/3.sql"),
+        include_str!("migrations/4.sql"),
+    ]
+}
+
+fn do_migrations(conn: &mut Connection) -> rusqlite::Result<()> {
+    let migrations = get_migrations();
+    let num_migrations = migrations.len();
+    let tx = conn.transaction()?;
+    let version = get_version(&tx)?;
+    if version < migrations.len() {
+        info!(
+            migrations_to_apply = num_migrations - version,
+            "need to apply some migrations"
+        );
+        let mut mig_number = version;
+        for migration in migrations.iter().skip(version) {
+            mig_number += 1;
+            info!(mig_number, "applying migration");
+            debug!(migration = migration);
+            tx.execute_batch(migration)?;
+            if get_version(&tx)? != mig_number {
+                panic!(
+                    "expected user_version to eq {} after applying migration {}. maybe a missing 'PRAGMA user_version =' ?",
+                    mig_number, mig_number
+                );
+            }
+        }
+        tx.commit()?;
+        info!("applied all migrations");
+    } else {
+        info!("no migrations to apply");
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
     tracing_subscriber::registry()
@@ -142,13 +186,15 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
 
     let db_connecion_str = "./foods.db".to_string();
     debug!(db_connecion_str, "opening database");
-    let conn = Connection::open(db_connecion_str).expect("failed to open database");
+    let mut conn = Connection::open(db_connecion_str).expect("failed to open database");
 
     if let Err(e) = conn.execute(include_str!("create_tables.sql"), ()) {
         error!(?e, "failed to create tables");
         panic!("failed to create tables: {:#?}", e);
     }
 
+    do_migrations(&mut conn).expect("failed to do database migrations");
+
     PreparedStatements::check(&conn).expect("failed to prepare sql statements");
 
     let app = Router::new()
diff --git a/src/migrations/1.sql b/src/migrations/1.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b5d5cff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/migrations/1.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+ALTER TABLE
+    food
+ADD COLUMN
+    portion_weight INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 100 CHECK (portion_weight > 0);
+
+PRAGMA user_version = 1;
diff --git a/src/migrations/2.sql b/src/migrations/2.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..755c45c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/migrations/2.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+ALTER TABLE
+    food
+ADD COLUMN
+    -- per 100g
+    protein REAL NOT NULL DEFAULT 5.0 CHECK (protein > 0);
+
+ALTER TABLE
+    food
+ADD COLUMN
+    -- per 100g
+    fiber REAL NOT NULL DEFAULT 5.0 CHECK (fiber > 0);
+
+ALTER TABLE
+    food
+ADD COLUMN
+    protein_per_portion REAL NOT NULL GENERATED ALWAYS AS ((protein / 100) * portion_weight) VIRTUAL;
+
+ALTER TABLE
+    food
+ADD COLUMN
+    fiber_per_portion REAL NOT NULL GENERATED ALWAYS AS ((fiber / 100) * portion_weight) VIRTUAL;
+
+PRAGMA user_version = 2;
diff --git a/src/migrations/3.sql b/src/migrations/3.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..46c6d51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/migrations/3.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+ALTER TABLE
+    food
+ADD COLUMN
+    sort_order INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0;
+
+PRAGMA user_version = 3;
diff --git a/src/migrations/4.sql b/src/migrations/4.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c6d9caa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/migrations/4.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+CREATE TABLE "sqlb_temp_table_1" (
+	"id"	INTEGER,
+	"portion"	TEXT NOT NULL,
+	"name"	TEXT NOT NULL,
+	"kc_per_serving"	INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
+	"target_servings"	INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 1,
+	"actual_servings"	INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
+	"color"	TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'white',
+	"portion_weight"	INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 100 CHECK("portion_weight" > 0),
+	"protein"	REAL NOT NULL DEFAULT 5.0 CHECK("protein" >= 0),
+	"fiber"	REAL NOT NULL DEFAULT 5.0 CHECK("fiber" >= 0),
+	"protein_per_portion"	REAL NOT NULL GENERATED ALWAYS AS (("protein" / 100) * "portion_weight") VIRTUAL,
+	"fiber_per_portion"	REAL NOT NULL GENERATED ALWAYS AS (("fiber" / 100) * "portion_weight") VIRTUAL,
+	"sort_order"	INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
+	PRIMARY KEY("id")
+) STRICT;
+INSERT INTO "main"."sqlb_temp_table_1" ("actual_servings","color","fiber","id","kc_per_serving","name","portion","portion_weight","protein","sort_order","target_servings") SELECT "actual_servings","color","fiber","id","kc_per_serving","name","portion","portion_weight","protein","sort_order","target_servings" FROM "main"."food";
+PRAGMA defer_foreign_keys = '1';
+DROP TABLE "main"."food";
+ALTER TABLE "main"."sqlb_temp_table_1" RENAME TO "food";
+PRAGMA defer_foreign_keys = '0';
+
+PRAGMA user_version = 4;