diff --git a/PiwigoDirectorySync/Commands/UpdateDatabaseCommand.cs b/PiwigoDirectorySync/Commands/UpdateDatabaseCommand.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2862dc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PiwigoDirectorySync/Commands/UpdateDatabaseCommand.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+using PiwigoDirectorySync.Infrastructure;
+using PiwigoDirectorySync.Persistence;
+using Spectre.Console;
+using Spectre.Console.Cli;
+
+namespace PiwigoDirectorySync.Commands;
+
+internal class UpdateDatabaseCommand : CancellableAsyncCommand<UpdateDatabaseCommand.UpdateDatabaseSettings>
+{
+    private readonly ILogger<UpdateDatabaseCommand> _logger;
+    private readonly PersistenceContext _persistenceContext;
+
+    public UpdateDatabaseCommand(ILogger<UpdateDatabaseCommand> logger, PersistenceContext persistenceContext)
+    {
+        _logger = logger;
+        _persistenceContext = persistenceContext;
+    }
+
+    protected override async Task<int> ExecuteAsync(CommandContext context, UpdateDatabaseSettings settings, CancellationToken cancellation)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            await AnsiConsole.Status()
+                .Spinner(Spinner.Known.Star)
+                .SpinnerStyle(Style.Parse("green bold"))
+                .StartAsync("[orange3]Updating database[/]", async _ => { await _persistenceContext.Database.MigrateAsync(cancellation); });
+            AnsiConsole.MarkupLine("[green]done[/]");
+            return 0;
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            _logger.LogCritical(ex, "Could not update database due to an error {ExMessage}", ex.Message);
+            AnsiConsole.WriteException(ex);
+        }
+
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    internal class UpdateDatabaseSettings : CommandSettings
+    {
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/PiwigoDirectorySync/Program.cs b/PiwigoDirectorySync/Program.cs
index 86ce052..9f8f021 100644
--- a/PiwigoDirectorySync/Program.cs
+++ b/PiwigoDirectorySync/Program.cs
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ app.Configure(config =>
         c.AddCommand<PiwigoUpdateCommand>("update");
         c.AddCommand<PiwigoRemoveCommand>("remove");
     });
+    config.AddCommand<UpdateDatabaseCommand>("updateDb");
 });
 
 return await app.RunAsync(args);
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diff --git a/PiwigoDirectorySync/Properties/launchSettings.json b/PiwigoDirectorySync/Properties/launchSettings.json
index 3eaa37b..d9ff3d5 100644
--- a/PiwigoDirectorySync/Properties/launchSettings.json
+++ b/PiwigoDirectorySync/Properties/launchSettings.json
@@ -36,12 +36,18 @@
       "commandLineArgs": "download",
       "environmentVariables": {
       }
-    },    
+    },
     "ListServers": {
       "commandName": "Project",
       "commandLineArgs": "piwigo list",
       "environmentVariables": {
       }
+    },
+    "UpdateDb": {
+      "commandName": "Project",
+      "commandLineArgs": "updateDb",
+      "environmentVariables": {
+      }
     }
   }
 }