diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0d8130b..617df21 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ add_custom_target(run
     WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
 )
 add_custom_target(debug
-    COMMAND valgrind ./core start
+    COMMAND valgrind -s ./core start
     DEPENDS core
     WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
 )
diff --git a/include/database.h b/include/database.h
index c892e01..dde8177 100644
--- a/include/database.h
+++ b/include/database.h
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ database_init();
 void
 database_free();
 
-int
+void
 database_migrate();
 
 
diff --git a/include/logger.h b/include/logger.h
index a84a511..fc207f5 100644
--- a/include/logger.h
+++ b/include/logger.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-#ifndef CORE_LOGGER_H
-#define CORE_LOGGER_H
+#ifndef EMGAUWA_LOGGER_H
+#define EMGAUWA_LOGGER_H
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <time.h>
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ logger_log(int level, const char *filename, int line, const char *func, const ch
 #define LOGGER_CRIT(...)    logger_log(LOG_CRIT   , __FILE__, __LINE__, __func__, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 #define LOGGER_EMERG(...)   logger_log(LOG_EMERG  , __FILE__, __LINE__, __func__, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 
-#endif //CORE_LOGGER_H
+#endif //EMGAUWA_LOGGER_H
diff --git a/sql/migration_0.sql b/sql/migration_0.sql
index 34b0fa0..12dda72 100644
--- a/sql/migration_0.sql
+++ b/sql/migration_0.sql
@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
-create table meta
-(
-    version_num INTEGER
-                NOT NULL
-);
-
 create table controllers
 (
     id      INTEGER
diff --git a/src/database.c b/src/database.c
index 2acaa3b..02fd75a 100644
--- a/src/database.c
+++ b/src/database.c
@@ -20,10 +20,7 @@ database_init()
         exit(1);
     }
 
-    if(database_migrate())
-    {
-        exit(1);
-    }
+    database_migrate();
 
     sqlite3_exec(global_database, "PRAGMA foreign_keys = ON", 0, 0, 0);
     in_transaction = 0;
@@ -35,13 +32,13 @@ database_free()
     sqlite3_close(global_database);
 }
 
-int
+void
 database_migrate()
 {
     uint16_t version_num = 0;
     int s, rc;
     sqlite3_stmt *stmt;
-    sqlite3_prepare_v2(global_database, "SELECT version_num FROM meta LIMIT 1;", -1, &stmt, NULL);
+    sqlite3_prepare_v2(global_database, "PRAGMA user_version;", -1, &stmt, NULL);
     s = sqlite3_step(stmt);
     if (s == SQLITE_ROW)
     {
@@ -65,32 +62,19 @@ database_migrate()
             if(rc)
             {
                 LOGGER_CRIT("couldn't migrate LEVEL 0 (%s)\n", err_msg);
-                break;
+                exit(1);
             }
             new_version_num = 1;
         default:
             break;
     }
 
-    if(version_num == 0)
-    {
-        sqlite3_prepare_v2(global_database, "INSERT INTO meta (version_num) VALUES (?1);", -1, &stmt, NULL);
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        sqlite3_prepare_v2(global_database, "UPDATE meta SET version_num=?1;", -1, &stmt, NULL);
-    }
-    sqlite3_bind_int(stmt, 1, new_version_num);
+    char pragma_query[32];
+    sprintf(pragma_query, "PRAGMA user_version=%d;", new_version_num);
+    sqlite3_exec(global_database, pragma_query, 0, 0, 0);
+    LOGGER_DEBUG("storing new user_version %d\n", new_version_num);
 
-    rc = sqlite3_step(stmt);
-    if (rc != SQLITE_DONE)
-    {
-        LOGGER_CRIT("couldn't write new schema version\n");
-    }
-
-    sqlite3_finalize(stmt);
-
-    return rc != SQLITE_DONE;
+    return;
 }
 
 int
diff --git a/src/logger.c b/src/logger.c
index 7e7d2d7..2869668 100644
--- a/src/logger.c
+++ b/src/logger.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 
 #include <config.h>
 #include <logger.h>