diff --git a/src/food-market.api/Program.cs b/src/food-market.api/Program.cs
index 7a19a34..f152ff2 100644
--- a/src/food-market.api/Program.cs
+++ b/src/food-market.api/Program.cs
@@ -187,9 +187,10 @@
         });
     }).RequireAuthorization();
 
-    if (app.Environment.IsDevelopment())
+    // Apply migrations on every startup (idempotent). Without this, fresh
+    // stage/prod deploys land on an empty DB and OpenIddict seeders fail.
+    using (var scope = app.Services.CreateScope())
     {
-        using var scope = app.Services.CreateScope();
         var db = scope.ServiceProvider.GetRequiredService<AppDbContext>();
         db.Database.Migrate();
     }