diff --git a/scripts/start-with-migrate.js b/scripts/start-with-migrate.js
index e10f5fd..89195ed 100644
--- a/scripts/start-with-migrate.js
+++ b/scripts/start-with-migrate.js
@@ -134,7 +134,17 @@ async function main() {
         // If baseline fails we continue to migrate deploy, which will surface the real issue.
       }
     }
-    run("node", ["node_modules/prisma/build/index.js", "migrate", "deploy"]);
+
+    const migrateResult = spawnSync(
+      "node",
+      ["node_modules/prisma/build/index.js", "migrate", "deploy"],
+      { stdio: "inherit", env: process.env }
+    );
+    if (migrateResult.status !== 0) {
+      console.error(
+        `[startup] prisma migrate deploy failed (exit ${migrateResult.status}). Starting server anyway...`
+      );
+    }
   } else {
     console.log("SKIP_PRISMA_MIGRATE=true -> skipping prisma migrate deploy");
   }