diff --git a/server/mapobjectdb/sqlite/migrate.go b/server/mapobjectdb/sqlite/migrate.go
index 1ebc9f9..fc3576b 100644
--- a/server/mapobjectdb/sqlite/migrate.go
+++ b/server/mapobjectdb/sqlite/migrate.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"database/sql"
 	_ "github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"mapserver/vfs"
 	"time"
 )
 
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ type Sqlite3Accessor struct {
 func (db *Sqlite3Accessor) Migrate() error {
 	log.WithFields(logrus.Fields{"filename": db.filename}).Info("Migrating database")
 	start := time.Now()
-	_, err := db.db.Exec(migrateScript)
+	_, err := db.db.Exec(vfs.FSMustString(false, "/sql/sqlite_mapobjectdb_migrate.sql"))
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/server/mapobjectdb/sqlite/sql.go b/server/mapobjectdb/sqlite/sql.go
index dd8a991..c84a39c 100644
--- a/server/mapobjectdb/sqlite/sql.go
+++ b/server/mapobjectdb/sqlite/sql.go
@@ -1,40 +1,5 @@
 package sqlite
 
-const migrateScript = `
-PRAGMA foreign_keys = ON;
-PRAGMA journal_mode = MEMORY;
-PRAGMA synchronous = OFF; --TODO: this is just ridiculously slow otherwise...
-
-create table if not exists objects(
-	id integer primary key autoincrement,
-  x int,
-  y int,
-	z int,
-	posx int,
-	posy int,
-	posz int,
-	type varchar,
-  mtime bigint
-);
-
-create index if not exists objects_pos on objects(posx,posy,posz);
-create index if not exists objects_pos_type on objects(posx,posy,posz,type);
-
-create table if not exists object_attributes(
-	objectid integer not null,
-	key varchar not null,
-	value varchar not null,
-	FOREIGN KEY (objectid) references objects(id) ON DELETE CASCADE
-	primary key(objectid, key)
-);
-
-create index if not exists object_attributes_key_value on object_attributes(key, value);
-
-create table if not exists settings(
-	key varchar primary key not null,
-	value varchar not null
-);
-`
 
 const getMapDataPosQuery = `
 select o.id, o.type, o.mtime,
diff --git a/server/static/sql/sqlite_mapobjectdb_migrate.sql b/server/static/sql/sqlite_mapobjectdb_migrate.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..74907a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/static/sql/sqlite_mapobjectdb_migrate.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+PRAGMA foreign_keys = ON;
+PRAGMA journal_mode = MEMORY;
+
+create table if not exists objects(
+	id integer primary key autoincrement,
+  x int,
+  y int,
+	z int,
+	posx int,
+	posy int,
+	posz int,
+	type varchar,
+  mtime bigint
+);
+
+create index if not exists objects_pos on objects(posx,posy,posz);
+create index if not exists objects_pos_type on objects(posx,posy,posz,type);
+
+create table if not exists object_attributes(
+	objectid integer not null,
+	key varchar not null,
+	value varchar not null,
+	FOREIGN KEY (objectid) references objects(id) ON DELETE CASCADE
+	primary key(objectid, key)
+);
+
+create index if not exists object_attributes_key_value on object_attributes(key, value);
+
+create table if not exists settings(
+	key varchar primary key not null,
+	value varchar not null
+);