diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 160b58f1d..b48d10426 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ workspace = ENV["WORKSPACE"] || "workspace"
 # $ cd [workspace]
 # $ git clone https://github.com/sethcall/pg_migrate_ruby
 
-gem 'pg_migrate', '0.1.4' # :path=> '~/' + workspace + '/pg_migrate_ruby'
+gem 'pg_migrate', '0.1.5' # :path=> '~/' + workspace + '/pg_migrate_ruby'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index f6c8b3457..0383b3549 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ GEM
     logging (1.7.2)
       little-plugger (>= 1.1.3)
     pg (0.14.0)
-    pg_migrate (0.1.4)
+    pg_migrate (0.1.5)
       logging (= 1.7.2)
       pg (= 0.14.0)
       thor (= 0.15.4)
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ PLATFORMS
   ruby
 
 DEPENDENCIES
-  pg_migrate (= 0.1.4)
+  pg_migrate (= 0.1.5)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b9c149952..283a56f25 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Then, to cause a migration, do something like:
 bundle install
 
 # migrate the database (assumes you've created the 'jam' database already).
-bundle exec jam_db --connopts="dbname:jam host:localhost user:postgres password:postgres" --verbose
+bundle exec jam_db up --connopts="dbname:jam host:localhost user:postgres password:postgres" --verbose
 
 # you can see if it worked by typing:
 
diff --git a/up/sessions.sql b/up/sessions.sql
index 4fc0132d6..294725195 100644
--- a/up/sessions.sql
+++ b/up/sessions.sql
@@ -34,4 +34,30 @@ CREATE TABLE jam_session_members (
 
 ALTER TABLE jam_session_members ADD CONSTRAINT user_jam_session_uniqkey UNIQUE (user_id, jam_session_id);
 
+-- create a utility method to truncate all tables
+
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION truncate_tables() RETURNS void AS $$
+DECLARE
+    statements CURSOR FOR
+        SELECT tablename FROM pg_tables
+        WHERE schemaname = 'public';
+BEGIN
+    FOR stmt IN statements LOOP
+        EXECUTE 'TRUNCATE TABLE ' || quote_ident(stmt.tablename) || ' CASCADE;';
+    END LOOP;
+END;
+$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
+
+-- create a utility that bootstraps a user
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION bootstrap_users() RETURNS void AS $$
+DECLARE
+
+BEGIN
+	-- non guid used for test user.  test user won't be in actual database, but '1' is much easier to script that 242423-42-4-24234
+	-- password is jam123
+	INSERT INTO users (id, name, email, remember_token, password_digest) VALUES ('1', 'test', 'test@jamkazam.com', 'NQubl-z16Em94tnSdofObw', '$2a$10$QyaNTLVX5DAaJ.JL21kDWeUQqdh3Qh7JQbdRgE82x1Cib7HWNcHXC');
+END;
+$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
+
+select bootstrap_users();