diff --git a/alembic/env.py b/alembic/env.py
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+++ b/alembic/env.py
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+import asyncio
+
+from alembic import context
+from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import create_async_engine
+
+from the_app.models.base import Base as app_base
+
+target_metadata = app_base.metadata
+
+
+def run_migrations_offline():
+    """Run migrations in 'offline' mode.
+
+    This configures the context with just a URL
+    and not an Engine, though an Engine is acceptable
+    here as well.  By skipping the Engine creation
+    we don't even need a DBAPI to be available.
+
+    Calls to context.execute() here emit the given string to the
+    script output.
+
+    """
+    url = f"postgresql+asyncpg://user:secret@db:5432/devdb"
+    context.configure(url=url, target_metadata=target_metadata, literal_binds=True)
+
+    with context.begin_transaction():
+        context.run_migrations()
+
+
+def do_run_migrations(connection):
+    context.configure(connection=connection, target_metadata=target_metadata)
+
+    with context.begin_transaction():
+        context.run_migrations()
+
+
+async def run_migrations_online():
+    """Run migrations in 'online' mode.
+
+    In this scenario we need to create an Engine
+    and associate a connection with the context.
+
+    """
+    url = f"postgresql+asyncpg://user:secret@db:5432/devdb"
+    connectable = create_async_engine(url)
+
+    async with connectable.connect() as connection:
+        await connection.run_sync(do_run_migrations)
+
+
+if context.is_offline_mode():
+    run_migrations_offline()
+else:
+    asyncio.run(run_migrations_online())
diff --git a/alembic/script.py.mako b/alembic/script.py.mako
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+"""${message}
+
+Revision ID: ${up_revision}
+Revises: ${down_revision | comma,n}
+Create Date: ${create_date}
+
+"""
+from alembic import op
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+import tm.db
+${imports if imports else ""}
+
+# revision identifiers, used by Alembic.
+revision = ${repr(up_revision)}
+down_revision = ${repr(down_revision)}
+branch_labels = ${repr(branch_labels)}
+depends_on = ${repr(depends_on)}
+
+
+def upgrade():
+    ${upgrades if upgrades else "pass"}
+
+
+def downgrade():
+    ${downgrades if downgrades else "pass"}
diff --git a/alembic/versions/.gitkeep b/alembic/versions/.gitkeep
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