Don't auto-migrate because it's slow when many processes have to do the same.

lib/db/index.js

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 var setup = require('./setup')
 var rutil = require('../util/rutil')
 var logger = require('../util/logger')
+var lifecycle = require('../util/lifecycle')
 
 function connect() {
   var log = logger.createLogger('db')
@@ -11,11 +12,10 @@ function connect() {
     , authKey: process.env.RDB_AUTHKEY
     })
     .then(function(conn) {
-      conn.on('error', function(err) {
+      return conn.on('error', function(err) {
         log.fatal('Connection error', err.stack)
-        process.exit(1)
+        lifecycle.fatal()
       })
-      return setup(conn)
     })
     .catch(function(err) {
       log.fatal('Unable to connect to the database: "%s"', err.message)
@@ -46,3 +46,10 @@ db.run = function(q, options) {
     return rutil.run(conn, q, options)
   })
 }
+
+// Sets up the database
+db.setup = function() {
+  return db.connect().then(function(conn) {
+    return setup(conn)
+  })
+}