diff --git a/deps/db-sync/README.md b/deps/db-sync/README.md
index 723c62922a..5304fe1963 100644
--- a/deps/db-sync/README.md
+++ b/deps/db-sync/README.md
@@ -20,6 +20,17 @@ cd deps/db-sync/worker
 wrangler dev
 ```
 
+### D1 Schema (Worker)
+
+The worker no longer initializes schema at request time. Apply the D1 schema
+via migrations during deployment/CI.
+
+```bash
+cd deps/db-sync/worker
+wrangler d1 migrations apply logseq-sync-graph-meta-staging --env staging
+wrangler d1 migrations apply logseq-sync-graphs-prod --env prod
+```
+
 ### Node.js Adapter (self-hosted)
 
 Build the adapter:
diff --git a/deps/db-sync/src/logseq/db_sync/worker/handler/index.cljs b/deps/db-sync/src/logseq/db_sync/worker/handler/index.cljs
index e4891d6336..a81becdc41 100644
--- a/deps/db-sync/src/logseq/db_sync/worker/handler/index.cljs
+++ b/deps/db-sync/src/logseq/db_sync/worker/handler/index.cljs
@@ -297,8 +297,7 @@
         (http/error-response "server error" 500)
 
         :else
-        (p/let [_ (index/<index-init! db)
-                init-ms (common/now-ms)
+        (p/let [init-ms start-ms
                 claims (auth/auth-claims request env)
                 auth-ms (common/now-ms)
                 _ (when claims
diff --git a/deps/db-sync/worker/migrations/0001_init.sql b/deps/db-sync/worker/migrations/0001_init.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6a3f72b376
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deps/db-sync/worker/migrations/0001_init.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+create table if not exists graphs (
+  graph_id text primary key,
+  graph_name text,
+  user_id text,
+  schema_version text,
+  created_at integer,
+  updated_at integer
+);
+
+create table if not exists users (
+  id text primary key,
+  email text,
+  email_verified integer,
+  username text
+);
+
+create table if not exists user_rsa_keys (
+  user_id text primary key,
+  public_key text,
+  encrypted_private_key text,
+  created_at integer,
+  updated_at integer
+);
+
+create table if not exists graph_members (
+  user_id text,
+  graph_id text,
+  role text,
+  invited_by text,
+  created_at integer,
+  primary key (user_id, graph_id),
+  check (role in ('manager', 'member'))
+);
+
+create table if not exists graph_aes_keys (
+  graph_id text,
+  user_id text,
+  encrypted_aes_key text,
+  created_at integer,
+  updated_at integer,
+  primary key (graph_id, user_id)
+);