diff --git a/backend/config/management/commands/ta_config_restore.py b/backend/config/management/commands/ta_config_restore.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0918627a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/config/management/commands/ta_config_restore.py
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+"""restore config from backup"""
+
+import json
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from common.src.env_settings import EnvironmentSettings
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
+from django_celery_beat.models import CrontabSchedule
+from rest_framework.authtoken.models import Token
+from task.models import CustomPeriodicTask
+from task.src.task_config import TASK_CONFIG
+from user.models import Account
+
+
+class Command(BaseCommand):
+    """export"""
+
+    help = "Exports all users and their auth tokens to a JSON file"
+    FILE = Path(EnvironmentSettings.CACHE_DIR) / "backup" / "migration.json"
+
+    def handle(self, *args, **options):
+        """handle"""
+        self.stdout.write("restore users and schedules")
+        data = self.get_config()
+        self.restore_users(data["user_data"])
+        self.restore_schedules(data["schedule_data"])
+        self.stdout.write(
+            self.style.SUCCESS(
+                "    ✓ restore completed. Please restart the container."
+            )
+        )
+
+    def get_config(self) -> dict:
+        """get config from backup"""
+        with open(self.FILE, "r", encoding="utf-8") as json_file:
+            data = json.loads(json_file.read())
+
+        self.stdout.write(
+            self.style.SUCCESS(f"    ✓ json file found: {self.FILE}")
+        )
+
+        return data
+
+    def restore_users(self, user_data: list[dict]) -> None:
+        """restore users from config"""
+        self.stdout.write("delete existing users")
+        Account.objects.all().delete()
+
+        self.stdout.write("recreate users")
+        for user_info in user_data:
+            user = Account.objects.create(
+                name=user_info["username"],
+                is_staff=user_info["is_staff"],
+                is_superuser=user_info["is_superuser"],
+                password=user_info["password"],
+            )
+            for token in user_info["tokens"]:
+                Token.objects.create(user=user, key=token)
+
+            self.stdout.write(
+                self.style.SUCCESS(
+                    f"    ✓ recreated user with name: {user_info['username']}"
+                )
+            )
+
+    def restore_schedules(self, schedule_data: list[dict]) -> None:
+        """restore schedules"""
+        self.stdout.write("delete existing schedules")
+        CustomPeriodicTask.objects.all().delete()
+
+        self.stdout.write("recreate schedules")
+        for schedule in schedule_data:
+            task_name = schedule["name"]
+            description = TASK_CONFIG[task_name].get("title")
+            crontab, _ = CrontabSchedule.objects.get_or_create(
+                minute=schedule["crontab"]["minute"],
+                hour=schedule["crontab"]["hour"],
+                day_of_week=schedule["crontab"]["day_of_week"],
+                timezone=EnvironmentSettings.TZ,
+            )
+            task = CustomPeriodicTask.objects.create(
+                name=task_name,
+                task=task_name,
+                description=description,
+                crontab=crontab,
+            )
+            self.stdout.write(
+                self.style.SUCCESS(f"    ✓ recreated schedule: {task}")
+            )
diff --git a/backend/config/management/commands/ta_stop_on_error.py b/backend/config/management/commands/ta_stop_on_error.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d76de618
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/config/management/commands/ta_stop_on_error.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+"""stop on unexpected table"""
+
+from time import sleep
+
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError
+from django.db import connection
+
+ERROR_MESSAGE = """
+    🗙 Database is incompatible, see latest release notes for instructions:
+    🗙 https://github.com/tubearchivist/tubearchivist/releases/tag/v0.5.0
+"""
+
+
+class Command(BaseCommand):
+    """command framework"""
+
+    # pylint: disable=no-member
+
+    def handle(self, *args, **options):
+        """handle"""
+        self.stdout.write("[MIGRATION] Confirming v0.5.0 table layout")
+        all_tables = self.list_tables()
+        for table in all_tables:
+            if table == "home_account":
+
+                self.stdout.write(self.style.ERROR(ERROR_MESSAGE))
+                sleep(60)
+                raise CommandError(ERROR_MESSAGE)
+
+        self.stdout.write(self.style.SUCCESS("    ✓ local DB is up-to-date."))
+
+    def list_tables(self):
+        """raw list all tables"""
+        with connection.cursor() as cursor:
+            cursor.execute(
+                "SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table';"
+            )
+            tables = cursor.fetchall()
+
+        return [table[0] for table in tables]
diff --git a/docker_assets/run.sh b/docker_assets/run.sh
index 9a357a9c..283b70f0 100644
--- a/docker_assets/run.sh
+++ b/docker_assets/run.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 
 set -e
 
+# stop on pending manual migration
+python manage.py ta_stop_on_error
+
 # django setup
 python manage.py migrate