diff --git a/ci/deploy-aspblogbrainordure-test.ps1 b/ci/deploy-aspblogbrainordure-test.ps1
index e1d5e66..9b7e59b 100644
--- a/ci/deploy-aspblogbrainordure-test.ps1
+++ b/ci/deploy-aspblogbrainordure-test.ps1
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ Log "Extracted to $srcPath"
 $publicDst = Join-Path $WEBROOT "public"
 New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $publicDst | Out-Null
 
-foreach ($folder in @("public", "core", "app")) {
+foreach ($folder in @("public", "core", "app", "scripts")) {
     $folderSrc = Join-Path $srcPath $folder
     $folderDst = Join-Path $WEBROOT $folder
     if (Test-Path $folderSrc) {
@@ -121,6 +121,41 @@ if (Test-Path $webConfigPath) {
     Log "Updated web.config."
 }
 
+# Create webdata.mdb if it doesn't exist (use 32-bit cscript — JET 4.0 is 32-bit only)
+$mdbPath = "$WEBROOT\db\webdata.mdb"
+if (-not (Test-Path $mdbPath)) {
+    Log "Creating empty webdata.mdb via ADOX (32-bit cscript)..."
+    $tmpVbs = "C:\Scripts\create_mdb_tmp.vbs"
+    @"
+Dim cat
+Set cat = CreateObject("ADOX.Catalog")
+cat.Create "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=$mdbPath;"
+Set cat = Nothing
+WScript.Quit 0
+"@ | Out-File -FilePath $tmpVbs -Encoding ASCII
+    & "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cscript.exe" "//nologo" $tmpVbs
+    Remove-Item $tmpVbs -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+    if (Test-Path $mdbPath) {
+        Log "Created webdata.mdb."
+    } else {
+        Log "ERROR: Failed to create webdata.mdb"
+        exit 1
+    }
+}
+
+# Run database migrations (32-bit cscript required for JET OLEDB)
+$migrationsVbs = Join-Path $WEBROOT "scripts\runMigrations.vbs"
+if (Test-Path $migrationsVbs) {
+    Log "Running database migrations..."
+    $output = & "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cscript.exe" "//nologo" $migrationsVbs "up" 2>&1
+    $output | ForEach-Object { Log "  [migrate] $_" }
+    if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) {
+        Log "ERROR: Migration failed (exit code $LASTEXITCODE)"
+        exit 1
+    }
+    Log "Migrations complete."
+}
+
 # Grant IIS_IUSRS write access to db folder
 $dbPath = Join-Path $WEBROOT "db"
 New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $dbPath | Out-Null
diff --git a/db/webdata.accdb b/db/webdata.accdb
deleted file mode 100644
index b24c06f..0000000
Binary files a/db/webdata.accdb and /dev/null differ