diff --git a/src/Simplex/Messaging/Agent/Env/SQLite.hs b/src/Simplex/Messaging/Agent/Env/SQLite.hs
index 0e549d517..1dcc117fa 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Messaging/Agent/Env/SQLite.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Messaging/Agent/Env/SQLite.hs
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ data AgentConfig = AgentConfig
     tbqSize :: Natural,
     dbFile :: FilePath,
     dbPoolSize :: Int,
+    yesToMigrations :: Bool,
     smpCfg :: SMPClientConfig,
     reconnectInterval :: RetryInterval,
     helloTimeout :: NominalDiffTime,
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ defaultAgentConfig =
       tbqSize = 16,
       dbFile = "smp-agent.db",
       dbPoolSize = 4,
+      yesToMigrations = False,
       smpCfg = smpDefaultConfig,
       reconnectInterval =
         RetryInterval
@@ -79,9 +81,9 @@ data Env = Env
   }
 
 newSMPAgentEnv :: (MonadUnliftIO m, MonadRandom m) => AgentConfig -> m Env
-newSMPAgentEnv cfg = do
+newSMPAgentEnv config@AgentConfig {dbFile, dbPoolSize, yesToMigrations} = do
   idsDrg <- newTVarIO =<< drgNew
-  store <- liftIO $ createSQLiteStore (dbFile cfg) (dbPoolSize cfg) Migrations.app
+  store <- liftIO $ createSQLiteStore dbFile dbPoolSize Migrations.app yesToMigrations
   clientCounter <- newTVarIO 0
   randomServer <- newTVarIO =<< liftIO newStdGen
-  return Env {config = cfg, store, idsDrg, clientCounter, randomServer}
+  return Env {config, store, idsDrg, clientCounter, randomServer}
diff --git a/src/Simplex/Messaging/Agent/Store/SQLite.hs b/src/Simplex/Messaging/Agent/Store/SQLite.hs
index 597eb3148..d4579c8cc 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Messaging/Agent/Store/SQLite.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Messaging/Agent/Store/SQLite.hs
@@ -76,13 +76,13 @@ data SQLiteStore = SQLiteStore
     dbNew :: Bool
   }
 
-createSQLiteStore :: FilePath -> Int -> [Migration] -> IO SQLiteStore
-createSQLiteStore dbFilePath poolSize migrations = do
+createSQLiteStore :: FilePath -> Int -> [Migration] -> Bool -> IO SQLiteStore
+createSQLiteStore dbFilePath poolSize migrations yesToMigrations = do
   let dbDir = takeDirectory dbFilePath
   createDirectoryIfMissing False dbDir
   st <- connectSQLiteStore dbFilePath poolSize
   checkThreadsafe st
-  migrateSchema st migrations
+  migrateSchema st migrations yesToMigrations
   pure st
 
 checkThreadsafe :: SQLiteStore -> IO ()
@@ -94,15 +94,16 @@ checkThreadsafe st = withConnection st $ \db -> do
     Nothing -> putStrLn "Warning: SQLite THREADSAFE compile option not found"
     _ -> return ()
 
-migrateSchema :: SQLiteStore -> [Migration] -> IO ()
-migrateSchema st migrations = withConnection st $ \db -> do
+migrateSchema :: SQLiteStore -> [Migration] -> Bool -> IO ()
+migrateSchema st migrations yesToMigrations = withConnection st $ \db -> do
   Migrations.initialize db
   Migrations.get db migrations >>= \case
     Left e -> confirmOrExit $ "Database error: " <> e
     Right [] -> pure ()
     Right ms -> do
       unless (dbNew st) $ do
-        confirmOrExit "The app has a newer version than the database - it will be backed up and upgraded."
+        unless yesToMigrations $
+          confirmOrExit "The app has a newer version than the database - it will be backed up and upgraded."
         let f = dbFilePath st
         copyFile f (f <> ".bak")
       Migrations.run db ms
diff --git a/tests/AgentTests/SQLiteTests.hs b/tests/AgentTests/SQLiteTests.hs
index 2c339a118..7cfdd989f 100644
--- a/tests/AgentTests/SQLiteTests.hs
+++ b/tests/AgentTests/SQLiteTests.hs
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ createStore = do
   -- Randomize DB file name to avoid SQLite IO errors supposedly caused by asynchronous
   -- IO operations on multiple similarly named files; error seems to be environment specific
   r <- randomIO :: IO Word32
-  createSQLiteStore (testDB <> show r) 4 Migrations.app
+  createSQLiteStore (testDB <> show r) 4 Migrations.app True
 
 removeStore :: SQLiteStore -> IO ()
 removeStore store = do