diff --git a/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh b/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh
index a6fef3bf..c0e95197 100755
--- a/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh
+++ b/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ chmod g+r $HOME
 # remove world-writable perms
 chmod -R o-w ~/BirdNET-Pi/templates/*
 
+# update database schema
+$my_dir/update_db.sh
+
 APT_UPDATED=0
 PIP_UPDATED=0
 
@@ -147,6 +150,29 @@ if grep -q 'birdnet_server.service' "$HOME/BirdNET-Pi/templates/birdnet_analysis
     systemctl daemon-reload && restart_services.sh
 fi
 
+
+# Ensure networkd-dispatcher is installed
+if ! dpkg -s networkd-dispatcher >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "networkd-dispatcher is not installed. Installing it now..."
+    sudo apt update -qq
+    sudo apt install -qqy networkd-dispatcher
+fi
+
+# Add BirdWeather past publication service if not already installed
+export PYTHON_VIRTUAL_ENV="$HOME/BirdNET-Pi/birdnet/bin/python3"
+BIRDWEATHER_PAST_DISPATCHER_SCRIPT="$HOME/BirdNET-Pi/templates/50-birdweather-past-publication"
+BIRDWEATHER_PAST_SERVICE_FILE="/usr/lib/systemd/system/birdweather_past_publication@.service"
+if [ ! -f "$BIRDWEATHER_PAST_DISPATCHER_SCRIPT" ] || [ ! -f "$BIRDWEATHER_PAST_SERVICE_FILE" ]; then
+  echo "Installing BirdWeather past publication service..."
+  install_birdweather_past_publication
+fi
+# Set ownership to root for the birdweather publication networkd-dispatcher script
+if [ -f "$BIRDWEATHER_PAST_DISPATCHER_SCRIPT" ]; then
+  sudo chown root:root "$BIRDWEATHER_PAST_DISPATCHER_SCRIPT"
+  sudo chmod 755 "$BIRDWEATHER_PAST_DISPATCHER_SCRIPT"
+fi
+
+
 TMP_MOUNT=$(systemd-escape -p --suffix=mount "$RECS_DIR/StreamData")
 if ! [ -f "$HOME/BirdNET-Pi/templates/$TMP_MOUNT" ]; then
    install_birdnet_mount
diff --git a/scripts/update_db.sh b/scripts/update_db.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..2dd07f40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/update_db.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+DB_PATH="$HOME/BirdNET-Pi/scripts/birds.db"
+
+echo "Checking database schema for updates"
+
+# Check if the tables exist
+DETECTIONS_TABLE_EXISTS=$(sqlite3 "$DB_PATH" "SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table' AND name='detections';")
+SCRIPTS_MTD_TABLE_EXISTS=$(sqlite3 "$DB_PATH" "SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table' AND name='scripts_metadata';")
+
+if [ -z "$DETECTIONS_TABLE_EXISTS" ]; then
+    echo "Table 'detections' does not exist. Creating table..."
+    sqlite3 "$DB_PATH" << EOF
+    CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS detections (
+        Date DATE,
+        Time TIME,
+        Sci_Name VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL,
+        Com_Name VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL,
+        Confidence FLOAT,
+        Lat FLOAT,
+        Lon FLOAT,
+        Cutoff FLOAT,
+        Week INT,
+        Sens FLOAT,
+        Overlap FLOAT,
+        File_Name VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL);
+    CREATE INDEX "detections_Com_Name" ON "detections" ("Com_Name");
+    CREATE INDEX "detections_Date_Time" ON "detections" ("Date" DESC, "Time" DESC);
+EOF
+    echo "Table 'detections' created successfully."
+elif [ -z "$SCRIPTS_MTD_TABLE_EXISTS" ]; then
+    echo "Table 'scripts_metadata' does not exist. Creating table..."
+    sqlite3 "$DB_PATH" << EOF
+    CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS scripts_metadata (
+        script_name TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
+        last_run DATETIME
+    );
+EOF
+    echo "Table 'scripts_metadata' created successfully."
+else
+    echo "Tables 'detections' and 'scripts_metadata' already exist. No changes made."
+fi
+
+echo "Database schema update complete."