diff --git a/v-api-installer/src/lib.rs b/v-api-installer/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5609466
--- /dev/null
+++ b/v-api-installer/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+use diesel::{
+    migration::{Migration, MigrationSource},
+    pg::Pg,
+    r2d2::{ConnectionManager, ManageConnection},
+    PgConnection,
+};
+use diesel_migrations::{embed_migrations, EmbeddedMigrations};
+
+const MIGRATIONS: EmbeddedMigrations = embed_migrations!("../v-model/migrations");
+
+pub fn run_migrations(url: &str) {
+    let mut conn = db_conn(&url);
+
+    let migrations: Vec<Box<dyn Migration<Pg>>> = MIGRATIONS.migrations().unwrap();
+
+    for migration in migrations {
+        migration.run(&mut conn).unwrap();
+    }
+}
+
+fn db_conn(url: &str) -> PgConnection {
+    let conn: ConnectionManager<PgConnection> = ConnectionManager::new(url);
+    conn.connect().unwrap()
+}
diff --git a/v-api-installer/src/main.rs b/v-api-installer/src/main.rs
index 8d5e328..dd80f2f 100644
--- a/v-api-installer/src/main.rs
+++ b/v-api-installer/src/main.rs
@@ -2,31 +2,12 @@
 // License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
 // file, You can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 
-use diesel::{
-    migration::{Migration, MigrationSource},
-    pg::Pg,
-    r2d2::{ConnectionManager, ManageConnection},
-    PgConnection,
-};
-use diesel_migrations::{embed_migrations, EmbeddedMigrations};
-
-const MIGRATIONS: EmbeddedMigrations = embed_migrations!("../v-model/migrations");
+use v_api_installer::run_migrations;
 
 fn main() {
     if let Ok(url) = std::env::var("DATABASE_URL") {
-        let mut conn = db_conn(&url);
-
-        let migrations: Vec<Box<dyn Migration<Pg>>> = MIGRATIONS.migrations().unwrap();
-
-        for migration in migrations {
-            migration.run(&mut conn).unwrap();
-        }
+        run_migrations(&url);
     } else {
         println!("DATABASE_URL environment variable must be specified to run migrations and must be in the form of a connection string")
     }
-}
-
-fn db_conn(url: &str) -> PgConnection {
-    let conn: ConnectionManager<PgConnection> = ConnectionManager::new(url);
-    conn.connect().unwrap()
-}
+}
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