diff --git a/src/main/migrations.zig b/src/main/migrations.zig
index a7465cb..15c6eab 100644
--- a/src/main/migrations.zig
+++ b/src/main/migrations.zig
@@ -70,8 +70,9 @@ const create_migration_table =
     \\);
 ;
 
-// NOTE: Until the first public release, i may collapse multiple
-// migrations into a single one. this will require db recreation
+// NOTE: I might fuck with these until the v0.1 release. After that, I'll guarantee that you
+// can upgrade to any v0.x release by just running unapplied migrations in order. You might
+// need extra work to upgrade to v1.0 but you shouldn't have to recreate the db.
 const migrations: []const Migration = &.{
     .{
         .name = "accounts and actors",
@@ -212,7 +213,7 @@ const migrations: []const Migration = &.{
         \\CREATE TABLE file_upload(
         \\  id UUID NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
         \\
-        \\  created_by UUID REFERENCES account(id),
+        \\  owner_id UUID REFERENCES actor(id),
         \\  size INTEGER NOT NULL,
         \\
         \\  filename TEXT NOT NULL,
@@ -222,15 +223,14 @@ const migrations: []const Migration = &.{
         \\
         \\  is_deleted BOOLEAN NOT NULL DEFAULT FALSE,
         \\
-        \\  created_at TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL,
-        \\  updated_at TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL
+        \\  created_at TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
+        \\  updated_at TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
         \\);
         \\
         \\CREATE TABLE drive_entry(
         \\  id UUID NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
         \\
-        \\  account_owner_id UUID REFERENCES account(id),
-        \\  community_owner_id UUID REFERENCES community(id),
+        \\  owner_id UUID REFERENCES actor(id),
         \\
         \\  name TEXT,
         \\  parent_directory_id UUID REFERENCES drive_entry(id),
@@ -238,10 +238,6 @@ const migrations: []const Migration = &.{
         \\  file_id UUID REFERENCES file_upload(id),
         \\
         \\  CHECK(
-        \\      (account_owner_id IS NULL AND community_owner_id IS NOT NULL)
-        \\      OR (account_owner_id IS NOT NULL AND community_owner_id IS NULL)
-        \\  ),
-        \\  CHECK(
         \\      (name IS NULL AND parent_directory_id IS NULL AND file_id IS NULL)
         \\      OR (name IS NOT NULL AND parent_directory_id IS NOT NULL)
         \\  )
@@ -250,7 +246,7 @@ const migrations: []const Migration = &.{
         \\ON drive_entry(
         \\  name,
         \\  COALESCE(parent_directory_id, ''),
-        \\  COALESCE(account_owner_id, community_owner_id)
+        \\  owner_id
         \\);
         ,
         .down = 
@@ -265,44 +261,39 @@ const migrations: []const Migration = &.{
         \\CREATE VIEW drive_entry_path(
         \\  id,
         \\  path,
-        \\  account_owner_id,
-        \\  community_owner_id,
+        \\  owner_id,
+        \\  name,
+        \\  file_id,
         \\  kind
         \\) AS WITH RECURSIVE full_path(
         \\  id,
         \\  path,
-        \\  account_owner_id,
-        \\  community_owner_id,
-        \\  kind
+        \\  owner_id,
         \\) AS (
         \\      SELECT
         \\          id,
         \\          '' AS path,
-        \\          account_owner_id,
-        \\          community_owner_id,
-        \\          'dir' AS kind
+        \\          owner_id,
         \\      FROM drive_entry
         \\      WHERE parent_directory_id IS NULL
         \\  UNION ALL
         \\      SELECT
         \\          base.id,
         \\          (dir.path || '/' || base.name) AS path,
-        \\          base.account_owner_id,
-        \\          base.community_owner_id,
-        \\          (CASE WHEN base.file_id IS NULL THEN 'dir' ELSE 'file' END) as kind
+        \\          base.owner_id,
         \\      FROM drive_entry AS base
         \\          JOIN full_path AS dir ON
         \\              base.parent_directory_id = dir.id
-        \\              AND base.account_owner_id IS NOT DISTINCT FROM dir.account_owner_id
-        \\              AND base.community_owner_id IS NOT DISTINCT FROM dir.community_owner_id
+        \\              AND base.owner_id = dir.owner_id
         \\)
         \\SELECT
-        \\  id,
-        \\  (CASE WHEN kind = 'dir' THEN path || '/' ELSE path END) AS path,
-        \\  account_owner_id,
-        \\  community_owner_id,
-        \\  kind
-        \\FROM full_path;
+        \\  full_path.id,
+        \\  (CASE WHEN LENGTH(full_path.path) = 0 '/' ELSE full_path.path END) AS path,
+        \\  full_path.owner_id,
+        \\  drive_entry.name,
+        \\  drive_entry.file_id,
+        \\  (CASE WHEN drive_entry.file_id IS NULL 'file' ELSE 'dir' END) as kind
+        \\FROM full_path JOIN drive_entry ON full_path.id = drive_entry.id;
         ,
         .down = 
         \\DROP VIEW drive_entry_path;
@@ -313,34 +304,40 @@ const migrations: []const Migration = &.{
         .up = 
         \\INSERT INTO drive_entry(
         \\  id,
-        \\  account_owner_id,
-        \\  community_owner_id,
+        \\  owner_id,
         \\  parent_directory_id,
         \\  name,
         \\  file_id
         \\) SELECT
         \\  id,
-        \\  id AS account_owner_id,
-        \\  NULL AS community_owner_id,
+        \\  id AS owner_id,
         \\  NULL AS parent_directory_id,
         \\  NULL AS name,
         \\  NULL AS file_id
-        \\FROM account;
-        \\INSERT INTO drive_entry(
+        \\FROM actor;
+        ,
+        .down = "",
+    },
+    .{
+        .name = "community actors",
+        .up = "ALTER TABLE community ADD COLUMN community_actor_id UUID REFERENCES actor(id)",
+        .down = "ALTER COLUMN community DROP COLUMN community_actor_id",
+    },
+    .{
+        .name = "create community actors",
+        .up = 
+        \\INSERT INTO actor(
         \\  id,
-        \\  account_owner_id,
-        \\  community_owner_id,
-        \\  parent_directory_id,
-        \\  name,
-        \\  file_id
+        \\  username,
+        \\  community_id,
+        \\  created_at
         \\) SELECT
         \\  id,
-        \\  NULL AS account_owner_id,
-        \\  id AS community_owner_id,
-        \\  NULL AS parent_directory_id,
-        \\  NULL AS name,
-        \\  NULL AS file_id
+        \\  host AS username,
+        \\  id AS community_id,
+        \\  CURRENT_TIMESTAMP AS created_at
         \\FROM community;
+        \\UPDATE community SET community_actor_id = id;
         ,
         .down = "",
     },