diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 72aebf1..15a91dc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 gin-bin
 lishwist.db
 .env
+db/init_sql.go
diff --git a/db/db.go b/db/db.go
index db1082b..9cf456b 100644
--- a/db/db.go
+++ b/db/db.go
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
+//go:generate go run gen_init_sql.go
+
 package db
 
 import (
 	"database/sql"
-	"os"
 
 	_ "github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3"
 )
@@ -19,11 +20,7 @@ func Open() error {
 }
 
 func Init() error {
-	initStmt, err := os.ReadFile("./db/init.sql")
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	_, err = database.Exec(string(initStmt))
+	_, err := database.Exec(InitQuery)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/db/gen_init_sql.go b/db/gen_init_sql.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e9d7e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/gen_init_sql.go
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+//go:build ignore
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"log"
+	"os"
+	"text/template"
+)
+
+var initTemplate = template.Must(template.New("").Parse("// Code generated DO NOT EDIT.\n" +
+	"package db\n" +
+	"\n" +
+	"const InitQuery = `{{.}}`\n",
+))
+
+func main() {
+	initStmt, err := os.ReadFile("./init.sql")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	f, err := os.Create("./init_sql.go")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+
+	initTemplate.Execute(f, string(initStmt))
+}