diff --git a/migrations/migration-runner.js b/migrations/migration-runner.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..349c5a44fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/migration-runner.js
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+require("babel-register");
+require("babel-polyfill");
+
+// This file must use ES5, everything required can be in ES6
+
+function setUpServer () {
+  var nconf = require('nconf');
+  var mongoose = require('mongoose');
+  var Bluebird = require('bluebird');
+  var setupNconf = require('../website/server/libs/setupNconf');
+  setupNconf();
+  // We require src/server and npt src/index because
+  // 1. nconf is already setup
+  // 2. we don't need clustering
+  require('../website/server/server'); // eslint-disable-line global-require
+}
+setUpServer();
+
+// Replace this with your migration
+var processUsers = require('./new_stuff');
+processUsers();
diff --git a/migrations/new_stuff.js b/migrations/new_stuff.js
index 612b80c38d..4f995505b0 100644
--- a/migrations/new_stuff.js
+++ b/migrations/new_stuff.js
@@ -80,4 +80,4 @@ function exiting(code, msg) {
   process.exit(code);
 }
 
-processUsers()
+module.exports = processUsers;