diff --git a/config.py b/config.py
index 32c24962f..8254f2714 100644
--- a/config.py
+++ b/config.py
@@ -19,10 +19,6 @@ expansionName = "Carnyx"
 expansionVersion = "1.0"
 evemonMinVersion = "4081"
 
-# Database version (int ONLY)
-# Increment every time we need to flag for user database upgrade/modification
-dbversion = 7
-
 pyfaPath = None
 savePath = None
 staticPath = None
diff --git a/eos/db/migration.py b/eos/db/migration.py
index 92224c34c..dcf08134c 100644
--- a/eos/db/migration.py
+++ b/eos/db/migration.py
@@ -1,32 +1,36 @@
 import config
 import shutil
 import time
+import os
 
 def getVersion(db):
     cursor = db.execute('PRAGMA user_version')
     return cursor.fetchone()[0]
 
 def update(saveddata_engine):
-    currversion = getVersion(saveddata_engine)
+    dbVersion = getVersion(saveddata_engine)
 
-    if currversion == config.dbversion:
+    files = os.listdir(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "migrations"))
+    appVersion = len([f for f in files if f.startswith("upgrade")])
+
+    if dbVersion == appVersion:
         return
 
-    if currversion < config.dbversion:
+    if dbVersion < appVersion:
         # Automatically backup database
         toFile = "%s/saveddata_migration_%d-%d_%s.db"%(
             config.savePath,
-            currversion,
-            config.dbversion,
+            dbVersion,
+            appVersion,
             time.strftime("%Y%m%d_%H%M%S"))
 
         shutil.copyfile(config.saveDB, toFile)
 
-        for version in xrange(currversion, config.dbversion):
+        for version in xrange(dbVersion, appVersion):
             module = __import__('eos.db.migrations.upgrade%d'%(version+1), fromlist=True)
             upgrade = getattr(module, "upgrade", False)
             if upgrade:
                 upgrade(saveddata_engine)
 
         # when all is said and done, set version to current
-        saveddata_engine.execute('PRAGMA user_version = %d'%config.dbversion)
+        saveddata_engine.execute('PRAGMA user_version = %d'%appVersion)
diff --git a/eos/db/migrations/upgrade8.py b/eos/db/migrations/upgrade8.py
index 6097c3799..9d2c04321 100644
--- a/eos/db/migrations/upgrade8.py
+++ b/eos/db/migrations/upgrade8.py
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 """
-Migration 4
+Migration 8
 
-- Converts modules based on Proteus Module Tiericide
+- Converts modules based on Carnyx Module Tiericide
     Some modules have been unpublished (and unpublished module attributes are removed
     from database), which causes pyfa to crash. We therefore replace these
     modules with their new replacements
-
-    Based on http://community.eveonline.com/news/patch-notes/patch-notes-for-proteus/
-    and output of itemDiff.py
 """