diff --git a/db/deploy/deploy.bash b/db/deploy/deploy.bash
index 462a6d71..9fd9cbb6 100755
--- a/db/deploy/deploy.bash
+++ b/db/deploy/deploy.bash
@@ -3,9 +3,16 @@
 # Deployment script - intended to run on Moonstream database server
 
 # Main
+APP_DIR="${APP_DIR:-/home/ubuntu/moonstream}"
+APP_DB_SERVER_DIR="${APP_DIR}/db/server"
 SCRIPT_DIR="$(realpath $(dirname $0))"
 SERVICE_FILE="${SCRIPT_DIR}/moonstreamdb.service"
 
+echo
+echo
+echo "Building executable database server script with Go"
+/usr/local/go/bin/go build -o "${APP_DB_SERVER_DIR}/moonstreamdb" "${APP_DB_SERVER_DIR}/main.go"
+
 echo
 echo
 echo "Replacing existing moonstreamdb service definition with ${SERVICE_FILE}"