diff --git a/packages/db/src/migrations/0001_initial.ts b/packages/db/src/migrations/0001_initial.ts
index ad3fdec..5d4f13a 100644
--- a/packages/db/src/migrations/0001_initial.ts
+++ b/packages/db/src/migrations/0001_initial.ts
@@ -389,4 +389,37 @@ export const initial: Migration = {
       { indexes: [["status", "run_at"], ["lock_key"]] },
     );
   },
+
+  async down(db: Kysely<any>) {
+    for (const table of [
+      "jobs",
+      "change_events",
+      "source_record_versions",
+      "source_records",
+      "source_runs",
+      "match_suggestions",
+      "user_history",
+      "attachment_links",
+      "attachments",
+      "copies",
+      "custom_field_definitions",
+      "list_items",
+      "lists",
+      "listens",
+      "engagement_sources",
+      "source_connections",
+      "engagements",
+      "entries",
+      "work_history",
+      "work_aliases",
+      "external_ids",
+      "works",
+      "app_tokens",
+      "invites",
+      "sessions",
+      "users",
+    ]) {
+      await db.schema.dropTable(table).execute();
+    }
+  },
 };
diff --git a/packages/db/src/schema.ts b/packages/db/src/schema.ts
index f0be17e..81c27bf 100644
--- a/packages/db/src/schema.ts
+++ b/packages/db/src/schema.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  */
 
 export type Role = "admin" | "member";
+export type EntryStatus = "planned" | "in_progress" | "paused" | "completed" | "dropped" | "none";
 export type Visibility = "private" | "friends" | "public";
 export type TokenScope = "read" | "write" | "ingest";
 export type CustomFieldLevel = "entry" | "engagement" | "copy";
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ export interface EntriesTable {
   id: string;
   user_id: string;
   work_id: string;
-  status: string;
+  status: EntryStatus;
   rating: number | null;
   review: string | null;
   private_notes: string | null;
diff --git a/packages/db/src/testing.ts b/packages/db/src/testing.ts
index c8dade8..651c261 100644
--- a/packages/db/src/testing.ts
+++ b/packages/db/src/testing.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { SQL } from "bun";
-import { afterAll, afterEach, beforeEach, describe } from "bun:test";
+import { afterAll, afterEach, beforeAll, beforeEach, describe } from "bun:test";
 import { createDb, type Db } from "./db.ts";
 import type { Dialect } from "./dialect.ts";
 import { migrateToLatest } from "./migrate.ts";
@@ -17,33 +17,50 @@ export function forEachDialect(name: string, fn: (getDb: () => Db) => void): voi
   for (const dialect of dialects) {
     describe(`${name} [${dialect}]`, () => {
       let current: Db | undefined;
-      const created: string[] = [];
+      let currentName: string | undefined;
+      const template = `st_tpl_${crypto.randomUUID().replaceAll("-", "")}`;
+
+      if (dialect === "postgres") {
+        // Migrate one template per describe block, then clone it per test (much faster).
+        beforeAll(async () => {
+          await withAdmin(pgUrl!, (admin) => admin.unsafe(`create database "${template}"`));
+          const tpl = await createDb(urlFor(pgUrl!, template));
+          try {
+            await migrateToLatest(tpl);
+          } finally {
+            await tpl.close();
+          }
+        }, HOOK_TIMEOUT_MS);
+      }
 
       beforeEach(async () => {
-        let url = "sqlite://:memory:";
         if (dialect === "postgres") {
-          const dbName = `st_${crypto.randomUUID().replaceAll("-", "")}`;
-          await withAdmin(pgUrl!, (admin) => admin.unsafe(`create database "${dbName}"`));
-          created.push(dbName);
-          const u = new URL(pgUrl!);
-          u.pathname = `/${dbName}`;
-          url = u.toString();
+          currentName = `st_${crypto.randomUUID().replaceAll("-", "")}`;
+          await withAdmin(pgUrl!, (admin) =>
+            admin.unsafe(`create database "${currentName}" template "${template}"`),
+          );
+          current = await createDb(urlFor(pgUrl!, currentName));
+        } else {
+          current = await createDb("sqlite://:memory:");
+          await migrateToLatest(current);
         }
-        current = await createDb(url);
-        await migrateToLatest(current);
-      });
+      }, HOOK_TIMEOUT_MS);
 
       afterEach(async () => {
         await current?.close();
         current = undefined;
-      });
+        if (currentName) {
+          const dbName = currentName;
+          currentName = undefined;
+          await withAdmin(pgUrl!, (admin) => admin.unsafe(`drop database if exists "${dbName}" with (force)`));
+        }
+      }, HOOK_TIMEOUT_MS);
 
-      afterAll(async () => {
-        if (created.length === 0) return;
-        await withAdmin(pgUrl!, async (admin) => {
-          for (const dbName of created) await admin.unsafe(`drop database if exists "${dbName}" with (force)`);
-        });
-      });
+      if (dialect === "postgres") {
+        afterAll(async () => {
+          await withAdmin(pgUrl!, (admin) => admin.unsafe(`drop database if exists "${template}" with (force)`));
+        }, HOOK_TIMEOUT_MS);
+      }
 
       fn(() => {
         if (!current) throw new Error("getDb() called outside a test");
@@ -53,6 +70,14 @@ export function forEachDialect(name: string, fn: (getDb: () => Db) => void): voi
   }
 }
 
+const HOOK_TIMEOUT_MS = 30_000;
+
+function urlFor(base: string, dbName: string): string {
+  const u = new URL(base);
+  u.pathname = `/${dbName}`;
+  return u.toString();
+}
+
 async function withAdmin<T>(url: string, f: (admin: SQL) => Promise<T>): Promise<T> {
   const admin = new SQL(url);
   try {
diff --git a/packages/db/test/schema.test.ts b/packages/db/test/schema.test.ts
index 96dadd7..6bef1c2 100644
--- a/packages/db/test/schema.test.ts
+++ b/packages/db/test/schema.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import { expect, test } from "bun:test";
+import { sql, type Kysely } from "kysely";
+import { Migrator } from "kysely/migration";
 import { newId, nowIso } from "../src/ids.ts";
 import { toJson } from "../src/json.ts";
+import { migrations } from "../src/migrations/index.ts";
 import { forEachDialect } from "../src/testing.ts";
 
 forEachDialect("schema", (getDb) => {
@@ -57,7 +60,7 @@ forEachDialect("schema", (getDb) => {
     const entry = {
       user_id: userId,
       work_id: workId,
-      status: "planned",
+      status: "planned" as const,
       rating: null,
       review: null,
       private_notes: null,
@@ -75,4 +78,13 @@ forEachDialect("schema", (getDb) => {
     await k.insertInto("entries").values({ id: newId(), ...entry }).execute();
     await expect(k.insertInto("entries").values({ id: newId(), ...entry }).execute()).rejects.toThrow();
   });
+
+  test("migrating down removes the tables", async () => {
+    const k = getDb().k as Kysely<any>;
+    const migrator = new Migrator({ db: k, provider: { getMigrations: async () => migrations } });
+    const { error } = await migrator.migrateDown();
+    expect(error).toBeUndefined();
+    const probe = sql`select 1 from users`.execute(k);
+    await expect(probe).rejects.toThrow();
+  });
 });