the db might not have permissions for this. Schema needs to exist ahead of time which is fine

alembic/env.py

@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def do_run_migrations(connection: Connection) -> None:
     with context.begin_transaction():
         # Create schema if it doesn't exist
         if SCHEMA:
-            connection.execute(text(f"CREATE SCHEMA IF NOT EXISTS {SCHEMA}"))
+            #connection.execute(text(f"CREATE SCHEMA IF NOT EXISTS {SCHEMA}"))
             # Set search path to our schema
             print(f"setting search path to schema {SCHEMA}, ")
             connection.execute(text(f"SET search_path TO {SCHEMA}"))