diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f3ba2e25d..dbd1392f4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
     "start": "NODE_ENV=production node ./src/main.js start",
     "start-dev": "NODE_ENV=development node ./src/main.js start",
     "build": "export NODE_ENV=production && cd src/sequelize && ../../node_modules/.bin/sequelize db:migrate && ../../node_modules/.bin/sequelize db:seed:all",
+    "preinstall": "bash scripts/preinstall.sh",
+    "postinstall": "bash scripts/postinstall.sh",
     "lint": "./node_modules/.bin/eslint \"**/*.js\""
   },
   "preferGlobal": true,
diff --git a/scripts/postinstall.sh b/scripts/postinstall.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..93412a368
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/postinstall.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+vercomp () {
+    if [[ $1 == $2 ]]
+    then
+        echo '='
+        return
+    fi
+    local IFS=.
+    local i ver1=($1) ver2=($2)
+    # fill empty fields in ver1 with zeros
+    for ((i=${#ver1[@]}; i<${#ver2[@]}; i++))
+    do
+        ver1[i]=0
+    done
+    for ((i=0; i<${#ver1[@]}; i++))
+    do
+        if [[ -z ${ver2[i]} ]]
+        then
+            # fill empty fields in ver2 with zeros
+            ver2[i]=0
+        fi
+        if ((10#${ver1[i]} > 10#${ver2[i]}))
+        then
+            echo '>'
+            return
+        fi
+        if ((10#${ver1[i]} < 10#${ver2[i]}))
+        then
+            echo '<'
+            return
+        fi
+    done
+    echo '='
+    return
+}
+
+PREV_IOFOG_CONTROLLER_VER=$(grep prev_ver /tmp/iofogcontroller_install_variables | awk '{print $2}')
+echo "Prev ver: "${PREV_IOFOG_CONTROLLER_VER}
+
+if [[ -z "${PREV_IOFOG_CONTROLLER_VER// }" ]]
+then
+    echo "No prev ver"
+else
+    if [[ $(vercomp $PREV_IOFOG_CONTROLLER_VER 1.0.0) = '<' ]] || [[ $(vercomp $PREV_IOFOG_CONTROLLER_VER 1.0.0) = '=' ]]
+    then
+        echo "Upgrading from ver 1.0.0"
+        sqlite3 src/sequelize/prod_database.sqlite "insert into SequelizeMeta (name) values ('20180928110125-insert-registry.js');"
+        sqlite3 src/sequelize/prod_database.sqlite "insert into SequelizeMeta (name) values ('20180928111532-insert-catalog-item.js');"
+        sqlite3 src/sequelize/prod_database.sqlite "insert into SequelizeMeta (name) values ('20180928112152-insert-iofog-type.js');"
+        sqlite3 src/sequelize/prod_database.sqlite "insert into SequelizeMeta (name) values ('20180928121334-insert-catalog-item-image.js');"
+    fi
+fi
+
+rm -rf /tmp/iofogcontroller_install_variables
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diff --git a/scripts/preinstall.sh b/scripts/preinstall.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..412b9e280
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/preinstall.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+export PREV_IOFOG_CONTROLLER_VER=$(npm list --depth=0 -g --silent | grep iofogcontroller | awk -F "@" '{print $2}')
+printf 'prev_ver: '$PREV_IOFOG_CONTROLLER_VER > /tmp/iofogcontroller_install_variables
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