diff --git a/server/db.js b/server/db.js
index 2367685..002e4f5 100644
--- a/server/db.js
+++ b/server/db.js
@@ -14,10 +14,33 @@ db.pragma('foreign_keys = ON');
 const schema = fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'schema.sql'), 'utf8');
 db.exec(schema);
 
+migrateEmployeeName();
+
 if (isNew) {
   seed();
 }
 
+// Ältere Deployments hatten ein einzelnes "name"-Feld statt first_name/last_name.
+// Bestehende Daten werden erhalten, indem der Name gesplittet statt die Tabelle neu angelegt wird.
+function migrateEmployeeName() {
+  const columns = db.prepare('PRAGMA table_info(employees)').all().map((c) => c.name);
+  if (!columns.includes('name') || columns.includes('first_name')) return;
+
+  db.exec('ALTER TABLE employees ADD COLUMN first_name TEXT');
+  db.exec('ALTER TABLE employees ADD COLUMN last_name TEXT');
+
+  const rows = db.prepare('SELECT id, name FROM employees').all();
+  const update = db.prepare('UPDATE employees SET first_name = ?, last_name = ? WHERE id = ?');
+  for (const row of rows) {
+    const parts = (row.name || '').trim().split(/\s+/);
+    const first_name = parts.shift() || '';
+    const last_name = parts.join(' ');
+    update.run(first_name, last_name, row.id);
+  }
+
+  db.exec('ALTER TABLE employees DROP COLUMN name');
+}
+
 function seed() {
   const insertEmployee = db.prepare(
     'INSERT INTO employees (first_name, last_name, email, role, weekly_capacity_hours) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)'