diff --git a/backend/index.js b/backend/index.js
index c227afb..b3ddc82 100644
--- a/backend/index.js
+++ b/backend/index.js
@@ -616,6 +616,32 @@ const provisionSuperAdmin = async (retries = 10, delay = 10000) => {
     try {
       // Test connection first
       const connection = await pool.getConnection();
+      
+      // Auto-create missing tables to prevent issues with outdated Docker configs/volumes
+      await connection.query(`
+        CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS password_resets (
+          email varchar(255) NOT NULL,
+          token varchar(255) NOT NULL,
+          expires_at timestamp NOT NULL,
+          created_at timestamp NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
+          PRIMARY KEY (token),
+          KEY email (email)
+        ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
+      `);
+      
+      await connection.query(`
+        CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS pending_registrations (
+          email varchar(255) NOT NULL,
+          password_hash varchar(255) NOT NULL,
+          full_name varchar(255) NOT NULL,
+          organization_name varchar(255) NOT NULL,
+          verification_code varchar(10) NOT NULL,
+          expires_at timestamp NOT NULL,
+          created_at timestamp NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
+          PRIMARY KEY (email)
+        ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
+      `);
+      
       connection.release();
 
       // Ensure system tenant exists