diff --git a/db/database.js b/db/database.js
index d4fe68b..8986967 100755
--- a/db/database.js
+++ b/db/database.js
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ if (!cols.includes('negated'))             db.exec("ALTER TABLE violations ADD C
 if (!cols.includes('negated_at'))          db.exec("ALTER TABLE violations ADD COLUMN negated_at DATETIME");
 if (!cols.includes('prior_active_points')) db.exec("ALTER TABLE violations ADD COLUMN prior_active_points INTEGER");
 if (!cols.includes('prior_tier_label'))    db.exec("ALTER TABLE violations ADD COLUMN prior_tier_label TEXT");
+if (!cols.includes('acknowledged_by'))     db.exec("ALTER TABLE violations ADD COLUMN acknowledged_by TEXT");
+if (!cols.includes('acknowledged_date'))   db.exec("ALTER TABLE violations ADD COLUMN acknowledged_date TEXT");
 
 // Employee notes column (free-text, does not affect scoring)
 const empCols = db.prepare('PRAGMA table_info(employees)').all().map(c => c.name);