diff --git a/examples/mssql.yaml b/examples/mssql.yaml
index 8201226..0ec221e 100644
--- a/examples/mssql.yaml
+++ b/examples/mssql.yaml
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-enable_drop: true
\ No newline at end of file
+legacy_ignore_quotes: false
+enable_drop: true
diff --git a/examples/mysqldef.yaml b/examples/mysqldef.yaml
index 8201226..0ec221e 100644
--- a/examples/mysqldef.yaml
+++ b/examples/mysqldef.yaml
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-enable_drop: true
\ No newline at end of file
+legacy_ignore_quotes: false
+enable_drop: true
diff --git a/examples/psqldef.yaml b/examples/psqldef.yaml
index 509f87a..9d2e64c 100644
--- a/examples/psqldef.yaml
+++ b/examples/psqldef.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+legacy_ignore_quotes: false
 enable_drop: true
 create_index_concurrently: true
diff --git a/examples/sqlite3def.yaml b/examples/sqlite3def.yaml
index 8201226..0ec221e 100644
--- a/examples/sqlite3def.yaml
+++ b/examples/sqlite3def.yaml
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-enable_drop: true
\ No newline at end of file
+legacy_ignore_quotes: false
+enable_drop: true
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c9d74e0..b1eed58 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   "version": "1.0.0",
   "description": "GitHub Action to preview schema changes using sqldef",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
+  "private": true,
   "scripts": {
     "build": "tsc",
     "format": "prettier --write **/*.ts",
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@
     "database",
     "schema"
   ],
-  "author": "",
+  "author": "sqldef team",
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
     "@actions/core": "latest",
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index 0ac9731..bfcf0bf 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ async function getSchemaFromBranch(branch: string, schemaFile: string): Promise<
     return tempFile;
 }
 
-async function runSqldef(binaryPath: string, config: CommandConfig): Promise<string> {
+async function runSqldef(sqldefPath: string, config: CommandConfig): Promise<string> {
     let output = "";
     let stderr = "";
 
@@ -191,7 +191,8 @@ async function runSqldef(binaryPath: string, config: CommandConfig): Promise<str
     }
     Object.assign(execEnv, config.env);
 
-    const exitCode = await exec.exec(binaryPath, config.args, {
+    // apply the schema to the database
+    const exitCode = await exec.exec(sqldefPath, ["--apply", ...config.args], {
         env: execEnv,
         silent: false,
         ignoreReturnCode: true,