diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7feebeb..24f220b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ All notable changes to Wutta-COREPOS will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## v0.2.1 (2025-01-15)
+
+### Fix
+
+- add latest schema columns on app startup, unless not supported
+
 ## v0.2.0 (2025-01-13)
 
 ### Feat
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6f77e55..afb21c9 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "Wutta-COREPOS"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.2.1"
 description = "Wutta Framework integration for CORE-POS"
 readme = "README.md"
 authors = [{name = "Lance Edgar", email = "lance@wuttaproject.org"}]
diff --git a/src/wutta_corepos/conf.py b/src/wutta_corepos/conf.py
index ef4c917..77bb6cc 100644
--- a/src/wutta_corepos/conf.py
+++ b/src/wutta_corepos/conf.py
@@ -100,3 +100,9 @@ class WuttaCoreposConfigExtension(WuttaConfigExtension):
         config.core_office_arch_engines = engines
         config.core_office_arch_engine = engines.get('default')
         Session.configure(bind=config.core_office_arch_engine)
+
+        # define some schema columns "late" unless not supported
+        if config.get_bool('corepos.db.office_op.use_latest_columns',
+                          default=True, usedb=False):
+            from corepos.db.office_op.model import use_latest_columns
+            use_latest_columns()