diff --git a/src/grate.core/Configuration/GrateConfiguration.cs b/src/grate.core/Configuration/GrateConfiguration.cs
index 01e677de..1d7a4fb6 100644
--- a/src/grate.core/Configuration/GrateConfiguration.cs
+++ b/src/grate.core/Configuration/GrateConfiguration.cs
@@ -173,5 +173,5 @@ public record GrateConfiguration
     /// </summary>
     internal bool DeferWritingToRunTables { get; set; }
 
-    public bool IsUpToDateCheck { get; set; }
+    public bool UpToDateCheck { get; set; }
 }
diff --git a/src/grate.core/Migration/GrateMigrator.cs b/src/grate.core/Migration/GrateMigrator.cs
index e35e6bc1..4d581b93 100644
--- a/src/grate.core/Migration/GrateMigrator.cs
+++ b/src/grate.core/Migration/GrateMigrator.cs
@@ -229,11 +229,11 @@ public async Task Migrate()
         }
         
         // If it's an up-to-date check, we output on the console if it's up-to-date or not.
-        if (config.IsUpToDateCheck)
+        if (config.UpToDateCheck)
         {
             var logger = _loggerFactory.CreateLogger(LogCategory + ".IsUpToDate");
             
-            logger.LogInformation("Database is up to date: {IsUpToDate}", MigrationResult.IsUpToDate);
+            logger.LogInformation("Up to date: {IsUpToDate}", MigrationResult.IsUpToDate);
             foreach (var script in MigrationResult.ScriptsRun)
             {
                 logger.LogDebug("Changed script: {ScriptName}", script);
diff --git a/src/grate/Commands/MigrateCommand.cs b/src/grate/Commands/MigrateCommand.cs
index 21839c85..cf3a87f4 100644
--- a/src/grate/Commands/MigrateCommand.cs
+++ b/src/grate/Commands/MigrateCommand.cs
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ public MigrateCommand(IGrateMigrator mi) : base("Migrates the database")
         Add(DryRun());
         Add(Restore());
         Add(IgnoreDirectoryNames());
+        Add(UpToDateCheck());
 
         Handler = CommandHandler.Create(
             async () =>
@@ -334,4 +335,8 @@ private static Option<bool> IgnoreDirectoryNames() =>
             new[] { "--ignoredirectorynames", "--searchallinsteadoftraverse", "--searchallsubdirectoriesinsteadoftraverse" },
             "IgnoreDirectoryNames - By default, scripts are ordered by relative path including subdirectories. This option searches subdirectories, but order is based on filename alone."
         );
+    
+    internal static Option<bool> UpToDateCheck() => new(
+        ["--uptodatecheck", "--isuptodate"],
+        "Outputs whether the database is up to date or not (whether any non-everytime scripts would be run)");
 }
diff --git a/src/grate/Program.cs b/src/grate/Program.cs
index 3dba4542..accfdd04 100644
--- a/src/grate/Program.cs
+++ b/src/grate/Program.cs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public static async Task<int> Main(string[] args)
         // Temporarily parse the configuration, to get the verbosity level, and potentially set parameters
         // to support the "IsUpToDate" check.
         var cfg = await ParseGrateConfiguration(args);
-        if (cfg.IsUpToDateCheck)
+        if (cfg.UpToDateCheck)
         {
             cfg = cfg with { Verbosity = LogLevel.Critical, DryRun = true };
         }
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ private static async Task<CommandLineGrateConfiguration> ParseGrateConfiguration
         var cmd = new MigrateCommand(null!)
         {
             Verbosity(),
-            IsUpToDateCheck(),
         };
 
         ParseResult p =
@@ -158,11 +157,6 @@ private static ServiceProvider BuildServiceProvider(CommandLineGrateConfiguratio
     internal static Option<LogLevel> Verbosity() => new(
         ["-v", "--verbosity"],
         "Verbosity level (as defined here: https://docs.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.LogLevel)");
-    
-    internal static Option<bool> IsUpToDateCheck() => new(
-        ["--isuptodate"],
-        "Outputs whether the database is up to date or not (whether any non-everytime scripts would be run)");
-
 
     private static T Create<T>() where T : notnull => _serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<T>();
 }
diff --git a/unittests/Basic_tests/CommandLineParsing/Basic_CommandLineParsing.cs b/unittests/Basic_tests/CommandLineParsing/Basic_CommandLineParsing.cs
index 28631374..85085ba7 100644
--- a/unittests/Basic_tests/CommandLineParsing/Basic_CommandLineParsing.cs
+++ b/unittests/Basic_tests/CommandLineParsing/Basic_CommandLineParsing.cs
@@ -378,6 +378,18 @@ public async Task IgnoreDirectoryNames(string args, bool expected)
         var cfg = await ParseGrateConfiguration(args);
         cfg?.IgnoreDirectoryNames.Should().Be(expected);
     }
+    
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("", false)]
+    [InlineData("--isuptodate", true)]
+    [InlineData("--isuptodate false", false)]
+    [InlineData("--uptodatecheck", true)]
+    [InlineData("--uptodatecheck false", false)]
+    public async Task UpToDateCheck(string args, bool expected)
+    {
+        var cfg = await ParseGrateConfiguration(args);
+        cfg?.UpToDateCheck.Should().Be(expected);
+    }
 
     private static async Task<CommandLineGrateConfiguration?> ParseGrateConfiguration(string commandline)
     {
diff --git a/unittests/Basic_tests/GrateMigrator_MigrationStatus/IsUpToDate_.cs b/unittests/Basic_tests/GrateMigrator_MigrationStatus/IsUpToDate_.cs
index a10dfc38..9efc977b 100644
--- a/unittests/Basic_tests/GrateMigrator_MigrationStatus/IsUpToDate_.cs
+++ b/unittests/Basic_tests/GrateMigrator_MigrationStatus/IsUpToDate_.cs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public async Task False_if_scripts_run(bool dryRun)
         grateMigrator.MigrationResult.Should().NotBeNull();
         grateMigrator.MigrationResult.IsUpToDate.Should().BeFalse();
       
-        _logger.LoggedMessages.Should().Contain("Database is up to date: False");
+        _logger.LoggedMessages.Should().Contain("Up to date: False");
         _logger.LoggedMessages.Should().Contain("Changed script: script_that_is_run.sql");
     }
     
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ private GrateMigrator CreateMigrator(Dictionary<string, List<(string, string)>>
             SqlFilesDirectory = SqlFilesDirectory,
             NonInteractive = true,
             DryRun = dryRun,
-            IsUpToDateCheck = true
+            UpToDateCheck = true
         };
 
         var dbMigrator = Substitute.ForPartsOf<MockDbMigrator>();