diff --git a/gracedb/ligoauth/migrations/0021_create_deepclean_account_and_certs.py b/gracedb/ligoauth/migrations/0021_create_deepclean_account_and_certs.py
index 172d0102da4c34ddb211127e27cbac86204ff059..fb51749df5a0d8ff89acbe84faa6aa23d14f2af5 100644
--- a/gracedb/ligoauth/migrations/0021_create_deepclean_account_and_certs.py
+++ b/gracedb/ligoauth/migrations/0021_create_deepclean_account_and_certs.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # Generated by Django 1.11.16 on 2019-01-04 18:39
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
+from django.conf import settings
 from django.db import migrations
 
 ACCOUNT = {
@@ -20,10 +21,15 @@ CERTS = [
 def create_account_and_certs(apps, schema_editor):
     RobotUser = apps.get_model('ligoauth', 'RobotUser')
     X509Cert = apps.get_model('ligoauth', 'X509Cert')
+    Group = apps.get_model('auth', 'Group')
 
     # Create user
     user = RobotUser.objects.create(**ACCOUNT)
 
+    # Add user to LVC group
+    group = Group.objects.get(name=settings.LVC_GROUP)
+    group.user_set.add(user)
+
     # Create X509 certificates
     for subject in CERTS:
         user.x509cert_set.create(subject=subject)
diff --git a/gracedb/ligoauth/migrations/0024_create_gwhen_account_and_certs.py b/gracedb/ligoauth/migrations/0024_create_gwhen_account_and_certs.py
index 15f842aa073e47e8b777ce8d1c094569e0d4ea0f..22f514ce78ed7ef01c1467cea8a85ffc01976547 100644
--- a/gracedb/ligoauth/migrations/0024_create_gwhen_account_and_certs.py
+++ b/gracedb/ligoauth/migrations/0024_create_gwhen_account_and_certs.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # Generated by Django 1.11.18 on 2019-02-18 19:50
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
+from django.conf import settings
 from django.db import migrations
 
 ACCOUNT = {
@@ -19,10 +20,15 @@ CERTS = [
 def create_account_and_certs(apps, schema_editor):
     RobotUser = apps.get_model('ligoauth', 'RobotUser')
     X509Cert = apps.get_model('ligoauth', 'X509Cert')
+    Group = apps.get_model('auth', 'Group')
 
     # Create user
     user = RobotUser.objects.create(**ACCOUNT)
 
+    # Add user to LVC group
+    group = Group.objects.get(name=settings.LVC_GROUP)
+    group.user_set.add(user)
+
     # Create X509 certificates
     for subject in CERTS:
         user.x509cert_set.create(subject=subject)