diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 2953dad..85cc628 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -18,6 +18,28 @@ from flask_ldap3_login import LDAP3LoginManager
 from flask_login import LoginManager, login_user, login_required, UserMixin, current_user, logout_user
 from flask_ldap3_login.forms import LDAPLoginForm
 
+# DEAL WITH MIGRATION TO SQLALCHEMY 2.0
+import warnings
+from sqlalchemy import exc
+
+# for warnings not included in regex-based filter below, just log
+warnings.filterwarnings("always", category=exc.Base20DeprecationWarning)
+
+# for warnings related to execute() / scalar(), raise
+for msg in [
+    r"The (?:Executable|Engine)\.(?:execute|scalar)\(\) function",
+    r"The current statement is being autocommitted using implicit autocommit,",
+    r"The connection.execute\(\) method in SQLAlchemy 2.0 will accept "
+    "parameters as a single dictionary or a single sequence of "
+    "dictionaries only.",
+    r"The Connection.connect\(\) function/method is considered legacy",
+    r".*DefaultGenerator.execute\(\)",
+]:
+    warnings.filterwarnings(
+        "error",
+        message=msg,
+        category=exc.Base20DeprecationWarning,
+    )
 
 # pylint: disable=no-member