diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 44ab183..8ba9ca0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
   <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
   <artifactId>ebean-migration</artifactId>
-  <version>11.17.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>11.18.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.avaje</groupId>
@@ -73,6 +73,13 @@ mvn install:install-file -Dfile=/some/path/to/ojdbc7.jar -DgroupId=oracle \
     <!--      <scope>test</scope>-->
     <!--    </dependency>-->
 
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.avaje.composite</groupId>
+      <artifactId>logback</artifactId>
+      <version>1.1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.ebean.test</groupId>
       <artifactId>ebean-test-docker</artifactId>
@@ -94,20 +101,6 @@ mvn install:install-file -Dfile=/some/path/to/ojdbc7.jar -DgroupId=oracle \
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.25</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-      <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>1.2.3</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebean/migration/ddl/DdlParser.java b/src/main/java/io/ebean/migration/ddl/DdlParser.java
index 0fb35aa..82d38bb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebean/migration/ddl/DdlParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebean/migration/ddl/DdlParser.java
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.StringReader;
+import java.io.Reader;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ public class DdlParser {
   /**
    * Break up the sql in reader into a list of statements using the semi-colon and $$ delimiters;
    */
-  public List<String> parse(StringReader reader) {
+  public List<String> parse(Reader reader) {
 
     try {
       BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(reader);
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ static class StatementsSeparator {
 
     private static final String EOL = "\n";
 
+    private static final String GO = "GO";
+    private static final String PROCEDURE = " PROCEDURE ";
+
     ArrayList<String> statements = new ArrayList<>();
 
     boolean trimDelimiter;
@@ -51,6 +54,7 @@ static class StatementsSeparator {
 
     StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
 
+    int lineCount;
     int quoteCount;
 
     void lineContainsDollars(String line) {
@@ -74,11 +78,21 @@ void endOfStatement(String line) {
       sb.append(line);
       statements.add(sb.toString().trim());
       quoteCount = 0;
+      lineCount = 0;
+      inDbProcedure = false;
       sb = new StringBuilder();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Process the next line of the script.
+     */
     void nextLine(String line) {
 
+      if (line.trim().equals(GO)) {
+        endOfStatement("");
+        return;
+      }
+
       if (line.contains("$$")) {
         lineContainsDollars(line);
         return;
@@ -94,6 +108,11 @@ void nextLine(String line) {
         return;
       }
 
+      if (lineCount == 0 && isStartDbProcedure(line)) {
+        inDbProcedure = true;
+      }
+
+      lineCount++;
       quoteCount += countQuotes(line);
       if (hasOddQuotes()) {
         // must continue
@@ -123,6 +142,13 @@ void nextLine(String line) {
       }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Return true if the start of DB procedure is detected.
+     */
+    private boolean isStartDbProcedure(String line) {
+      return line.length() > 26 && line.substring(0, 26).toUpperCase().contains(PROCEDURE);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Return true if the count of quotes is odd.
      */
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/ebean/migration/MigrationRunner_platform_Test.java b/src/test/java/io/ebean/migration/MigrationRunner_platform_Test.java
index a939c42..c0350d0 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/ebean/migration/MigrationRunner_platform_Test.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/ebean/migration/MigrationRunner_platform_Test.java
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ public void sqlServer_migration() throws SQLException {
       readQuery(connection, "select * from m3");
     }
 
-    sqlServerContainer.stopRemove();
+//    sqlServerContainer.stopRemove();
   }
 
   @Test
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/ebean/migration/ddl/DdlParserTest.java b/src/test/java/io/ebean/migration/ddl/DdlParserTest.java
index 8e2d047..717422f 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/ebean/migration/ddl/DdlParserTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/ebean/migration/ddl/DdlParserTest.java
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.io.FileReader;
 import java.io.StringReader;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -31,6 +33,31 @@ public void parse_functionWithInlineComments() {
     assertThat(stmts).containsExactly(plpgsql);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void parse_sqlserver_create_procs() throws FileNotFoundException {
+
+    FileReader fr = new FileReader("src/test/resources/dbmig_sqlserver/I__create_procs.sql");
+    final List<String> statements = parser.parse(fr);
+
+    assertThat(statements).hasSize(11);
+    assertThat(statements.get(0)).isEqualTo("if not exists (select name  from sys.types where name = 'ebean_bigint_tvp')\n" +
+      "create type ebean_bigint_tvp as table (c1 bigint)");
+
+    assertThat(statements.get(6)).isEqualTo("if not exists (select name  from sys.types where name = 'ebean_nvarchar_tvp')\n" +
+      "create type ebean_nvarchar_tvp as table (c1 nvarchar(max))");
+
+    assertThat(statements.get(8)).isEqualTo("CREATE OR ALTER PROCEDURE usp_ebean_drop_default_constraint @tableName nvarchar(255), @columnName nvarchar(255)\n" +
+      "AS SET NOCOUNT ON\n" +
+      "declare @tmp nvarchar(1000)\n" +
+      "BEGIN\n" +
+      "  select @tmp = t1.name from sys.default_constraints t1\n" +
+      "    join sys.columns t2 on t1.object_id = t2.default_object_id\n" +
+      "    where t1.parent_object_id = OBJECT_ID(@tableName) and t2.name = @columnName;\n" +
+      "\n" +
+      "  if @tmp is not null EXEC('alter table ' + @tableName +' drop constraint ' + @tmp);\n" +
+      "END");
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void parse_ignoresEmptyLines() {
 
diff --git a/src/test/resources/dbmig_sqlserver/I__create_procs.sql b/src/test/resources/dbmig_sqlserver/I__create_procs.sql
index 84e933e..aa2cfce 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/dbmig_sqlserver/I__create_procs.sql
+++ b/src/test/resources/dbmig_sqlserver/I__create_procs.sql
@@ -1,22 +1,46 @@
--- Initial script to create stored procedures etc for sqlserver platform
-
--- create table-value-parameters
 if not exists (select name  from sys.types where name = 'ebean_bigint_tvp')
-create type ebean_bigint_tvp as table (c1 bigint);
+create type ebean_bigint_tvp as table
+(
+    c1 bigint
+)
+GO
 if not exists (select name  from sys.types where name = 'ebean_float_tvp')
-create type ebean_float_tvp as table (c1 float);
+create type ebean_float_tvp as table
+(
+    c1 float
+)
+GO
 if not exists (select name  from sys.types where name = 'ebean_bit_tvp')
-create type ebean_bit_tvp as table (c1 bit);
+create type ebean_bit_tvp as table
+(
+    c1 bit
+)
+GO
 if not exists (select name  from sys.types where name = 'ebean_date_tvp')
-create type ebean_date_tvp as table (c1 date);
+create type ebean_date_tvp as table
+(
+    c1 date
+)
+GO
 if not exists (select name  from sys.types where name = 'ebean_time_tvp')
-create type ebean_time_tvp as table (c1 time);
+create type ebean_time_tvp as table
+(
+    c1 time
+)
+GO
 if not exists (select name  from sys.types where name = 'ebean_uniqueidentifier_tvp')
-create type ebean_uniqueidentifier_tvp as table (c1 uniqueidentifier);
+create type ebean_uniqueidentifier_tvp as table
+(
+    c1 uniqueidentifier
+)
+GO
 if not exists (select name  from sys.types where name = 'ebean_nvarchar_tvp')
-create type ebean_nvarchar_tvp as table (c1 nvarchar(max));
+create type ebean_nvarchar_tvp as table
+(
+    c1 nvarchar(max)
+)
+GO
 
-delimiter $$
 --
 -- PROCEDURE: usp_ebean_drop_indices TABLE, COLUMN
 -- deletes all indices referring to TABLE.COLUMN
@@ -42,9 +66,8 @@ BEGIN
   CLOSE index_cursor;
   DEALLOCATE index_cursor;
 END
-$$
+GO
 
-delimiter $$
 --
 -- PROCEDURE: usp_ebean_drop_default_constraint TABLE, COLUMN
 -- deletes the default constraint, which has a random name
@@ -59,9 +82,8 @@ BEGIN
 
   if @tmp is not null EXEC('alter table ' + @tableName +' drop constraint ' + @tmp);
 END
-$$
+GO
 
-delimiter $$
 --
 -- PROCEDURE: usp_ebean_drop_constraints TABLE, COLUMN
 -- deletes constraints and foreign keys refering to TABLE.COLUMN
@@ -93,9 +115,8 @@ BEGIN
   CLOSE name_cursor;
   DEALLOCATE name_cursor;
 END
-$$
+GO
 
-delimiter $$
 --
 -- PROCEDURE: usp_ebean_drop_column TABLE, COLUMN
 -- deletes the column annd ensures that all indices and constraints are dropped first
@@ -111,4 +132,4 @@ BEGIN
   set @sql = 'alter table ' + @tableName + ' drop column ' + @columnName;
   EXECUTE(@sql);
 END
-$$
+GO