diff --git a/prisma.config.ts b/prisma.config.ts
index a5c164e..66f433e 100644
--- a/prisma.config.ts
+++ b/prisma.config.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,31 @@
 import { defineConfig } from "prisma/config";
+import { readFileSync, existsSync } from "fs";
+import { resolve } from "path";
+
+// Prisma 7's env() helper doesn't reliably load .env on all platforms.
+// Load it manually so DATABASE_URL is available when this config is evaluated.
+function loadEnvFile(filename: string) {
+  const envPath = resolve(process.cwd(), filename);
+  if (!existsSync(envPath)) return;
+  const lines = readFileSync(envPath, "utf-8").split(/\r?\n/);
+  for (const line of lines) {
+    const match = line.match(/^([^#\s][^=]*)=(.*)$/);
+    if (!match) continue;
+    const key = match[1].trim();
+    const value = match[2].trim().replace(/^["']|["']$/g, "");
+    if (!(key in process.env)) process.env[key] = value;
+  }
+}
+
+loadEnvFile(".env");
+loadEnvFile(".env.local"); // Next.js convention — takes priority
+
+const databaseUrl = process.env.DATABASE_URL;
+if (!databaseUrl) throw new Error("DATABASE_URL is not set in .env or .env.local");
 
 export default defineConfig({
   schema: "prisma/schema.prisma",
+  datasource: {
+    url: databaseUrl,
+  },
 });
diff --git a/prisma/schema.prisma b/prisma/schema.prisma
index ac3cceb..f9238a9 100644
--- a/prisma/schema.prisma
+++ b/prisma/schema.prisma
@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@ generator client {
 }
 
 datasource db {
-  provider  = "postgresql"
-  url       = env("DATABASE_URL")
-  directUrl = env("DIRECT_URL")
+  provider = "postgresql"
 }
 
 model Owner {