diff --git a/api/Dockerfile b/api/Dockerfile
index 258e91d..b1e2f9f 100644
--- a/api/Dockerfile
+++ b/api/Dockerfile
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
 # Copy Prisma artifacts needed at runtime
 COPY --from=build /app/api/generated/ ./generated/
 COPY --from=build /app/api/prisma/ ./prisma/
+COPY --from=build /app/api/prisma.config.ts ./prisma.config.ts
 
 # Copy Dalpuri generated Prisma client (worker imports dalpuri which references this)
 COPY --from=build /app/dalpuri/generated/ ./dalpuri/generated/
diff --git a/api/prisma.config.ts b/api/prisma.config.ts
index 21e785e..608a1a3 100644
--- a/api/prisma.config.ts
+++ b/api/prisma.config.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
-import { defineConfig, env } from 'prisma/config'
-
-export default defineConfig({
+export default {
   schema: 'prisma/schema.prisma',
   migrations: {
     path: 'prisma/migrations',
   },
   datasource: {
-    url: env('DATABASE_URL'),
+    url: process.env.DATABASE_URL,
   },
-})
\ No newline at end of file
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/api/prisma/schema.prisma b/api/prisma/schema.prisma
index eadaf70..fd32f9e 100644
--- a/api/prisma/schema.prisma
+++ b/api/prisma/schema.prisma
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ generator client {
 
 datasource db {
   provider = "postgresql"
-  url      = env("DATABASE_URL")
 }
 
 enum PhoneType {