diff --git a/drizzle.config.ts b/drizzle.config.ts
index 497f9fa..eb7f59f 100644
--- a/drizzle.config.ts
+++ b/drizzle.config.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
+import { existsSync } from "node:fs";
+
 import { defineConfig } from "drizzle-kit";
 
+// drizzle-kit (unlike the Next.js app) does not load .env automatically, so
+// DATABASE_URL would be undefined and fall back to the wrong host. Load .env
+// for local dev. In production the env is already provided (docker-compose)
+// and no .env file exists, so this is skipped.
+if (!process.env.DATABASE_URL && existsSync(".env")) {
+  process.loadEnvFile(".env");
+}
+
 export default defineConfig({
   schema: "./lib/db/schema.ts",
   out: "./lib/db/migrations",