diff --git a/bun.lockb b/bun.lockb
index 9ae8371..95a973b 100755
Binary files a/bun.lockb and b/bun.lockb differ
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bf519bb..27a6143 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -16,12 +16,13 @@
     "bun-types": "latest"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
-    "typescript": "^5.0.0"
+    "typescript": "^5.5.2"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "brotli-wasm": "^2.0.1",
+    "dotenv": "^16.4.5",
     "exit-hook": "^4.0.0",
-    "firebase-admin": "^12.0.0",
-    "prisma": "^5.8.1"
+    "firebase-admin": "^12.2.0",
+    "prisma": "^5.16.0"
   }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/api/_deploy.ts b/pkgs/api/_deploy.ts
index ea791c0..a5a8bb5 100644
--- a/pkgs/api/_deploy.ts
+++ b/pkgs/api/_deploy.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { apiContext } from "service-srv";
 import { deploy } from "utils/deploy";
 import { dir } from "utils/dir";
 import { g } from "utils/global";
-import { parse } from "utils/parse-env";
+import { genEnv, parseEnv } from "utils/parse-env";
 import { restartServer } from "utils/restart";
 
 export const _ = {
@@ -68,12 +68,11 @@ export const _ = {
       case "db-update":
         if (action.url) {
           g.dburl = action.url;
-          await Bun.write(
-            dir("app/db/.env"),
-            `\
-DATABASE_URL="${action.url}"
-`
-          );
+          const env = genEnv({
+            ...parseEnv(await Bun.file(dir(".env")).text()),
+            DATABASE_URL: action.url,
+          });
+          await Bun.write(dir(".env"), env);
         }
         return "ok";
       case "db-gen":
@@ -88,9 +87,9 @@ DATABASE_URL="${action.url}"
         break;
       case "db-pull":
         {
-          const env = await readAsync(dir("app/db/.env"));
+          const env = await readAsync(dir(".env"));
           if (env) {
-            const ENV = parse(env);
+            const ENV = parseEnv(env);
             if (typeof ENV.DATABASE_URL === "string") {
               const type = ENV.DATABASE_URL.split("://").shift();
               if (type) {
@@ -194,7 +193,7 @@ export const downloadFile = async (
       _url.hostname = "127.0.0.1";
     }
     g.log.info(`Downloading ${url} to ${filePath}`);
-    const res = await fetch(_url);
+    const res = await fetch(_url as any);
     if (res.body) {
       const file = Bun.file(filePath);
 
diff --git a/pkgs/index.ts b/pkgs/index.ts
index 9e95ac3..5f0817d 100644
--- a/pkgs/index.ts
+++ b/pkgs/index.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { prepareAPITypes } from "./server/prep-api-ts";
 import { config } from "./utils/config";
 import { g } from "./utils/global";
 import { createLogger } from "./utils/logger";
+import { genEnv, parseEnv } from "utils/parse-env";
 
 g.mode = process.argv.includes("dev") ? "dev" : "prod";
 g.datadir = g.mode === "prod" ? "../data" : ".data";
@@ -29,7 +30,8 @@ if (!(await existsAsync(dir("app/srv")))) {
 
 if (!process.env.PORT) {
   g.port = 3000;
-  await Bun.write(".env", `PORT=${g.port}`);
+  const env = genEnv({ ...parseEnv(".env"), PORT: g.port });
+  await Bun.write(".env", env);
 } else {
   g.port = parseInt(process.env.PORT);
 }
@@ -46,7 +48,6 @@ await config.init();
 
 g.log.info(g.mode === "dev" ? "DEVELOPMENT" : "PRODUCTION");
 
-
 await deploy.init();
 if (g.mode === "dev") {
   await startDevWatcher();
diff --git a/pkgs/prod.ts b/pkgs/prod.ts
index 56839ea..62bc1cd 100644
--- a/pkgs/prod.ts
+++ b/pkgs/prod.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import exitHook from "exit-hook";
 import { existsAsync } from "fs-jetpack";
 import { dir } from "utils/dir";
 import { checkPort, randomBetween } from "utils/ensure";
+import "dotenv/config";
 
 let port = 0;
 
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ const main = {
 
 console.log("Process Manager running at port:", port);
 
-if (await existsAsync(dir("app/db/.env"))) {
+if (process.env.DATABASE_URL) {
   if (!(await existsAsync(dir("node_modules/.prisma")))) {
     try {
       await $({ cwd: dir(`app/db`) })`bun install`;
diff --git a/pkgs/utils/parse-env.ts b/pkgs/utils/parse-env.ts
index a03ed2f..7f74341 100644
--- a/pkgs/utils/parse-env.ts
+++ b/pkgs/utils/parse-env.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ function removeQuotes(str: string) {
 }
 
 /** Parse an envfile string. */
-export function parse(src: string): Data {
+export function parseEnv(src: string): Data {
   const result: Data = {};
   const lines = splitInLines(src);
   for (const line of lines) {
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export function parse(src: string): Data {
 }
 
 /** Turn an object into an envfile string. */
-export function stringify(obj: Input): string {
+export function genEnv(obj: Input): string {
   let result = "";
   for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(obj)) {
     if (key) {
diff --git a/pkgs/utils/prisma.ts b/pkgs/utils/prisma.ts
index bcfc9ac..c39bd90 100644
--- a/pkgs/utils/prisma.ts
+++ b/pkgs/utils/prisma.ts
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ import { $ } from "execa";
 import { g } from "./global";
 
 export const preparePrisma = async () => {
-  if ((await existsAsync(dir("app/db/.env"))) && !g.db) {
+  if (process.env.DATABASE_URL && !g.db) {
     try {
       if (g.mode !== "dev") {
         await $({ cwd: dir(`app/db`) })`bun prisma generate`;
       }
-      
+
       const { PrismaClient } = await import("../../app/db/db");
       g.db = new PrismaClient();
     } catch (e) {