diff --git a/pkgs/api/_deploy.ts b/pkgs/api/_deploy.ts
index 42f736a..d561762 100644
--- a/pkgs/api/_deploy.ts
+++ b/pkgs/api/_deploy.ts
@@ -108,8 +108,11 @@ export const _ = {
                 );
 
                 try {
+                  await Bun.write(
+                    dir("app/db/.env"),
+                    `DATABASE_URL=${process.env.DATABASE_URL}`
+                  );
                   await $({ cwd: dir("app/db") })`bun install`;
-                  await $({})`cp -f .env app/db`;
                   await $({ cwd: dir("app/db") })`bun prisma db pull --force`;
                   await $({ cwd: dir("app/db") })`bun prisma generate`;
                   await Bun.write(
diff --git a/pkgs/prod.ts b/pkgs/prod.ts
index e5d8338..32aeaff 100644
--- a/pkgs/prod.ts
+++ b/pkgs/prod.ts
@@ -38,8 +38,11 @@ console.log("Process Manager running at port:", port);
 if (process.env.DATABASE_URL) {
   if (!(await existsAsync(dir("node_modules/.prisma")))) {
     try {
+      await Bun.write(
+        dir("app/db/.env"),
+        `DATABASE_URL=${process.env.DATABASE_URL}`
+      );
       await $({ cwd: dir(`app/db`) })`bun install`;
-      await $({  })`cp -f .env app/db`;
       await $({ cwd: dir(`app/db`) })`bun prisma db pull --force`;
       await $({ cwd: dir(`app/db`) })`bun prisma generate`;
     } catch (e) {