diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 637eb3b9c..fc8e46928 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ public/locales/*
 #database
 sqlite.db
 database/*.sqlite
+WILL_BE_OVERWRITTEN.sqlite
 
 # IDE
 .idea/*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index a53350274..7e3f52553 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ COPY .next/standalone ./
 COPY .next/static ./.next/static
 COPY ./scripts/run.sh ./scripts/run.sh
 COPY ./drizzle ./drizzle
+RUN mkdir database
 COPY ./src/migrate.ts ./src/migrate.ts
 
 # Install dependencies
@@ -27,13 +28,13 @@ RUN apt-get update -y && apt-get install -y openssl
 RUN cp -r node_modules node_modules_cache
 RUN rm -rf node_modules
 RUN rm package.json
-RUN yarn add typescript ts-node drizzle-orm@0.28.6 better-sqlite3@8.6.0 @types/better-sqlite3
+RUN yarn add typescript ts-node dotenv drizzle-orm@0.28.6 better-sqlite3@8.6.0 @types/better-sqlite3
 
 # Expose the default application port
 EXPOSE $PORT
 ENV PORT=${PORT}
 
-ENV DATABASE_URL "file:./db.sqlite"
+ENV DATABASE_URL "file:./database/db.sqlite"
 ENV NEXTAUTH_URL "http://localhost:3000"
 ENV PORT 7575
 ENV NEXTAUTH_SECRET NOT_IN_USE_BECAUSE_JWTS_ARE_UNUSED
diff --git a/database/.gitkeep b/database/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/drizzle.config.ts b/drizzle.config.ts
index e6aa45846..597818a55 100644
--- a/drizzle.config.ts
+++ b/drizzle.config.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import 'dotenv';
 import { type Config } from 'drizzle-kit';
 
+console.log(process.env);
+
 export default {
   schema: './src/server/db/schema.ts',
   driver: 'better-sqlite',
diff --git a/src/migrate.ts b/src/migrate.ts
index 3e60b28c3..5c4abeb88 100644
--- a/src/migrate.ts
+++ b/src/migrate.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 // This file is used to migrate the database to the current version
 // It is run when the docker container starts
 import Database from 'better-sqlite3';
+import dotenv from 'dotenv';
 import { drizzle } from 'drizzle-orm/better-sqlite3';
 import { migrate } from 'drizzle-orm/better-sqlite3/migrator';
 
-const sqlite = new Database('sqlite.db');
+dotenv.config({ path: __dirname + '/../.env' });
+
+const sqlite = new Database(process.env.DATABASE_URL!.replace('file:', ''));
 
 const db = drizzle(sqlite);
 
diff --git a/src/server/db/index.ts b/src/server/db/index.ts
index 6d5b357ea..f8287d09a 100644
--- a/src/server/db/index.ts
+++ b/src/server/db/index.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import Database from 'better-sqlite3';
 import { drizzle } from 'drizzle-orm/better-sqlite3';
+import { env } from '~/env';
 
 import * as schema from './schema';
 
-const sqlite = new Database('sqlite.db');
+const sqlite = new Database(env.DATABASE_URL!.replace('file:', ''));
 
 export const db = drizzle(sqlite, { schema });
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 4795e3998..4fb9c134d 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -36,5 +36,11 @@
   ],
   "exclude": [
     "node_modules"
-  ]
+  ],
+  "ts-node": {
+    "esm": true,
+    "compilerOptions": {
+      "module": "nodenext",
+    },
+  },
 }