diff --git a/packages/backend/src/migrate.ts b/packages/backend/src/migrate.ts
index edc7a41..1ebf1cd 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/migrate.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/migrate.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@ import { drizzle } from 'drizzle-orm/postgres-js';
 import { migrate } from 'drizzle-orm/postgres-js/migrator';
 import postgres from 'postgres';
 import * as dotenv from 'dotenv';
+import path from 'path';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
+
+const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
+const __dirname = path.dirname(__filename);
 
 dotenv.config({ path: ['.env.local', '.env'] });
 
@@ -19,7 +24,8 @@ const db = drizzle(migrationClient);
 const runMigrations = async () => {
   console.log('Running database migrations...');
   try {
-    await migrate(db, { migrationsFolder: './drizzle' });
+    const folder = path.join(__dirname, '../drizzle');
+    await migrate(db, { migrationsFolder: folder });
     console.log('Migrations completed successfully.');
   } catch (err) {
     console.error('Error running migrations:', err);