diff --git a/packages/db/src/client.ts b/packages/db/src/client.ts
index 93edb2a5..8fa979d2 100644
--- a/packages/db/src/client.ts
+++ b/packages/db/src/client.ts
@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@ import { createHash } from "node:crypto";
 import { drizzle as drizzlePg } from "drizzle-orm/postgres-js";
 import { migrate as migratePg } from "drizzle-orm/postgres-js/migrator";
 import { readFile, readdir } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
 import postgres from "postgres";
 import * as schema from "./schema/index.js";
 
-const MIGRATIONS_FOLDER = new URL("./migrations", import.meta.url).pathname;
+const MIGRATIONS_FOLDER = fileURLToPath(new URL("./migrations", import.meta.url));
 const DRIZZLE_MIGRATIONS_TABLE = "__drizzle_migrations";
-const MIGRATIONS_JOURNAL_JSON = new URL("./migrations/meta/_journal.json", import.meta.url).pathname;
+const MIGRATIONS_JOURNAL_JSON = fileURLToPath(new URL("./migrations/meta/_journal.json", import.meta.url));
 
 function isSafeIdentifier(value: string): boolean {
   return /^[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*$/.test(value);
@@ -702,8 +703,7 @@ export async function migratePostgresIfEmpty(url: string): Promise<MigrationBoot
     }
 
     const db = drizzlePg(sql);
-    const migrationsFolder = new URL("./migrations", import.meta.url).pathname;
-    await migratePg(db, { migrationsFolder });
+    await migratePg(db, { migrationsFolder: MIGRATIONS_FOLDER });
 
     return { migrated: true, reason: "migrated-empty-db", tableCount: 0 };
   } finally {