diff --git a/packages/api/.gitignore b/packages/api/.gitignore
index 9ab870d..386e37f 100644
--- a/packages/api/.gitignore
+++ b/packages/api/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,5 @@
 generated/
+
+/prisma/src/generated/prisma
+
+.env
diff --git a/packages/api/package.json b/packages/api/package.json
index 8102043..8083d4e 100644
--- a/packages/api/package.json
+++ b/packages/api/package.json
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
         "@prisma/client": "^7.0.1",
         "@tsoa/runtime": "^6.6.0",
         "connect-pg-simple": "^10.0.0",
+        "dotenv": "^17.2.3",
         "express": "^5.1.0",
         "express-session": "^1.18.2",
         "keycloak-connect": "^26.1.1",
diff --git a/packages/api/prisma.config.ts b/packages/api/prisma.config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..29a8190
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/api/prisma.config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// This file was generated by Prisma and assumes you have installed the following:
+// npm install --save-dev prisma dotenv
+import "dotenv/config";
+import { defineConfig, env } from "prisma/config";
+
+export default defineConfig({
+    schema: "prisma/schema.prisma",
+    migrations: {
+        path: "prisma/migrations",
+    },
+    datasource: {
+        url: env("DATABASE_URL"),
+    },
+});
diff --git a/packages/api/prisma/schema.prisma b/packages/api/prisma/schema.prisma
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..834e456
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/api/prisma/schema.prisma
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+generator client {
+  provider = "prisma-client"
+  output   = "../src/generated/prisma"
+}
+
+datasource db {
+  provider = "postgresql"
+}
+
+model test {
+  id   String  @id @db.Uuid
+  text String? @db.VarChar
+}
diff --git a/packages/api/src/infrastructure/database.ts b/packages/api/src/infrastructure/database.ts
index 599228f..139597f 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/infrastructure/database.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/infrastructure/database.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,2 @@
-import { Pool } from "pg";
 
-const dbUser = process.env["TKD_DB_USER"];
-const dbPassword = process.env["TKD_DB_PASSWORD"];
 
-if (dbUser === undefined || dbPassword === undefined) {
-    throw new Error("missing db configuration (user/password)");
-}
-
-export const DB_POOL = new Pool({
-    user: dbUser,
-    password: dbPassword,
-    host: "localhost",
-    port: 5432,
-    database: "taekwondo",
-});
diff --git a/packages/api/src/infrastructure/session.ts b/packages/api/src/infrastructure/session.ts
index ea9bbbb..993ed2f 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/infrastructure/session.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/infrastructure/session.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,22 @@
 import pgSession from "connect-pg-simple";
 import { type RequestHandler } from "express";
 import session from "express-session";
-import { DB_POOL } from "./database.js";
+import { Pool } from "pg";
+
+const dbUser = process.env["TKD_DB_USER"];
+const dbPassword = process.env["TKD_DB_PASSWORD"];
+
+if (dbUser === undefined || dbPassword === undefined) {
+    throw new Error("missing db configuration (user/password)");
+}
+
+const DB_POOL = new Pool({
+    user: dbUser,
+    password: dbPassword,
+    host: "localhost",
+    port: 5432,
+    database: "taekwondo",
+});
 
 const cookieSecret = process.env["TKD_COOKIE_SECRET"];
 
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index ef3c1e8..01b2283 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ importers:
       connect-pg-simple:
         specifier: ^10.0.0
         version: 10.0.0
+      dotenv:
+        specifier: ^17.2.3
+        version: 17.2.3
       express:
         specifier: ^5.1.0
         version: 5.1.0
@@ -2005,6 +2008,10 @@ packages:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-uBq4egWHTcTt33a72vpSG0z3HnPuIl6NqYcTrKEg2azoEyl2hpW0zqlxysq2pK9HlDIHyHyakeYaYnSAwd8bow==}
     engines: {node: '>=12'}
 
+  dotenv@17.2.3:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-JVUnt+DUIzu87TABbhPmNfVdBDt18BLOWjMUFJMSi/Qqg7NTYtabbvSNJGOJ7afbRuv9D/lngizHtP7QyLQ+9w==}
+    engines: {node: '>=12'}
+
   dunder-proto@1.0.1:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-KIN/nDJBQRcXw0MLVhZE9iQHmG68qAVIBg9CqmUYjmQIhgij9U5MFvrqkUL5FbtyyzZuOeOt0zdeRe4UY7ct+A==}
     engines: {node: '>= 0.4'}
@@ -5923,6 +5930,8 @@ snapshots:
 
   dotenv@16.6.1: {}
 
+  dotenv@17.2.3: {}
+
   dunder-proto@1.0.1:
     dependencies:
       call-bind-apply-helpers: 1.0.2