diff --git a/prisma.deploy.config.cjs b/prisma.deploy.config.cjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ae01608
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prisma.deploy.config.cjs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+// Minimal Prisma config for `prisma migrate deploy` on the EC2 instance.
+// Uses CommonJS (no imports) to avoid loading @prisma/config and its
+// transitive `effect` dependency, which is not bundled in the artifact.
+module.exports = {
+  datasource: {
+    url: process.env.DATABASE_URL,
+  },
+};
diff --git a/prisma.deploy.config.mjs b/prisma.deploy.config.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bab6183
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prisma.deploy.config.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// Minimal Prisma config for `prisma migrate deploy` on the EC2 instance.
+// No imports — avoids loading @prisma/config and its transitive dependencies.
+export default {
+  datasource: {
+    url: process.env.DATABASE_URL,
+  },
+};
diff --git a/prisma/schema.prisma b/prisma/schema.prisma
index 3b182cd..104b7aa 100644
--- a/prisma/schema.prisma
+++ b/prisma/schema.prisma
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 // learn more about it in the docs: https://pris.ly/d/prisma-schema
 
 generator client {
-  provider = "prisma-client-js"
+  provider      = "prisma-client-js"
+  binaryTargets = ["native", "linux-arm64-openssl-3.0.x"]
 }
 
 datasource db {