diff --git a/.woodpecker.yml b/.woodpecker.yml
index f81623a..3ce374e 100644
--- a/.woodpecker.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ pipeline:
   backend:
     image: rust
     environment:
-      - DATABASE_URL=postgres://postgres:password@database:5432/postgres
+      - DATABASE_URL="postgres://postgres:password@database:5432/postgres"
     commands:
       - curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_16.x | bash - &&\
       - apt update && apt-get -y --no-install-recommends install nodejs
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 14e715d..5abaa87 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ lint: ## Lint codebase
 migrate: ## run migrations
 	$(call cache_bust)
 	unset DATABASE_URL && echo ${DATABASE_URL} && cargo build
-	cargo run -- migrate
+	DATABASE_URL=${DATABASE_URL} cargo run -- migrate
 
 release: ## Release build
 	$(call cache_bust)