diff --git a/Taskfile.backend.yml b/Taskfile.backend.yml
index 92a6d56..c32cf3e 100644
--- a/Taskfile.backend.yml
+++ b/Taskfile.backend.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ env:
   VENV_PATH: "{{ .BE_BASE_PATH }}/.venv"
   VENV_BIN: "{{ .VENV_PATH }}/bin"
   VENV_ACTIVATE: "{{ .VENV_BIN }}/activate"
-  DOTENV: "{{ .BASE_PATH }}/.env"
+  DOTENV: "{{ .BE_BASE_PATH }}/.env"
 
 tasks:
   bootstrap:
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ tasks:
     deps: [bootstrap]
     env:
       PYTHONPATH: '..'
+      ROTINI_MIGRATE: 1
     dotenv:
       - "{{ .DOTENV }}"
     cmd: "{{ .VENV_BIN }}/python migrate.py {{ .CLI_ARGS }}"
diff --git a/backend/rotini/envs/migrate.py b/backend/rotini/envs/migrate.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..708f430
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/rotini/envs/migrate.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from envs.local import *
+
+DATABASE_HOST = "localhost"
diff --git a/backend/rotini/settings.py b/backend/rotini/settings.py
index 158888b..6761187 100644
--- a/backend/rotini/settings.py
+++ b/backend/rotini/settings.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import typing
 
 IS_CI = os.getenv("ROTINI_CI")
 IS_TEST = os.getenv("ROTINI_TEST")
+IS_MIGRATE = os.getenv("ROTINI_MIGRATE")
 
 
 class Settings:
@@ -43,8 +44,12 @@ if IS_CI is not None:
 elif IS_TEST is not None:
     import envs.test as test_config
 
-    settings = extract_settings("ci", test_config)
+    settings = extract_settings("test", test_config)
+elif IS_MIGRATE is not None:
+    import envs.migrate as migrate_config
+
+    settings = extract_settings("migrate", migrate_config)
 else:
     import envs.local as local_config
 
-    settings = extract_settings("ci", local_config)
+    settings = extract_settings("local", local_config)
diff --git a/backend/script/provision-db b/backend/script/provision-db
index dceb717..d229bd0 100644
--- a/backend/script/provision-db
+++ b/backend/script/provision-db
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ until [ -n "$(docker exec $CONTAINER_NAME pg_isready | grep accepting)" ]; do
     sleep 0.1;
 done;
 
-PYTHONPATH=rotini .venv/bin/python rotini/migrations/migrate.py up
+PYTHONPATH=rotini ROTINI_MIGRATE=1 .venv/bin/python rotini/migrations/migrate.py up