diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/deploy-service-db-migrations.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/deploy-service-db-migrations.yaml
index 86b6863..146b263 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/deploy-service-db-migrations.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/deploy-service-db-migrations.yaml
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: start container
         env:
-          API_URL: http://${{secrets.COUCHDB_USER}}:${{secrets.COUCHDB_PASSWORD}}@127.0.0.1:15984
+          COUCHDB_USER: ${{secrets.COUCHDB_USER}}
+          COUCHDB_PASSWORD: ${{secrets.COUCHDB_PASSWORD}}
         run: DB_MIGRATIONS_TAG=${{env.GITHUB_SHA}} docker compose -p hereconnect up --pull never db-migrations
 
       - name: cleanup docker image
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index c8ac7a6..f577bdd 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ services:
     image: hereconnect/service-db-migrations:${DB_MIGRATIONS_TAG:-latest}
     volumes:
       - db_migrations_data:/opt/migrations/data
+    environment:
+      - API_URL=http://${COUCHDB_USER}:${COUCHDB_PASSWORD}@couchdb:5984
     depends_on:
       - couchdb
     restart: no