diff --git a/alembic.ini b/alembic.ini
index 8477707..cb5aa80 100644
--- a/alembic.ini
+++ b/alembic.ini
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ script_location = alembic
 # are written from script.py.mako
 # output_encoding = utf-8
 
+# sqlalchemy.url is now set dynamically in env.py
 sqlalchemy.url = sqlite:////app/storage/db/db.sqlite
 
 # Logging configuration
diff --git a/alembic/env.py b/alembic/env.py
index 1d4aa74..859e439 100644
--- a/alembic/env.py
+++ b/alembic/env.py
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 from logging.config import fileConfig
+import sys
+import os
+
+# Add the parent directory to sys.path
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..')))
 
 from sqlalchemy import engine_from_config
 from sqlalchemy import pool
@@ -12,6 +17,9 @@ from app.db.base import Base
 # access to the values within the .ini file in use.
 config = context.config
 
+# Override sqlalchemy.url with the value from settings
+config.set_main_option("sqlalchemy.url", settings.SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL)
+
 # Interpret the config file for Python logging.
 # This line sets up loggers basically.
 if config.config_file_name is not None:
diff --git a/app/core/config.py b/app/core/config.py
index b7bfc3d..f6f79d0 100644
--- a/app/core/config.py
+++ b/app/core/config.py
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
     
     # Database settings
     DB_DIR: Path = Path("/app") / "storage" / "db"
-    SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL: str = f"sqlite:///{DB_DIR}/db.sqlite"
+    DB_DIR.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    DB_PATH: Path = DB_DIR / "db.sqlite"
+    SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL: str = f"sqlite:///{DB_PATH}"
     
     # Password reset settings
     PASSWORD_RESET_TOKEN_EXPIRE_HOURS: int = 24
@@ -39,7 +41,4 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
         case_sensitive = True
 
 # Create the settings object
-settings = Settings()
-
-# Ensure the database directory exists
-settings.DB_DIR.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
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+settings = Settings()
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