diff --git a/examples/nextjs/sst.config.ts b/examples/nextjs/sst.config.ts
index 494cd6000d..f90cab0ad5 100644
--- a/examples/nextjs/sst.config.ts
+++ b/examples/nextjs/sst.config.ts
@@ -15,37 +15,46 @@ export default $config({
         cloudflare: `5.42.0`,
         aws: {
           version: `6.57.0`,
+          region: `eu-west-1`,
         },
-        neon: `0.6.3`,
+        postgresql: "3.14.0",
       },
     }
   },
   async run() {
-    const project = neon.getProjectOutput({ id: process.env.NEON_PROJECT_ID! })
-    const base = {
-      projectId: project.id,
-      branchId: project.defaultBranchId,
-    }
+    if (!process.env.ELECTRIC_API || !process.env.ELECTRIC_ADMIN_API)
+      throw new Error(
+        `Env variables ELECTRIC_API and ELECTRIC_ADMIN_API must be set`
+      )
 
-    const db = new neon.Database(`nextjs-example`, {
-      ...base,
-      name: isProduction($app.stage)
-        ? `nextjs-production`
-        : `nextjs-${$app.stage}`,
-      ownerName: `neondb_owner`,
-    })
+    if (!process.env.EXAMPLES_DATABASE_HOST || !process.env.EXAMPLES_DATABASE_PASSWORD) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `Env variables EXAMPLES_DATABASE_HOST and EXAMPLES_DATABASE_PASSWORD must be set`
+      )
+    }
 
-    const databaseUri = getNeonDbUri(project, db, false)
     try {
-      databaseUri.apply(applyMigrations)
+      const provider = new postgresql.Provider("neon", {
+        host: process.env.EXAMPLES_DATABASE_HOST,
+        database: `neondb`,
+        username: `neondb_owner`,
+        password: process.env.EXAMPLES_DATABASE_PASSWORD,
+      })
 
-      const electricInfo = databaseUri.apply((uri) =>
-        addDatabaseToElectric(uri)
-      )
+      const dbName = isProduction($app.stage) ? `nextjs-production` : `nextjs-${$app.stage}`
+      const pg = new postgresql.Database(dbName, {}, { provider })
+
+      const pgUri = $interpolate`postgresql://${provider.username}:${provider.password}@${provider.host}/${pg.name}?sslmode=require`
+      const electricInfo = pgUri.apply((uri) => {
+        return addDatabaseToElectric(uri, `eu-west-1`)
+      })
+
+      const website = deployNextJsExample(electricInfo, pgUri)
+
+      pgUri.apply((uri) => applyMigrations(uri))
 
-      const website = deployNextJsExample(electricInfo, databaseUri)
       return {
-        databaseUri,
+        pgUri,
         database_id: electricInfo.id,
         electric_token: electricInfo.token,
         website: website.url,
@@ -83,39 +92,11 @@ function deployNextJsExample(
   })
 }
 
-function getNeonDbUri(
-  project: $util.Output<neon.GetProjectResult>,
-  db: neon.Database,
-  pooled: boolean
-) {
-  const passwordOutput = neon.getBranchRolePasswordOutput({
-    projectId: project.id,
-    branchId: project.defaultBranchId,
-    roleName: db.ownerName,
-  })
-
-  const endpoint = neon.getBranchEndpointsOutput({
-    projectId: project.id,
-    branchId: project.defaultBranchId,
-  })
-
-  const databaseHost = pooled
-    ? endpoint.endpoints?.apply((endpoints) =>
-        endpoints![0].host.replace(
-          endpoints![0].id,
-          endpoints![0].id + `-pooler`
-        )
-      )
-    : project.databaseHost
-
-  const url = $interpolate`postgresql://${passwordOutput.roleName}:${passwordOutput.password}@${databaseHost}/${db.name}?sslmode=require`
-  return url
-}
-
 async function addDatabaseToElectric(
-  uri: string
+  uri: string,
+  region: `eu-west-1` | `us-east-1`
 ): Promise<{ id: string; token: string }> {
-  const adminApi = process.env.ELECTRIC_ADMIN_API
+  const adminApi = process.env.ELECTRIC_ADMIN_API!
 
   const electricUrl = new URL(`/v1/databases`, adminApi)
   const result = await fetch(electricUrl, {
@@ -123,7 +104,7 @@ async function addDatabaseToElectric(
     headers: { "Content-Type": `application/json` },
     body: JSON.stringify({
       database_url: uri,
-      region: `eu-west-1`,
+      region,
     }),
   })