diff --git a/packages/api/Dockerfile b/packages/api/Dockerfile
index ddb02e6a6..fc006c6dc 100644
--- a/packages/api/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/api/Dockerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ FROM node:16-alpine AS base
 
 ENV PNPM_HOME="/pnpm"
 ENV PATH="$PNPM_HOME:$PATH"
-ENV DATABASE_URL="${DATABASE_URL}"
+ARG DATABASE_URL
+ENV DATABASE_URL "$DATABASE_URL"
+#ENV DATABASE_URL="${DATABASE_URL}"
 ENV JWT_SECRET="${JWT_SECRET}"
 
 RUN corepack enable