diff --git a/apps/api/src/utils/startup.ts b/apps/api/src/utils/startup.ts
index a65a76c..98fea8f 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/utils/startup.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/utils/startup.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import path from 'node:path'
 import { migrateDatabase } from '@boring.tools/database'
 import { logger } from '@boring.tools/logger'
 
@@ -36,5 +37,11 @@ export const startup = async () => {
     await migrateDatabase('migrations')
   }
 
+  if (import.meta.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') {
+    await migrateDatabase(
+      path.join(__dirname, '../../../../packages/database/src/migrations'),
+    )
+  }
+
   logger.info('API started')
 }
diff --git a/packages/database/src/migration.ts b/packages/database/src/migration.ts
index 9e4c6f6..66f92a3 100644
--- a/packages/database/src/migration.ts
+++ b/packages/database/src/migration.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 import { logger } from '@boring.tools/logger'
 import { migrate } from 'drizzle-orm/postgres-js/migrator'
-import { client, db } from './'
+import { db } from './'
 
 export const migrateDatabase = async (dir: string) => {
   try {
     await migrate(db, { migrationsFolder: dir })
-    await client.end()
-    logger.log('Migrations: Ok')
+    logger.info('Migrations: Ok')
   } catch (error) {
-    logger.error('Migrations: Failed')
-    logger.error(error)
+    logger.error('Migrations: Failed', error)
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/logger/src/index.ts b/packages/logger/src/index.ts
index df9c090..976ba61 100644
--- a/packages/logger/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/logger/src/index.ts
@@ -4,11 +4,20 @@ import winston from 'winston'
 
 // Create a Winston logger - passing in the Logtail transport
 export const logger = winston.createLogger({
+  format: winston.format.json(),
   transports: [],
 })
 
-if (import.meta.env.NODE_ENV !== 'test') {
+if (import.meta.env.NODE_ENV === 'production') {
   // Create a Logtail client
   const logtail = new Logtail(process.env.BETTERSTACK_LOG_TOKEN as string)
   logger.add(new LogtailTransport(logtail))
 }
+
+if (import.meta.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') {
+  logger.add(
+    new winston.transports.Console({
+      format: winston.format.json(),
+    }),
+  )
+}