diff --git a/packages/api/src/router/chats.ts b/packages/api/src/router/chats.ts
index bfc50a354..403dc29fb 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/router/chats.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/router/chats.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { prisma } from "@oakai/db/client";
 import * as Sentry from "@sentry/nextjs";
 import { TRPCError } from "@trpc/server";
 import { isTruthy } from "remeda";
diff --git a/packages/db/client/index.ts b/packages/db/client/index.ts
index 636ff043f..d8ed202f6 100644
--- a/packages/db/client/index.ts
+++ b/packages/db/client/index.ts
@@ -29,21 +29,16 @@ const createPrismaClient = () => {
 const extendedPrisma = createPrismaClient();
 export type PrismaClientWithAccelerate = typeof extendedPrisma;
 
-declare global {
-  // allow global `var` declarations
-  // eslint-disable-next-line no-var
-  var prisma: PrismaClientWithAccelerate | undefined;
-}
-
-let prisma: PrismaClientWithAccelerate;
-
-if (process.env.NODE_ENV === "production") {
-  prisma = createPrismaClient();
-} else {
-  if (!global.prisma) {
-    global.prisma = createPrismaClient();
+let prismaInstance: PrismaClientWithAccelerate | undefined = undefined;
+
+const getPrismaClient = () => {
+  if (prismaInstance) {
+    return prismaInstance;
   }
-  prisma = global.prisma;
-}
 
-export { prisma };
+  prismaInstance = createPrismaClient();
+
+  return prismaInstance;
+};
+
+export const prisma = getPrismaClient();