# DATABASE\_URL not available in release command **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions / Help\ **Tags:** postgres, django, login-only\ **Created:** [January 15, 2024, 11:58am UTC](https://community.fly.io/t/database-url-not-available-in-release-command/17715 "2024-01-15T11:58:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![czue](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/fly1/user_avatar/community.fly.io/czue/32/7119_2.png) [@czue](https://community.fly.io/u/czue)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 11:58am UTC](https://community.fly.io/t/database-url-not-available-in-release-command/17715/1 "2024-01-15T11:58:08Z")
I have previously been able to use `DATABASE_URL` in my Django app to run my database migrations. This still appears to work for my existing apps, however when I add a new app it’s not working. As best I can tell `DATABASE_URL` is not being set in my environment. This means that migrations obviously fail, since they can’t find the right database. I am loading the environment variables directly from Django / Python, in case that matters. I saw [this issue](https://community.fly.io/t/using-env-variables-in-release-command/7186) but it didn’t seem related. ---
**Author:** ![czue](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/fly1/user_avatar/community.fly.io/czue/32/7119_2.png) [@czue](https://community.fly.io/u/czue)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.fly.io/t/database-url-not-available-in-release-command/17715/2 "2024-01-15T12:29:18Z")
Update: I think this is actually just because the DB didn’t provision/attach properly. Sorry about the false alarm! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/fly1/original/3X/6/e/6e8955d00cb218e186ebbe3a6ab06fefdce15290.svg) [@system](https://community.fly.io/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.fly.io/t/database-url-not-available-in-release-command/17715/3 "2024-01-22T12:29:59Z")
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