diff --git a/apps/api/alembic/env.py b/apps/api/alembic/env.py
index d345090..7f48901 100644
--- a/apps/api/alembic/env.py
+++ b/apps/api/alembic/env.py
@@ -1,63 +1,53 @@
 import os
 from logging.config import fileConfig
-from urllib.parse import unquote, urlparse, parse_qs, urlencode
+from urllib.parse import urlparse, parse_qs, urlencode, unquote
 
 from sqlalchemy import create_engine, pool
 
 from alembic import context
 from src.models import Base
 
-# Alembic Config object
 config = context.config
 
-# Override sqlalchemy.url from environment if set
-database_url = os.environ.get("DATABASE_URL")
-if database_url:
-    # Alembic needs the synchronous driver
-    database_url = database_url.replace("postgresql+asyncpg://", "postgresql://")
-    # Decode URL-encoded characters
-    database_url = unquote(database_url)
-    # Strip sslmode query param (not supported by psycopg2)
-    parsed = urlparse(database_url)
-    if parsed.query:
-        params = parse_qs(parsed.query)
-        params.pop("sslmode", None)
-        new_query = urlencode(params, doseq=True)
-        database_url = parsed._replace(query=new_query).geturl()
-    config.set_main_option("sqlalchemy.url", database_url)
-
-# Set up Python logging from the config file
-if config.config_file_name is not None:
-    fileConfig(config.config_file_name)
-
-target_metadata = Base.metadata
-
-
-def run_migrations_offline() -> None:
-    """Run migrations in 'offline' mode."""
-    url = config.get_main_option("sqlalchemy.url")
-    context.configure(
-        url=url,
-        target_metadata=target_metadata,
-        literal_binds=True,
-        dialect_opts={"paramstyle": "named"},
-    )
-
-    with context.begin_transaction():
-        context.run_migrations()
-
-
-def run_migrations_online() -> None:
-    """Run migrations in 'online' mode.
-
-    Always use DATABASE_URL env directly, bypassing alembic.ini,
-    to avoid ConfigParser mangling special chars in passwords.
-    """
-    raw_url = os.environ.get("DATABASE_URL", "")
+raw_url = os.environ.get("DATABASE_URL", "")
+if raw_url:
+    # Convert async driver to sync driver
     url = raw_url.replace("postgresql+asyncpg://", "postgresql://")
     url = unquote(url)
     # Strip sslmode (not supported by psycopg2)
     parsed = urlparse(url)
+    if parsed.query:
+        params = parse_qs(parsed.query)
+        params.pop("sslmode", None)
+        new_query = urlencode(params, doseq=True)
+        url = parsed._replace(query=new_query).geturl()
+    config.set_main_option("sqlalchemy.url", url)
+
+if config.config_file_name is not None:
+    fileConfig(config.config_file_name)
+
+target_metadata = Base.metadata
+
+
+def run_migrations_offline() -> None:
+    url = config.get_main_option("sqlalchemy.url")
+    context.configure(
+        url=url,
+        target_metadata=target_metadata,
+        literal_binds=True,
+        dialect_opts={"paramstyle": "named"},
+    )
+    with context.begin_transaction():
+        context.run_migrations()
+
+
+def run_migrations_online() -> None:
+    # Use DATABASE_URL env directly, properly converted for psycopg2
+    raw_url = os.environ.get("DATABASE_URL", "")
+    url = raw_url.replace("postgresql+asyncpg://", "postgresql://")
+    url = unquote(url)
+    # Strip sslmode
+    parsed = urlparse(url)
     if parsed.query:
         params = parse_qs(parsed.query)
         params.pop("sslmode", None)
@@ -65,13 +55,8 @@ def run_migrations_online() -> None:
         url = parsed._replace(query=new_query).geturl()
 
     connectable = create_engine(url, poolclass=pool.NullPool)
-
     with connectable.connect() as connection:
-        context.configure(
-            connection=connection,
-            target_metadata=target_metadata,
-        )
-
+        context.configure(connection=connection, target_metadata=target_metadata)
         with context.begin_transaction():
             context.run_migrations()