diff --git a/payload.config.ts b/payload.config.ts
index 289ba29c..f0acfcc8 100644
--- a/payload.config.ts
+++ b/payload.config.ts
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ export default buildConfig({
   },
   db: postgresAdapter({
     prodMigrations: migrations,
+    migrationDir:
+      process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production' ? undefined : path.resolve(dirname, 'src/migrations'),
     pool: {
       connectionString:
         process.env.DATABASE_URI ||