diff --git a/drizzle/0003_circles.sql b/drizzle/0003_circles.sql
index 048f13a..070ca75 100644
--- a/drizzle/0003_circles.sql
+++ b/drizzle/0003_circles.sql
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ CREATE TABLE circles (
   created_by  uuid NOT NULL REFERENCES families(id),
   created_at  timestamptz NOT NULL DEFAULT now()
 );
-
+--> statement-breakpoint
 CREATE TABLE circle_members (
   circle_id   uuid NOT NULL REFERENCES circles(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
   family_id   uuid NOT NULL REFERENCES families(id),
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ CREATE TABLE circle_members (
   joined_at   timestamptz NOT NULL DEFAULT now(),
   PRIMARY KEY (circle_id, family_id)
 );
-
+--> statement-breakpoint
 CREATE TABLE circle_invites (
   id          uuid PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT gen_random_uuid(),
   circle_id   uuid NOT NULL REFERENCES circles(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ CREATE TABLE circle_invites (
   consumed_at timestamptz,
   created_at  timestamptz NOT NULL DEFAULT now()
 );
-
+--> statement-breakpoint
 CREATE TABLE circle_posts (
   id               uuid PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT gen_random_uuid(),
   circle_id        uuid NOT NULL REFERENCES circles(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ CREATE TABLE circle_posts (
   source_kind      text,                        -- NULL | 'milestone' | 'memory'
   created_at       timestamptz NOT NULL DEFAULT now()
 );
-
+--> statement-breakpoint
 CREATE TABLE circle_post_comments (
   id               uuid PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT gen_random_uuid(),
   post_id          uuid NOT NULL REFERENCES circle_posts(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
@@ -45,14 +45,14 @@ CREATE TABLE circle_post_comments (
   body             text NOT NULL,
   created_at       timestamptz NOT NULL DEFAULT now()
 );
-
+--> statement-breakpoint
 CREATE TABLE circle_post_reactions (
   post_id     uuid NOT NULL REFERENCES circle_posts(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
   family_id   uuid NOT NULL REFERENCES families(id),
   emoji       text NOT NULL,
   PRIMARY KEY (post_id, family_id, emoji)
 );
-
+--> statement-breakpoint
 CREATE TABLE post_reports (
   id          uuid PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT gen_random_uuid(),
   post_id     uuid NOT NULL REFERENCES circle_posts(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
@@ -60,28 +60,35 @@ CREATE TABLE post_reports (
   reason      text,
   created_at  timestamptz NOT NULL DEFAULT now()
 );
-
--- Indexes for common query patterns
+--> statement-breakpoint
 CREATE INDEX circle_members_family_idx  ON circle_members(family_id);
+--> statement-breakpoint
 CREATE INDEX circle_members_circle_idx  ON circle_members(circle_id);
+--> statement-breakpoint
 CREATE INDEX circle_posts_circle_idx    ON circle_posts(circle_id);
+--> statement-breakpoint
 CREATE INDEX circle_posts_author_idx    ON circle_posts(author_family_id);
+--> statement-breakpoint
 CREATE INDEX circle_comments_post_idx   ON circle_post_comments(post_id);
+--> statement-breakpoint
 CREATE INDEX circle_reactions_post_idx  ON circle_post_reactions(post_id);
+--> statement-breakpoint
 CREATE INDEX circle_invites_token_idx   ON circle_invites(token);
-
--- Enable RLS (deny-by-default at DB layer).
--- The app connects as tia_app which handles row visibility via
--- explicit WHERE clauses in every query (requireFamily() pattern).
+--> statement-breakpoint
 ALTER TABLE circles              ENABLE ROW LEVEL SECURITY;
+--> statement-breakpoint
 ALTER TABLE circle_members       ENABLE ROW LEVEL SECURITY;
+--> statement-breakpoint
 ALTER TABLE circle_invites       ENABLE ROW LEVEL SECURITY;
+--> statement-breakpoint
 ALTER TABLE circle_posts         ENABLE ROW LEVEL SECURITY;
+--> statement-breakpoint
 ALTER TABLE circle_post_comments ENABLE ROW LEVEL SECURITY;
+--> statement-breakpoint
 ALTER TABLE circle_post_reactions ENABLE ROW LEVEL SECURITY;
+--> statement-breakpoint
 ALTER TABLE post_reports         ENABLE ROW LEVEL SECURITY;
-
--- Grant app role full access (app enforces row visibility itself)
+--> statement-breakpoint
 GRANT ALL ON circles, circle_members, circle_invites, circle_posts,
             circle_post_comments, circle_post_reactions, post_reports
   TO tia_app;
diff --git a/src/db/migrate.ts b/src/db/migrate.ts
index 258519d..2e167d3 100644
--- a/src/db/migrate.ts
+++ b/src/db/migrate.ts
@@ -16,9 +16,11 @@ import { migrate } from "drizzle-orm/postgres-js/migrator";
 import postgres from "postgres";
 
 async function main() {
-  const url = process.env.DATABASE_URL;
+  // Prefer DATABASE_URL_SUPERUSER for DDL (CREATE TABLE, RLS, etc).
+  // Falls back to DATABASE_URL so local dev with a single URL still works.
+  const url = process.env.DATABASE_URL_SUPERUSER ?? process.env.DATABASE_URL;
   if (!url) {
-    console.error("[migrate] DATABASE_URL is not set — aborting.");
+    console.error("[migrate] Neither DATABASE_URL_SUPERUSER nor DATABASE_URL is set — aborting.");
     process.exit(1);
   }