diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index a859533..4a46731 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ client.on("interactionCreate", async (interaction) => {
 log.info("Starting up...")
 
 
-require("./migrations")().then(() => {
+require("./migrations")(pool).then(() => {
 	// Load all route modules from the 'routes' folder
 	const routesPath = path.join(__dirname, 'routes');
 	fs.readdirSync(routesPath).forEach((file) => {
diff --git a/migrations.js b/migrations.js
index 3bb01f7..19ba8b0 100644
--- a/migrations.js
+++ b/migrations.js
@@ -2,22 +2,9 @@ const mariadb = require('mariadb');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
 const util = require("util")
-require("dotenv").config()
-const log = require("./log");
 
 
-// Create a MariaDB connection pool
-const pool = mariadb.createPool({
-	host: process.env.DB_HOST, // Replace with your database host
-	port: process.env.DB_PORT || 3306,
-	user: process.env.DB_USER, // Replace with your database username
-	password: process.env.DB_PASS, // Replace with your database password
-	database: process.env.DB_DATABASE, // Replace with your database name
-	connectionLimit: 5 // Adjust connection limit as needed
-});
-
-
-function runMigrations() {
+function runMigrations(pool) {
 	return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
 		let connection;
 
@@ -47,7 +34,7 @@ function runMigrations() {
 							[migrationName]
 						).then(([rows]) => {
 							if (Object.keys(rows || {}).length > 0) {
-								//log.info(`Skipping already applied migration: ${migrationName}`);
+								//console.log(`Skipping already applied migration: ${migrationName}`);
 								return; // Skip this migration
 							}
 
@@ -60,7 +47,7 @@ function runMigrations() {
 									'INSERT INTO migrations (name) VALUES (?)',
 									[migrationName]
 								).then(() => {
-									log.info(`Applied migration: ${migrationName}`);
+									console.log(`Applied migration: ${migrationName}`);
 								});
 							});
 						});
@@ -68,11 +55,11 @@ function runMigrations() {
 				}, Promise.resolve());
 			})
 			.then(() => {
-				log.info('All migrations applied successfully!');
+				console.log('All migrations applied successfully!');
 				resolve();
 			})
 			.catch(err => {
-				log.error('Error running migrations:', err);
+				console.errorr('Error running migrations:', err);
 				reject(err);
 			})
 			.finally(() => {