diff --git a/mikro-orm.config.ts b/mikro-orm.config.ts
index 43b4a0fa..57eb8715 100644
--- a/mikro-orm.config.ts
+++ b/mikro-orm.config.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 // @ts-nocheck
+import 'reflect-metadata'
+
+import process from 'node:process'
 
 import { Options } from '@mikro-orm/core'
 
 import * as entities from '@/entities'
-import { env } from '@/env'
 import { PluginsManager } from '@/services'
 import { resolveDependency } from '@/utils/functions'
 
@@ -14,7 +16,7 @@ export default async () => {
 	await pluginsManager.loadPlugins()
 
 	return {
-		...mikroORMConfig[env.NODE_ENV || 'development'] as Options<DatabaseDriver>,
+		...mikroORMConfig[process.env.NODE_ENV || 'development'] as Options<DatabaseDriver>,
 		entities: [...Object.values(entities), ...pluginsManager.getEntities()],
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/utils/types/environment.ts b/src/utils/types/environment.ts
index 11eb0f84..3297cff5 100644
--- a/src/utils/types/environment.ts
+++ b/src/utils/types/environment.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { cleanEnv, num, str } from 'envalid'
 import { apiConfig, generalConfig, mikroORMConfig } from '@/configs'
 
 export const env = cleanEnv(process.env, {
-	NODE_ENV: str({ choices: ['development', 'production'] }),
+	NODE_ENV: str({ choices: ['development', 'production'], default: 'development' }),
 
 	BOT_TOKEN: str(),
 	TEST_GUILD_ID: str(),