diff --git a/app/server/core/__tests__/config.test.ts b/app/server/core/__tests__/config.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 8dbf0720..00000000
--- a/app/server/core/__tests__/config.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-import { test, describe, expect } from "bun:test";
-import { type } from "arktype";
-
-// Re-create the schema to test in isolation (avoids side effects from importing config)
-const createEnvSchema = () =>
-	type({
-		NODE_ENV: type.enumerated("development", "production", "test").default("production"),
-		SERVER_IP: 'string = "localhost"',
-		SERVER_IDLE_TIMEOUT: 'string.integer.parse = "60"',
-		RESTIC_HOSTNAME: "string = 'zerobyte'",
-		PORT: 'string.integer.parse = "4096"',
-		"MIGRATIONS_PATH?": "string",
-	}).pipe((s) => ({
-		__prod__: s.NODE_ENV === "production",
-		environment: s.NODE_ENV,
-		serverIp: s.SERVER_IP,
-		serverIdleTimeout: s.SERVER_IDLE_TIMEOUT,
-		resticHostname: s.RESTIC_HOSTNAME,
-		port: s.PORT,
-		migrationsPath: s.MIGRATIONS_PATH,
-	}));
-
-describe("config", () => {
-	describe("PORT", () => {
-		test("should default to 4096 when not set", () => {
-			const schema = createEnvSchema();
-			const result = schema({});
-
-			expect(result).not.toBeInstanceOf(type.errors);
-			if (!(result instanceof type.errors)) {
-				expect(result.port).toBe(4096);
-			}
-		});
-
-		test("should parse PORT as integer", () => {
-			const schema = createEnvSchema();
-			const result = schema({ PORT: "8080" });
-
-			expect(result).not.toBeInstanceOf(type.errors);
-			if (!(result instanceof type.errors)) {
-				expect(result.port).toBe(8080);
-			}
-		});
-
-		test("should reject non-integer PORT", () => {
-			const schema = createEnvSchema();
-			const result = schema({ PORT: "not-a-number" });
-
-			expect(result).toBeInstanceOf(type.errors);
-		});
-	});
-
-	describe("MIGRATIONS_PATH", () => {
-		test("should be undefined when not set", () => {
-			const schema = createEnvSchema();
-			const result = schema({});
-
-			expect(result).not.toBeInstanceOf(type.errors);
-			if (!(result instanceof type.errors)) {
-				expect(result.migrationsPath).toBeUndefined();
-			}
-		});
-
-		test("should accept a valid path", () => {
-			const schema = createEnvSchema();
-			const result = schema({ MIGRATIONS_PATH: "/custom/migrations" });
-
-			expect(result).not.toBeInstanceOf(type.errors);
-			if (!(result instanceof type.errors)) {
-				expect(result.migrationsPath).toBe("/custom/migrations");
-			}
-		});
-	});
-});
diff --git a/app/server/core/config.ts b/app/server/core/config.ts
index 01bcdbdf..a2f49a38 100644
--- a/app/server/core/config.ts
+++ b/app/server/core/config.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ const envSchema = type({
 	SERVER_IDLE_TIMEOUT: 'string.integer.parse = "60"',
 	RESTIC_HOSTNAME: "string = 'zerobyte'",
 	PORT: 'string.integer.parse = "4096"',
-	"MIGRATIONS_PATH?": "string",
+	MIGRATIONS_PATH: "string?",
 }).pipe((s) => ({
 	__prod__: s.NODE_ENV === "production",
 	environment: s.NODE_ENV,