diff --git a/render.yaml b/render.yaml
index 3e02fcd4d..bd364a72b 100644
--- a/render.yaml
+++ b/render.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ services:
     branch: main
     healthCheckPath: /health
     autoDeploy: false
+    envVars:
+      - key: LANGFLOW_DATABASE_URL
+      - value: sqlite:////home/user/.cache/langflow/langflow.db
     disk:
       name: langflow-data
       mountPath: /home/user/.cache/langflow