diff --git a/src/lib/db.ts b/src/lib/db.ts
index 52cfa29..424ce94 100644
--- a/src/lib/db.ts
+++ b/src/lib/db.ts
@@ -4,19 +4,30 @@ import pg from 'pg';
 import { PrismaPg } from '@prisma/adapter-pg';
 import { PrismaClient } from '$lib/generated/prisma/client';
 
-const ca_cert = process.env.DO_CA_CERTIFICATE ?? '';
+let _prisma: PrismaClient | undefined;
 
-const pool = new pg.Pool({
-	connectionString: process.env.DATABASE_URL,
-	ssl: ca_cert
-		? {
-				rejectUnauthorized: true,
-				ca: fs.readFileSync(ca_cert).toString()
-			}
-		: undefined
+function getPrisma(): PrismaClient {
+	if (!_prisma) {
+		const ca_cert = process.env.DO_CA_CERTIFICATE ?? '';
+
+		const pool = new pg.Pool({
+			connectionString: process.env.DATABASE_URL,
+			ssl: ca_cert
+				? {
+						rejectUnauthorized: true,
+						ca: fs.readFileSync(ca_cert).toString()
+					}
+				: undefined
+		});
+
+		const adapter = new PrismaPg(pool);
+		_prisma = new PrismaClient({ adapter });
+	}
+	return _prisma;
+}
+
+export const prisma = new Proxy({} as PrismaClient, {
+	get(_, prop) {
+		return (getPrisma() as Record<string | symbol, unknown>)[prop];
+	}
 });
-
-const adapter = new PrismaPg(pool);
-const prisma = new PrismaClient({ adapter });
-
-export { prisma };