diff --git a/attached_assets/Pasted--status-500-message-connect-ECONNREFUSED-172-20-0-10-443-error-ErrorEvent--1754925087618_1754925087618.txt b/attached_assets/Pasted--status-500-message-connect-ECONNREFUSED-172-20-0-10-443-error-ErrorEvent--1754925087618_1754925087618.txt
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+++ b/attached_assets/Pasted--status-500-message-connect-ECONNREFUSED-172-20-0-10-443-error-ErrorEvent--1754925087618_1754925087618.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,199 @@
+  status: 500,
+
+  message: 'connect ECONNREFUSED 172.20.0.10:443',
+
+  error: ErrorEvent {
+
+    [Symbol(kTarget)]: WebSocket {
+
+      _events: [Object: null prototype],
+
+      _eventsCount: 4,
+
+      _maxListeners: undefined,
+
+      _binaryType: 'arraybuffer',
+
+      _closeCode: 1006,
+
+      _closeFrameReceived: false,
+
+      _closeFrameSent: false,
+
+      _closeMessage: <Buffer >,
+
+      _closeTimer: null,
+
+      _errorEmitted: true,
+
+      _extensions: {},
+
+      _paused: false,
+
+      _protocol: '',
+
+      _readyState: 3,
+
+      _receiver: null,
+
+      _sender: null,
+
+      _socket: null,
+
+      _bufferedAmount: 0,
+
+      _isServer: false,
+
+      _redirects: 0,
+
+      _autoPong: true,
+
+      _url: 'wss://logiflow-db/v2',
+
+      _req: null,
+
+      [Symbol(shapeMode)]: false,
+
+      [Symbol(kCapture)]: false
+
+    },
+
+    [Symbol(kType)]: 'error',
+
+    [Symbol(kError)]: Error: connect ECONNREFUSED 172.20.0.10:443
+
+        at TCPConnectWrap.afterConnect [as oncomplete] (node:net:1611:16) {
+
+      errno: -111,
+
+      code: 'ECONNREFUSED',
+
+      syscall: 'connect',
+
+      address: '172.20.0.10',
+
+      port: 443
+
+    },
+
+    [Symbol(kMessage)]: 'connect ECONNREFUSED 172.20.0.10:443'
+
+  }
+
+}
+
+POST /api/login 500 in 9ms
+
+Error: connect ECONNREFUSED 172.20.0.10:443
+
+    at file:///app/node_modules/@neondatabase/serverless/index.mjs:1345:74
+
+    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
+
+    at async NeonPreparedQuery.execute (file:///app/node_modules/drizzle-orm/neon-serverless/session.js:76:20)
+
+    at async DatabaseStorage.getUserByUsername (file:///app/dist/index.js:893:20)
+
+    at async Strategy._verify (file:///app/dist/index.js:2461:24)
+
+Server error: {
+
+  status: 500,
+
+  message: 'connect ECONNREFUSED 172.20.0.10:443',
+
+  error: ErrorEvent {
+
+    [Symbol(kTarget)]: WebSocket {
+
+      _events: [Object: null prototype],
+
+      _eventsCount: 4,
+
+      _maxListeners: undefined,
+
+      _binaryType: 'arraybuffer',
+
+      _closeCode: 1006,
+
+      _closeFrameReceived: false,
+
+      _closeFrameSent: false,
+
+      _closeMessage: <Buffer >,
+
+      _closeTimer: null,
+
+      _errorEmitted: true,
+
+      _extensions: {},
+
+      _paused: false,
+
+      _protocol: '',
+
+      _readyState: 3,
+
+      _receiver: null,
+
+      _sender: null,
+
+      _socket: null,
+
+      _bufferedAmount: 0,
+
+      _isServer: false,
+
+      _redirects: 0,
+
+      _autoPong: true,
+
+      _url: 'wss://logiflow-db/v2',
+
+      _req: null,
+
+      [Symbol(shapeMode)]: false,
+
+      [Symbol(kCapture)]: false
+
+    },
+
+    [Symbol(kType)]: 'error',
+
+    [Symbol(kError)]: Error: connect ECONNREFUSED 172.20.0.10:443
+
+        at TCPConnectWrap.afterConnect [as oncomplete] (node:net:1611:16) {
+
+      errno: -111,
+
+      code: 'ECONNREFUSED',
+
+      syscall: 'connect',
+
+      address: '172.20.0.10',
+
+      port: 443
+
+    },
+
+    [Symbol(kMessage)]: 'connect ECONNREFUSED 172.20.0.10:443'
+
+  }
+
+}
+
+POST /api/login 500 in 23ms
+
+Error: connect ECONNREFUSED 172.20.0.10:443
+
+    at file:///app/node_modules/@neondatabase/serverless/index.mjs:1345:74
+
+    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
+
+    at async NeonPreparedQuery.execute (file:///app/node_modules/drizzle-orm/neon-serverless/session.js:76:20)
+
+    at async DatabaseStorage.getUserByUsername (file:///app/dist/index.js:893:20)
+
+    at async Strategy._verify (file:///app/dist/index.js:2461:24)
+
+HEAD /api/health 200 in 1ms
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diff --git a/server/db.production.ts b/server/db.production.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..accea2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/db.production.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import { Pool } from 'pg';
+import { drizzle } from 'drizzle-orm/node-postgres';
+import * as schema from "@shared/schema";
+
+console.log('🐳 PRODUCTION: Configuring standard PostgreSQL database');
+
+if (!process.env.DATABASE_URL) {
+  throw new Error("DATABASE_URL must be set for production");
+}
+
+// Log connection details (without password)
+const dbUrl = new URL(process.env.DATABASE_URL);
+console.log('🐳 Database connection:', {
+  host: dbUrl.hostname,
+  port: dbUrl.port,
+  database: dbUrl.pathname.slice(1),
+  user: dbUrl.username
+});
+
+export const pool = new Pool({ 
+  connectionString: process.env.DATABASE_URL,
+  ssl: false, // No SSL for local Docker
+  max: 20,
+  idleTimeoutMillis: 30000,
+  connectionTimeoutMillis: 10000,
+});
+
+export const db = drizzle({ client: pool, schema });
+
+// Test connection
+pool.on('connect', () => {
+  console.log('✅ PostgreSQL connection established');
+});
+
+pool.on('error', (err) => {
+  console.error('❌ PostgreSQL connection error:', err);
+});
+
+console.log('✅ Production PostgreSQL database configured');
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diff --git a/server/db.ts b/server/db.ts
index 7ca3d56..0071107 100644
--- a/server/db.ts
+++ b/server/db.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,62 @@
-import { Pool, neonConfig } from '@neondatabase/serverless';
-import { drizzle } from 'drizzle-orm/neon-serverless';
-import ws from "ws";
 import * as schema from "@shared/schema";
 
-neonConfig.webSocketConstructor = ws;
+// Simple environment detection
+const isProduction = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production';
+const dbUrl = process.env.DATABASE_URL;
 
-if (!process.env.DATABASE_URL) {
-  throw new Error(
-    "DATABASE_URL must be set. Did you forget to provision a database?",
-  );
+console.log('🔗 Database initialization:', { 
+  NODE_ENV: process.env.NODE_ENV, 
+  isProduction, 
+  hasDbUrl: !!dbUrl,
+  dbHost: dbUrl ? new URL(dbUrl).hostname : 'none'
+});
+
+let db: any;
+let pool: any;
+
+if (isProduction && dbUrl && (dbUrl.includes('logiflow-db') || dbUrl.includes('localhost') || dbUrl.includes('127.0.0.1'))) {
+  // Standard PostgreSQL for production Docker
+  console.log('🐳 PRODUCTION: Using standard PostgreSQL');
+  const { Pool } = await import('pg');
+  const { drizzle } = await import('drizzle-orm/node-postgres');
+  
+  pool = new Pool({ 
+    connectionString: dbUrl,
+    ssl: false,
+    max: 10,
+    idleTimeoutMillis: 30000,
+    connectionTimeoutMillis: 5000,
+  });
+  
+  db = drizzle({ client: pool, schema });
+  
+  // Test connection
+  try {
+    await pool.connect().then(client => {
+      console.log('✅ PostgreSQL connection test successful');
+      client.release();
+    });
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error('❌ PostgreSQL connection test failed:', error);
+  }
+} else {
+  // Fallback: use Neon for development (but will be overridden by MemStorage)
+  console.log('🔧 DEV: Using Neon (fallback, will use MemStorage)');
+  const { Pool, neonConfig } = await import('@neondatabase/serverless');
+  const { drizzle } = await import('drizzle-orm/neon-serverless');
+  const ws = await import('ws');
+  
+  neonConfig.webSocketConstructor = ws.default;
+  
+  if (dbUrl) {
+    pool = new Pool({ connectionString: dbUrl });
+    db = drizzle({ client: pool, schema });
+  } else {
+    // Create dummy instances for development
+    pool = null;
+    db = null;
+    console.log('🔧 DEV: No DATABASE_URL, using MemStorage');
+  }
 }
 
-export const pool = new Pool({ connectionString: process.env.DATABASE_URL });
-export const db = drizzle({ client: pool, schema });
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+export { db, pool };
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diff --git a/server/index.production.ts b/server/index.production.ts
index 9020385..8e5743a 100644
--- a/server/index.production.ts
+++ b/server/index.production.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 import express, { type Request, Response, NextFunction } from "express";
 import { createServer, type Server } from "http";
-import { storage } from "./storage.js";
-import { setupLocalAuth, requireAuth } from "./localAuth.production.js";
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
 import { dirname, join } from 'path';
 
+// Database will be configured in storage.js
+import { storage } from "./storage.js";
+import { setupLocalAuth, requireAuth } from "./localAuth.production.js";
+
 // Get directory paths
 const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
 const __dirname = dirname(__filename);
diff --git a/server/storage.ts b/server/storage.ts
index 32b4fce..f341168 100644
--- a/server/storage.ts
+++ b/server/storage.ts
@@ -1963,6 +1963,9 @@ class MemStorage implements IStorage {
 }
 
 // Use MemStorage in development, DatabaseStorage in production
-const isProduction = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production' && process.env.DATABASE_URL;
-export const storage = isProduction ? new DatabaseStorage() : new MemStorage();
-console.log(isProduction ? '🐳 PRODUCTION: Using PostgreSQL storage' : '🔧 DEV: Using in-memory storage');
+const isProduction = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production';
+const dbUrl = process.env.DATABASE_URL;
+const isProductionDocker = isProduction && dbUrl && (dbUrl.includes('logiflow-db') || dbUrl.includes('localhost'));
+
+export const storage = isProductionDocker ? new DatabaseStorage() : new MemStorage();
+console.log(isProductionDocker ? '🐳 PRODUCTION: Using PostgreSQL storage' : '🔧 DEV: Using in-memory storage');