diff --git a/db/dataSource.ts b/db/dataSource.ts
index 996e40701f4..b30e387d3ed 100644
--- a/db/dataSource.ts
+++ b/db/dataSource.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export const dataSource = new DataSource({
     username: GRAPHER_DB_USER || "root",
     password: GRAPHER_DB_PASS || "",
     database: GRAPHER_DB_NAME,
-    entities: ["itsJustJavascript/db/model/**/!(*.test).js"],
-    migrations: ["itsJustJavascript/db/migration/**/!(*.test).js"],
+    entities: ["db/model/**/!(*.test).ts"],
+    migrations: ["db/migration/**/!(*.test).ts"],
     charset: "utf8mb4",
 })
diff --git a/db/tests/dataSource.dbtests.ts b/db/tests/dataSource.dbtests.ts
index 744fd2de5d8..75c7291fa81 100644
--- a/db/tests/dataSource.dbtests.ts
+++ b/db/tests/dataSource.dbtests.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export const dataSource = new DataSource({
     username: GRAPHER_TEST_DB_USER || "root",
     password: GRAPHER_TEST_DB_PASS || "",
     database: GRAPHER_TEST_DB_NAME,
-    entities: ["itsJustJavascript/db/model/**/!(*.test).js"],
-    migrations: ["itsJustJavascript/db/migration/**/!(*.test).js"],
+    entities: ["db/model/**/!(*.test).ts"],
+    migrations: ["db/migration/**/!(*.test).ts"],
     charset: "utf8mb4",
 })
diff --git a/db/tests/run-db-tests.sh b/db/tests/run-db-tests.sh
index 26b73b249a7..ff4351f6127 100755
--- a/db/tests/run-db-tests.sh
+++ b/db/tests/run-db-tests.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ docker compose -f docker-compose.dbtests.yml up -d
 
 echo '==> Running migrations'
 
-yarn tsx node_modules/typeorm/cli.js migration:run -d db/tests/dataSource.dbtests.ts
+yarn tsx --tsconfig tsconfig.tsx.json node_modules/typeorm/cli.js migration:run -d db/tests/dataSource.dbtests.ts
 
 echo '==> Running tests'
 if ! yarn run jest --config=jest.db.config.js --runInBand # runInBand runs multiple test files serially - useful to avoid weird race conditions
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f597f635dc7..9e6b29f3f4c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@
         "fixLint": "eslint . --fix",
         "fixPrettierAll": "yarn prettier --write \"**/*.{tsx,ts,jsx,js,json,md,html,css,scss,yml}\"",
         "runRegionsUpdater": "tsx --tsconfig tsconfig.tsx.json devTools/regionsUpdater/update.ts",
-        "runDbMigrations": "tsx node_modules/typeorm/cli.js migration:run -d db/dataSource.ts",
+        "runDbMigrations": "tsx --tsconfig tsconfig.tsx.json node_modules/typeorm/cli.js migration:run -d db/dataSource.ts",
         "refreshPageviews": "tsx --tsconfig tsconfig.tsx.json db/refreshPageviewsFromDatasette.ts",
-        "revertLastDbMigration": "tsx node_modules/typeorm/cli.js migration:revert -d db/dataSource.ts",
+        "revertLastDbMigration": "tsx --tsconfig tsconfig.tsx.json node_modules/typeorm/cli.js migration:revert -d db/dataSource.ts",
         "startAdminServer": "node --enable-source-maps ./itsJustJavascript/adminSiteServer/app.js",
         "startAdminDevServer": "tsx watch --tsconfig tsconfig.tsx.json adminSiteServer/app.tsx",
         "startLocalCloudflareFunctions": "wrangler pages dev localBake --compatibility-date 2023-10-09",