diff --git a/src/config/orm.ts b/src/config/orm.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5116bad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/config/orm.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { createConfigLoader } from 'neat-config';
+import { z } from 'zod';
+
+export const ormConfigSchema = z.object({
+  postgres: z.object({
+    // connection URL for postgres database
+    connection: z.string(),
+  }),
+});
+
+export const ormConf = createConfigLoader()
+  .addFromEnvironment('MWB_')
+  .addFromCLI('mwb-')
+  .addFromFile('.env', {
+    prefix: 'MWB_',
+  })
+  .addFromFile('config.json')
+  .addZodSchema(ormConfigSchema)
+  .freeze()
+  .load();
diff --git a/src/mikro-orm.config.ts b/src/mikro-orm.config.ts
index 7ee210d..e27bb97 100644
--- a/src/mikro-orm.config.ts
+++ b/src/mikro-orm.config.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+import { ormConf } from '@/config/orm';
 import { makeOrmConfig } from '@/modules/mikro/orm';
-import { conf } from '@/config';
 
-export default makeOrmConfig(conf.postgres.connection);
+export default makeOrmConfig(ormConf.postgres.connection);