diff --git a/apps/worker/scripts/publish-translations.ts b/apps/worker/scripts/publish-translations.ts
index 62bfa34..d445272 100644
--- a/apps/worker/scripts/publish-translations.ts
+++ b/apps/worker/scripts/publish-translations.ts
@@ -10,9 +10,22 @@
  *
  * Kräver DATABASE_URL i miljön.
  */
+import { config as loadDotenv } from "dotenv";
+import { existsSync } from "node:fs";
+import path from "node:path";
 import { and, eq, sql } from "drizzle-orm";
 import { createDatabase, schema } from "@app/database";
 
+// Ladda .env (samma sökning som worker/seed) så DATABASE_URL finns även när
+// skriptet körs fristående via `pnpm exec tsx`.
+for (const candidate of [".env", "../.env", "../../.env"]) {
+  const p = path.resolve(process.cwd(), candidate);
+  if (existsSync(p)) {
+    loadDotenv({ path: p });
+    break;
+  }
+}
+
 async function main() {
   if (!process.env.DATABASE_URL) throw new Error("Sätt DATABASE_URL.");
   const arg = (process.argv[2] ?? "all").toLowerCase();
diff --git a/apps/worker/scripts/translate-recipes.ts b/apps/worker/scripts/translate-recipes.ts
index eb1a291..e703b62 100644
--- a/apps/worker/scripts/translate-recipes.ts
+++ b/apps/worker/scripts/translate-recipes.ts
@@ -14,12 +14,25 @@
  *
  * Kräver DATABASE_URL och REDIS_URL i miljön (samma som API/worker använder).
  */
+import { config as loadDotenv } from "dotenv";
+import { existsSync } from "node:fs";
+import path from "node:path";
 import IORedis from "ioredis";
 import { Queue } from "bullmq";
 import { eq } from "drizzle-orm";
 import { createDatabase, schema } from "@app/database";
 import { JOB_QUEUE_NAME } from "@app/shared-types";
 
+// Ladda .env (samma sökning som worker/seed) så DATABASE_URL/REDIS_URL finns
+// även när skriptet körs fristående via `pnpm exec tsx`.
+for (const candidate of [".env", "../.env", "../../.env"]) {
+  const p = path.resolve(process.cwd(), candidate);
+  if (existsSync(p)) {
+    loadDotenv({ path: p });
+    break;
+  }
+}
+
 const LANGS = ["en", "da", "de", "es", "fi", "fr", "it", "nb", "nl", "pl", "pt"];
 
 async function main() {