diff --git a/tf/main.tf b/tf/main.tf
index cad41c0..4b99bf0 100644
--- a/tf/main.tf
+++ b/tf/main.tf
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 terraform {
   required_providers {
+    # official vercel/vercel provider seems less stable
     vercel = {
-      source  = "vercel/vercel"
-      version = "~> 0.1"
+      source  = "registry.terraform.io/chronark/vercel"
+      version = ">=0.10.3"
+    }
+    digitalocean = {
+      source  = "digitalocean/digitalocean"
+      version = "~> 2.0"
     }
     local = {
       source  = "hashicorp/local"
@@ -12,37 +17,58 @@ terraform {
 }
 
 provider "vercel" {
-  api_token = var.vercel_api_token
+  token = var.vercel_api_token
+}
+
+provider "digitalocean" {
+  token = var.digital_ocean_token
+}
+
+resource "digitalocean_database_cluster" "metaforecast_db" {
+  name       = "postgres-green"
+  engine     = "pg"
+  size       = "db-s-1vcpu-1gb"
+  region     = "nyc1"
+  node_count = 1
+  version    = 14
 }
 
 resource "vercel_project" "metaforecast" {
-  name      = "metaforecast"
-  team_id   = "quantified-uncertainty"
-  framework = "nextjs"
+  name    = "metaforecast"
+  team_id = var.vercel_team
 
-  environment = [
-    for k, v in var.metaforecast_env : {
-      key    = k
-      value  = v
-      target = ["production"]
-    }
-  ]
-
-  git_repository = {
+  git_repository {
     type = "github"
     repo = "QURIresearch/metaforecast"
   }
+
+  domain {
+    name = "metaforecast.org"
+  }
 }
 
-resource "vercel_project_domain" "metaforecast" {
+resource "vercel_env" "metaforecast" {
   project_id = vercel_project.metaforecast.id
-  domain     = "metaforecast.org"
-  team_id    = "quantified-uncertainty"
+  team_id    = var.vercel_team
+  type       = "plain"
+  for_each   = var.metaforecast_env
+  key        = each.key
+  value      = each.value
+  target     = ["preview", "production"]
 }
 
-// should probably be replaced with local bash script
-resource "local_file" "foo" {
-  content         = join("", concat(["# generated by terraform\n"], [for k, v in var.metaforecast_env : "${k} = \"${v}\"\n"]))
-  filename        = "${path.module}/../.env.prod"
-  file_permission = "0644"
+resource "vercel_env" "metaforecast_db" {
+  project_id = vercel_project.metaforecast.id
+  team_id    = var.vercel_team
+  type       = "plain"
+  key        = "DIGITALOCEAN_POSTGRES"
+  value      = digitalocean_database_cluster.metaforecast_db.uri
+  target     = ["preview", "production"]
 }
+
+# should probably be replaced with local bash script
+# resource "local_file" "foo" {
+#   content         = join("", concat(["# generated by terraform\n"], [for k, v in var.metaforecast_env : "${k} = \"${v}\"\n"]))
+#   filename        = "${path.module}/../.env.prod"
+#   file_permission = "0644"
+# }
diff --git a/tf/variables.tf b/tf/variables.tf
index bf3b7fd..d42020d 100644
--- a/tf/variables.tf
+++ b/tf/variables.tf
@@ -1,7 +1,16 @@
-variable "metaforecast_env" {
-  type = map(string)
-}
-
 variable "vercel_api_token" {
   type = string
 }
+
+variable "digital_ocean_token" {
+  type = string
+}
+
+variable "vercel_team" {
+  type    = string
+  default = "quantified-uncertainty"
+}
+
+variable "metaforecast_env" {
+  type = map(string)
+}