diff --git a/apps/roam/scripts/compile.ts b/apps/roam/scripts/compile.ts
index 19d36b71f..dcc682461 100644
--- a/apps/roam/scripts/compile.ts
+++ b/apps/roam/scripts/compile.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/naming-convention */
 import esbuild from "esbuild";
 import fs from "fs";
 import path from "path";
@@ -159,6 +160,9 @@ export const compile = ({
       bundle: true,
       format,
       define: {
+        "process.env.SUPABASE_USE_DB": dbEnv.SUPABASE_USE_DB
+          ? `"${dbEnv.SUPABASE_USE_DB}"`
+          : "null",
         "process.env.SUPABASE_URL": dbEnv.SUPABASE_URL
           ? `"${dbEnv.SUPABASE_URL}"`
           : "null",
diff --git a/apps/roam/src/index.ts b/apps/roam/src/index.ts
index 1bed828d4..ca4de9197 100644
--- a/apps/roam/src/index.ts
+++ b/apps/roam/src/index.ts
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ export default runExtension(async (onloadArgs) => {
     text: "(BETA) Suggestive Mode Enabled",
   }).value;
 
-  if (isSuggestiveModeEnabled) {
+  if (isSuggestiveModeEnabled && process.env.SUPABASE_USE_DB !== "none") {
     initializeSupabaseSync();
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/database/src/dbDotEnv.mjs b/packages/database/src/dbDotEnv.mjs
index 023af9f17..73f4fcdb1 100644
--- a/packages/database/src/dbDotEnv.mjs
+++ b/packages/database/src/dbDotEnv.mjs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/naming-convention */
 import { readFileSync, existsSync } from "node:fs";
 import { join, dirname, basename } from "node:path";
 import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
@@ -69,10 +70,12 @@ export const envFilePath = () => {
 };
 
 export const envContents = () => {
+  const variant = getVariant();
   const path = envFilePath();
   if (!path) {
     // Fallback to process.env when running in production environments
     const raw = {
+      SUPABASE_USE_DB: variant,
       SUPABASE_URL: process.env.SUPABASE_URL,
       SUPABASE_ANON_KEY: process.env.SUPABASE_ANON_KEY,
       NEXT_API_ROOT: process.env.NEXT_API_ROOT,
@@ -80,7 +83,10 @@ export const envContents = () => {
     return Object.fromEntries(Object.entries(raw).filter(([, v]) => !!v));
   }
   const data = readFileSync(path, "utf8");
-  return dotenv.parse(data);
+  return {
+    ...dotenv.parse(data),
+    SUPABASE_USE_DB: variant,
+  };
 };
 
 let configDone = false;