diff --git a/database/esbuild.config.ts b/database/esbuild.config.ts
index 98cb7543f..078228f7d 100644
--- a/database/esbuild.config.ts
+++ b/database/esbuild.config.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ build({
   platform: 'node',
   packages: 'external',
   outdir: './build',
+  sourcemap: true,
   plugins: [
     {
       // hardcode last db version string into index.ts, before parsing
diff --git a/database/package.json b/database/package.json
index fd146fbc5..6aa4002c7 100644
--- a/database/package.json
+++ b/database/package.json
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
     "log4js": "^6.9.1",
     "mysql2": "^2.3.0",
     "reflect-metadata": "^0.1.13",
+    "source-map-support": "^0.5.21",
     "ts-mysql-migrate": "^1.0.2",
     "tsx": "^4.19.4",
     "typeorm": "^0.3.22",