diff --git a/payments/src/lib.rs b/payments/src/lib.rs
index 3b34fba71..bb37bcb32 100644
--- a/payments/src/lib.rs
+++ b/payments/src/lib.rs
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #![allow(unused)]
 use crate::db::{
 	deliveries::{Data, WhereParam},
-	new_client,
+	new_client_with_url,
 	read_filters::{IntFilter, StringFilter},
-	PrismaClient,
+	PrismaClient, PrismaClientBuilder,
 };
 use anyhow::anyhow;
 use codec::Encode;
@@ -38,8 +38,9 @@ pub struct TransactionPayment {
 
 impl TransactionPayment {
 	/// Create the local database if it does not exist
-	pub async fn initialize() -> anyhow::Result<Self> {
-		let client = new_client().await?;
+	pub async fn initialize(url: &str) -> anyhow::Result<Self> {
+		let url = format!("file:{}", url);
+		let client = new_client_with_url(&url).await?;
 		#[cfg(debug_assertions)]
 		client._db_push().await?;
 		#[cfg(not(debug_assertions))]
diff --git a/payments/src/tests.rs b/payments/src/tests.rs
index d80feab07..42f7fe3e7 100644
--- a/payments/src/tests.rs
+++ b/payments/src/tests.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use tesseract_primitives::{mocks::MockHost, Hasher, Query, TxReceipt};
 
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn transaction_payments_flow() {
-	let tx_payment = TransactionPayment::initialize().await.unwrap();
+	let tx_payment = TransactionPayment::initialize("./dev.db").await.unwrap();
 	let receipts = (0..500).into_iter().map(|i| {
 		let post = Post {
 			source: StateMachine::Bsc,
diff --git a/relayer/src/cli.rs b/relayer/src/cli.rs
index bb95285dd..13997c7ed 100644
--- a/relayer/src/cli.rs
+++ b/relayer/src/cli.rs
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ pub struct Cli {
 	#[arg(short, long)]
 	pub config: String,
 
+	/// Path to the relayer database file
+	/// e.g /home/root/dev.db
+	#[arg(short, long)]
+	pub db: String,
+
 	/// Should we initialize the relevant consensus states on Eth chains?
 	#[arg(short, long)]
 	setup_eth: bool,
@@ -122,7 +127,7 @@ impl Cli {
 				log::warn!("Setting the minimum_profit_percentage=0 is not reccomended in live environments!");
 			}
 			let tx_payment = Arc::new(
-				TransactionPayment::initialize()
+				TransactionPayment::initialize(&self.db)
 					.await
 					.map_err(|err| anyhow!("Error initializing database: {err:?}"))?,
 			);
diff --git a/relayer/src/main.rs b/relayer/src/main.rs
index 47e174c4e..86ba38dd7 100644
--- a/relayer/src/main.rs
+++ b/relayer/src/main.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
 	let cli = Cli::parse();
 	if let Some(command) = cli.subcommand {
 		match command {
-			Subcommand::AccumulateFees(cmd) => cmd.accumulate_fees(cli.config.clone()).await?,
+			Subcommand::AccumulateFees(cmd) =>
+				cmd.accumulate_fees(cli.config.clone(), cli.db.clone()).await?,
 		}
 		return Ok(())
 	}
diff --git a/relayer/src/tx_payment.rs b/relayer/src/tx_payment.rs
index fdb88084e..44cf07116 100644
--- a/relayer/src/tx_payment.rs
+++ b/relayer/src/tx_payment.rs
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ pub struct AccumulateFees {
 
 impl AccumulateFees {
 	/// Accumulate fees accrued through deliveries from source to dest and dest to source
-	pub async fn accumulate_fees(&self, config_path: String) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+	pub async fn accumulate_fees(&self, config_path: String, db: String) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 		logging::setup()?;
 		let config = HyperbridgeConfig::parse_conf(&config_path).await?;
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ impl AccumulateFees {
 
 		let clients = create_client_map(config).await?;
 
-		let tx_payment = TransactionPayment::initialize().await?;
+		let tx_payment = TransactionPayment::initialize(&db).await?;
 		log::info!("Initialized database");
 		let source_chain =
 			StateMachine::from_str(&self.source).expect("Invalid Source State Machine provided");