diff --git a/scripts/deploy-prod.sh b/scripts/deploy-prod.sh
index cb85c6c..883578a 100755
--- a/scripts/deploy-prod.sh
+++ b/scripts/deploy-prod.sh
@@ -220,7 +220,10 @@ for i in $(seq 1 "$HEALTH_CHECK_MAX_ITERATIONS"); do
       git checkout monitoring/metrics-token || echo "default-token-value" > monitoring/metrics-token
     fi
 
-    load_env_docker
+load_env_docker
+echo "DEBUG load_env: POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${POSTGRES_PASSWORD:-NOT_SET}"
+echo "DEBUG .env.docker: $(grep '^POSTGRES_PASSWORD=' "$ROOT/.env.docker" 2>/dev/null || echo MISSING)"
+echo "DEBUG .env file: $(grep '^POSTGRES_PASSWORD=' "$ROOT/.env" 2>/dev/null || echo MISSING)"
     if [ -n "${TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN:-}" ] && [ -n "${TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID:-}" ]; then
       echo "=== Starting Monitoring Stack (with Telegram bot) ==="
       docker compose -f monitoring/docker-compose.monitoring.yml --profile telegram up -d --remove-orphans 2>&1 || echo "WARN: Failed to bring up monitoring stack"