diff --git a/packages/get-db/src/lib/utils/validate.test.ts b/packages/get-db/src/lib/utils/validate.test.ts
index ad00b7f4..0fef4cb5 100644
--- a/packages/get-db/src/lib/utils/validate.test.ts
+++ b/packages/get-db/src/lib/utils/validate.test.ts
@@ -13,12 +13,22 @@ describe("validateEnvPath", () => {
 		expect(validateEnvPath("env-local")).toBeUndefined();
 	});
 
+	it("returns undefined for valid relative paths", () => {
+		expect(validateEnvPath("./.env")).toBeUndefined();
+		expect(validateEnvPath("./.env.local")).toBeUndefined();
+		expect(validateEnvPath("./config/.env")).toBeUndefined();
+		expect(validateEnvPath("config/.env")).toBeUndefined();
+		expect(validateEnvPath("src/config/.env.local")).toBeUndefined();
+	});
+
 	it("returns undefined for empty string", () => {
 		expect(validateEnvPath("")).toBeUndefined();
 	});
 
 	it("returns error for invalid paths", () => {
-		expect(validateEnvPath(".env/local")).toBeInstanceOf(Error);
+		expect(validateEnvPath("../.env")).toBeInstanceOf(Error);
+		expect(validateEnvPath("/etc/.env")).toBeInstanceOf(Error);
+		expect(validateEnvPath(".env/")).toBeInstanceOf(Error);
 		expect(validateEnvPath("..env")).toBeInstanceOf(Error);
 		expect(validateEnvPath(".env..local")).toBeInstanceOf(Error);
 	});
diff --git a/packages/get-db/src/lib/utils/validate.ts b/packages/get-db/src/lib/utils/validate.ts
index 2c30624d..a1d613a2 100644
--- a/packages/get-db/src/lib/utils/validate.ts
+++ b/packages/get-db/src/lib/utils/validate.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
 /**
- * Validates the path to the .env file - it can be dotfile or not.
+ * Validates the path to the .env file - accepts filenames and relative paths.
  * @param value - The path to the .env file
  * @returns An error if the path is invalid, otherwise undefined
  */
 function validateEnvPath(value: string) {
 	if (!value) return undefined;
 
-	if (!/^\.?[\w-]+(?:\.[\w-]+)*$/.test(value)) {
+	if (
+		!/^(?:\.\/)?(?:[\w-]+(?:\.[\w-]+)*\/)*\.?[\w-]+(?:\.[\w-]+)*$/.test(
+			value,
+		)
+	) {
 		return new Error(
-			"Please enter a valid file name (e.g.: .env or .env.local)",
+			"Please enter a valid file path (e.g.: .env, .env.local, or ./config/.env)",
 		);
 	}