diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 615856fc266..4510680a0d8 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -103,9 +103,10 @@ jobs:
           command: |
             docker run -d \
               -p 4000:4000 \
-              -e DATABASE_URL=$PROXY_DOCKER_DB_URL \
               --name my-app \
-              my-app:latest 
+              -v $(pwd)/proxy_server_config.yaml:/app/config.yaml \
+              my-app:latest \
+              --config /app/config.yaml
       - run:
           name: Install curl and dockerize
           command: |
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/proxy_cli.py b/litellm/proxy/proxy_cli.py
index b154b21e1ba..0150cfe445a 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/proxy_cli.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/proxy_cli.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import random
 from datetime import datetime
 import importlib
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
-import operator
+
 
 sys.path.append(os.getcwd())
 
@@ -32,29 +32,6 @@ def run_ollama_serve():
         )  # noqa
 
 
-def clone_subfolder(repo_url, subfolder, destination):
-    # Clone the full repo
-    repo_name = repo_url.split("/")[-1]
-    repo_master = os.path.join(destination, "repo_master")
-    subprocess.run(["git", "clone", repo_url, repo_master])
-
-    # Move into the subfolder
-    subfolder_path = os.path.join(repo_master, subfolder)
-
-    # Copy subfolder to destination
-    for file_name in os.listdir(subfolder_path):
-        source = os.path.join(subfolder_path, file_name)
-        if os.path.isfile(source):
-            shutil.copy(source, destination)
-        else:
-            dest_path = os.path.join(destination, file_name)
-            shutil.copytree(source, dest_path)
-
-    # Remove cloned repo folder
-    subprocess.run(["rm", "-rf", os.path.join(destination, "repo_master")])
-    feature_telemetry(feature="create-proxy")
-
-
 def is_port_in_use(port):
     import socket
 
@@ -371,6 +348,20 @@ def run_server(
             raise ImportError(
                 "Uvicorn needs to be imported. Run - `pip install uvicorn`"
             )
+        if os.getenv("DATABASE_URL", None) is not None:
+            # run prisma db push, before starting server
+            # Save the current working directory
+            original_dir = os.getcwd()
+            # set the working directory to where this script is
+            abspath = os.path.abspath(__file__)
+            dname = os.path.dirname(abspath)
+            os.chdir(dname)
+            try:
+                subprocess.run(
+                    ["prisma", "db", "push", "--accept-data-loss"]
+                )  # this looks like a weird edge case when prisma just wont start on render. we need to have the --accept-data-loss
+            finally:
+                os.chdir(original_dir)
         if port == 8000 and is_port_in_use(port):
             port = random.randint(1024, 49152)
         uvicorn.run(
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/utils.py b/litellm/proxy/utils.py
index 798c02b6479..5b21a2d2bea 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/utils.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/utils.py
@@ -253,10 +253,11 @@ class PrismaClient:
         print_verbose(
             "LiteLLM: DATABASE_URL Set in config, trying to 'pip install prisma'"
         )
-         ## init logging object
+        ## init logging object
         self.proxy_logging_obj = proxy_logging_obj
-
-        if os.getenv("DATABASE_URL", None) is None: # setup hasn't taken place
+        try:
+            from prisma import Prisma  # type: ignore
+        except:
             os.environ["DATABASE_URL"] = database_url
             # Save the current working directory
             original_dir = os.getcwd()
@@ -272,8 +273,8 @@ class PrismaClient:
                 )  # this looks like a weird edge case when prisma just wont start on render. we need to have the --accept-data-loss
             finally:
                 os.chdir(original_dir)
-        # Now you can import the Prisma Client
-        from prisma import Prisma  # type: ignore
+            # Now you can import the Prisma Client
+            from prisma import Prisma  # type: ignore
 
         self.db = Prisma(
             http={