diff --git a/apps/passport-server/src/database/postgresConfiguration.ts b/apps/passport-server/src/database/postgresConfiguration.ts
index 8b84afb246..e07f96af77 100644
--- a/apps/passport-server/src/database/postgresConfiguration.ts
+++ b/apps/passport-server/src/database/postgresConfiguration.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { isNaN, parseInt } from "lodash";
 import { ClientConfig } from "pg";
 import { PoolOptionsExplicit, SslSettings } from "postgres-pool";
 
@@ -24,6 +25,12 @@ export function getDatabaseConfiguration(
   if (process.env.DATABASE_DB_NAME === undefined) {
     throw new Error("Missing environment variable: DATABASE_DB_NAME");
   }
+  if (
+    process.env.DATABASE_PORT !== undefined &&
+    isNaN(process.env.DATABASE_PORT)
+  ) {
+    throw new Error("Invalid environment variable: DATABASE_PORT");
+  }
   if (!["true", "false"].includes(process.env.DATABASE_SSL || "")) {
     throw new Error("Missing or incorrect env variable: DATABASE_SSL");
   }
@@ -49,7 +56,7 @@ export function getDatabaseConfiguration(
     password: process.env.DATABASE_PASSWORD,
     host: process.env.DATABASE_HOST,
     database: process.env.DATABASE_DB_NAME,
-    port: 5432,
+    port: parseInt(process.env.DATABASE_PORT ?? "5432"),
     ssl:
       process.env.DATABASE_SSL === "true"
         ? { rejectUnauthorized: false }
diff --git a/apps/passport-server/src/types.ts b/apps/passport-server/src/types.ts
index 5c6f27584e..106baa538e 100644
--- a/apps/passport-server/src/types.ts
+++ b/apps/passport-server/src/types.ts
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ export interface APIs {
 export interface EnvironmentVariables {
   MAILGUN_API_KEY?: string;
   DATABASE_USERNAME?: string;
+  DATABASE_PORT?: string;
   DATABASE_PASSWORD?: string;
   DATABASE_HOST?: string;
   DATABASE_DB_NAME?: string;
diff --git a/scripts/db-up-zupass.sh b/scripts/db-up-zupass.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..90b16fbfae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/db-up-zupass.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+PORT=${1:-5432}
+if ! [[ $PORT =~ ^[0-9]+$ && $PORT -gt 0 ]]; then
+  echo "Error: $PORT is not a port number." >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+
+# Get a list of all listening port numbers
+ports=$(sudo lsof -i -P -n | grep LISTEN | awk '{print $(NF - 1)}' | awk -F':' '{print $NF}')
+
+# Convert the list into an array
+port_array=($ports)
+
+# Print the list of ports
+for port in "${port_array[@]}"; do
+  if [[ $PORT -eq $port ]]; then 
+    echo "Error: $PORT is taken." >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+done
+
+ENV_FILE="./apps/passport-server/.env"
+
+# Check if .env file exists
+if [[ ! -f $ENV_FILE ]]; then
+  echo "Error: $ENV_FILE does not exist." >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Update DATABASE_PORT in the .env file or add it if it doesn't exist
+if grep -q "^DATABASE_PORT=" "$ENV_FILE"; then
+  # Update the existing DATABASE_PORT line
+  sed -i '' "s/^DATABASE_PORT=.*/DATABASE_PORT=$PORT/" "$ENV_FILE"
+  echo "Updated DATABASE_PORT to $PORT in $ENV_FILE."
+else
+  # Add DATABASE_PORT to the .env file
+  echo "DATABASE_PORT=$PORT" >> "$ENV_FILE"
+  echo "Added DATABASE_PORT=$PORT to $ENV_FILE."
+fi
+
+pg_ctl -D apps/passport-server/local-db-data -l apps/passport-server/local-db-log -o "-p $PORT" start
diff --git a/turbo.json b/turbo.json
index 5fafbc8b38..e1f8e039be 100644
--- a/turbo.json
+++ b/turbo.json
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@
     "EMBEDDED_ZAPPS",
     "DEVCON_TICKET_QUERY_ORIGINS",
     "GENERATED_CHUNKS",
+    "DATABASE_PORT",
     "TELEGRAM_CHAT_TO_PRODUCT_IDS",
     "IGNORE_NON_PRIORITY_FEEDS",
     "PRIORITY_FEED_PROVIDER_URLS",