diff --git a/bun.lock b/bun.lock
index 58166dd..3f85694 100644
--- a/bun.lock
+++ b/bun.lock
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
       "devDependencies": {
         "@libsql/client": "^0.18.0",
         "@types/node": "^26.6.5",
+        "@types/pg": "^8.23.1",
         "@types/react": "^19.3.0",
         "@types/react-dom": "^19.3.0",
         "typescript": "^7.0.2",
@@ -153,6 +154,8 @@
 
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+    "@types/pg": ["@types/pg@8.23.1", "", { "dependencies": { "@types/node": "*", "pg-protocol": "*", "pg-types": "^2.2.0" } }, "sha512-fKVHpikPdg4GKks3JuLEhvwSyvwzF23hnabPy6DD8ljVbC7+6J5dQzdv4arV6jqq57djnMgs1HKBxX4P8aBI3A=="],
+
     "@types/react": ["@types/react@19.3.0", "", { "dependencies": { "csstype": "^3.2.2" } }, "sha512-N0rFCuH9YoxG9/m61l9MfpJKfmLOVU0em7ipIz6TRgSSkvReLB9vL85GB+yr8Bs5leqpvg96JSwF4ZS1s4viQg=="],
 
     "@types/react-dom": ["@types/react-dom@19.3.0", "", { "peerDependencies": { "@types/react": "^19.3.0" } }, "sha512-ZI7bU42mZXXKHn/qNLEw2IrbiINU7X5+vfgdixBHkCNpYWXjKgfQ/P+uyGb5CjOLB9UcnTeg3rylQtV2hym44Q=="],
diff --git a/lib/credits.ts b/lib/credits.ts
index ce3b9d1..4204d78 100644
--- a/lib/credits.ts
+++ b/lib/credits.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ import crypto from "node:crypto";
 import { createRequire } from "node:module";
 import { Credits, postgresStore as creditsPg, sqliteStore as creditsSqlite } from "@profullstack/redeem-credits";
 import { Affiliates, postgresStore as affPg, sqliteStore as affSqlite } from "@profullstack/affiliates";
+import { connectionSettings } from "@profullstack/libsql-pg";
+import pg from "pg";
 import { databaseUrl, db, ensureSchema, getAccountById, type Account } from "./db";
 import { grantPaidDays, toMs } from "./plan";
 import { sqlTime } from "./sql-time";
@@ -56,11 +58,11 @@ function rawConnection(): { kind: "pg"; pool: any } | { kind: "sqlite"; db: any
   const url = databaseUrl();
   if (POSTGRES_URL.test(url)) {
     if (!_pool) {
-      const { Pool } = require_("pg");
       // The same sslmode handling as the app's own client (libsql-pg), so both
-      // connections reach the database the same way.
-      const { connectionSettings } = require_("@profullstack/libsql-pg");
-      _pool = new Pool({ ...connectionSettings(url), max: 4 });
+      // connections reach the database the same way. A static import: libsql-pg
+      // is ESM and a server external, and require() of it from the Next bundle
+      // returned no connectionSettings (prod 500 "i is not a function").
+      _pool = new pg.Pool({ ...connectionSettings(url), max: 4 });
       _pool.on("error", () => {});
     }
     return { kind: "pg", pool: _pool };
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e508c9f..752b02a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@libsql/client": "^0.18.0",
     "@types/node": "^26.6.5",
+    "@types/pg": "^8.23.1",
     "@types/react": "^19.3.0",
     "@types/react-dom": "^19.3.0",
     "typescript": "^7.0.2"