diff --git a/.changeset/few-teachers-impress.md b/.changeset/few-teachers-impress.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0fdcec9bf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/few-teachers-impress.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@astrojs/db": patch
+---
+
+Fixes an issue where `astro:db` could not be used in serverless environments.
diff --git a/packages/db/src/core/cli/commands/link/index.ts b/packages/db/src/core/cli/commands/link/index.ts
index c65f6ef657..0dae1c2189 100644
--- a/packages/db/src/core/cli/commands/link/index.ts
+++ b/packages/db/src/core/cli/commands/link/index.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ import ora from 'ora';
 import prompts from 'prompts';
 import { MISSING_SESSION_ID_ERROR } from '../../../errors.js';
 import { PROJECT_ID_FILE, getSessionIdFromFile } from '../../../tokens.js';
-import { type Result, getAstroStudioUrl, safeFetch } from '../../../utils.js';
+import { type Result, getAstroStudioUrl } from '../../../utils.js';
+import { safeFetch } from '../../../../runtime/utils.js';
 
 export async function cmd() {
 	const sessionToken = await getSessionIdFromFile();
diff --git a/packages/db/src/core/cli/commands/push/index.ts b/packages/db/src/core/cli/commands/push/index.ts
index 760ec7986e..fed1e1a70c 100644
--- a/packages/db/src/core/cli/commands/push/index.ts
+++ b/packages/db/src/core/cli/commands/push/index.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ import type { Arguments } from 'yargs-parser';
 import { MIGRATION_VERSION } from '../../../consts.js';
 import { getManagedAppTokenOrExit } from '../../../tokens.js';
 import { type DBConfig, type DBSnapshot } from '../../../types.js';
-import { type Result, getRemoteDatabaseUrl, safeFetch } from '../../../utils.js';
+import { type Result, getRemoteDatabaseUrl } from '../../../utils.js';
+import { safeFetch } from '../../../../runtime/utils.js';
 import {
 	createCurrentSnapshot,
 	createEmptySnapshot,
diff --git a/packages/db/src/core/cli/migration-queries.ts b/packages/db/src/core/cli/migration-queries.ts
index d8b27db0dc..0474f9bd1c 100644
--- a/packages/db/src/core/cli/migration-queries.ts
+++ b/packages/db/src/core/cli/migration-queries.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ import {
 	type NumberColumn,
 	type TextColumn,
 } from '../types.js';
-import { type Result, getRemoteDatabaseUrl, safeFetch } from '../utils.js';
+import { type Result, getRemoteDatabaseUrl } from '../utils.js';
+import { safeFetch } from '../../runtime/utils.js';
+
 
 const sqlite = new SQLiteAsyncDialect();
 const genTempTableName = customAlphabet('abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz', 10);
diff --git a/packages/db/src/core/tokens.ts b/packages/db/src/core/tokens.ts
index 314296b43e..88bb26ec5d 100644
--- a/packages/db/src/core/tokens.ts
+++ b/packages/db/src/core/tokens.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ import { pathToFileURL } from 'node:url';
 import { green } from 'kleur/colors';
 import ora from 'ora';
 import { MISSING_PROJECT_ID_ERROR, MISSING_SESSION_ID_ERROR } from './errors.js';
-import { getAstroStudioEnv, getAstroStudioUrl, safeFetch } from './utils.js';
+import { getAstroStudioEnv, getAstroStudioUrl } from './utils.js';
+import { safeFetch } from '../runtime/utils.js';
 
 export const SESSION_LOGIN_FILE = pathToFileURL(join(homedir(), '.astro', 'session-token'));
 export const PROJECT_ID_FILE = pathToFileURL(join(process.cwd(), '.astro', 'link'));
diff --git a/packages/db/src/core/utils.ts b/packages/db/src/core/utils.ts
index 549a8c6540..784f60aa7c 100644
--- a/packages/db/src/core/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/db/src/core/utils.ts
@@ -27,23 +27,4 @@ export function defineDbIntegration(integration: AstroDbIntegration): AstroInteg
 	return integration;
 }
 
-/**
- * Small wrapper around fetch that throws an error if the response is not OK. Allows for custom error handling as well through the onNotOK callback.
- */
-export async function safeFetch(
-	url: Parameters<typeof fetch>[0],
-	options: Parameters<typeof fetch>[1] = {},
-	onNotOK: (response: Response) => void | Promise<void> = () => {
-		throw new Error(`Request to ${url} returned a non-OK status code.`);
-	}
-): Promise<Response> {
-	const response = await fetch(url, options);
-
-	if (!response.ok) {
-		await onNotOK(response);
-	}
-
-	return response;
-}
-
 export type Result<T> = { success: true; data: T } | { success: false; data: unknown };
diff --git a/packages/db/src/runtime/db-client.ts b/packages/db/src/runtime/db-client.ts
index 6695779a17..e3d142dd2f 100644
--- a/packages/db/src/runtime/db-client.ts
+++ b/packages/db/src/runtime/db-client.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import type { LibSQLDatabase } from 'drizzle-orm/libsql';
 import { drizzle as drizzleLibsql } from 'drizzle-orm/libsql';
 import { drizzle as drizzleProxy } from 'drizzle-orm/sqlite-proxy';
 import { z } from 'zod';
-import { safeFetch } from '../core/utils.js';
+import { safeFetch } from './utils.js';
 
 const isWebContainer = !!process.versions?.webcontainer;
 
diff --git a/packages/db/src/runtime/utils.ts b/packages/db/src/runtime/utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..32bc60a45a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/db/src/runtime/utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/**
+ * Small wrapper around fetch that throws an error if the response is not OK. Allows for custom error handling as well through the onNotOK callback.
+ */
+export async function safeFetch(
+	url: Parameters<typeof fetch>[0],
+	options: Parameters<typeof fetch>[1] = {},
+	onNotOK: (response: Response) => void | Promise<void> = () => {
+		throw new Error(`Request to ${url} returned a non-OK status code.`);
+	}
+): Promise<Response> {
+	const response = await fetch(url, options);
+
+	if (!response.ok) {
+		await onNotOK(response);
+	}
+
+	return response;
+}
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