diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 47a4aea..fea8011 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     "db:migrate": "prisma migrate dev",
     "db:seed": "ts-node -P tsconfig.seed.json prisma/seed.ts",
     "db:create-user": "ts-node -P tsconfig.seed.json scripts/create-user.ts",
+    "db:create-user:prod": "node scripts/create-user.js",
     "db:studio": "prisma studio"
   },
   "prisma": {
diff --git a/scripts/create-user.js b/scripts/create-user.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e2413e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/create-user.js
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+const fs = require("fs");
+const path = require("path");
+
+// Minimal .env loader (avoids depending on the `dotenv` package, which may
+// not be installed in a production deployment that skipped devDependencies).
+function loadEnvFile(file) {
+  if (!fs.existsSync(file)) return;
+  for (const line of fs.readFileSync(file, "utf8").split("\n")) {
+    const match = line.match(/^\s*([\w.-]+)\s*=\s*(.*)?\s*$/);
+    if (!match) continue;
+    const key = match[1];
+    let value = (match[2] ?? "").trim();
+    if (value.startsWith('"') && value.endsWith('"')) value = value.slice(1, -1);
+    else if (value.startsWith("'") && value.endsWith("'")) value = value.slice(1, -1);
+    if (!(key in process.env)) process.env[key] = value;
+  }
+}
+loadEnvFile(path.join(__dirname, "..", ".env"));
+
+const { PrismaClient } = require("@prisma/client");
+const { PrismaPg } = require("@prisma/adapter-pg");
+const bcrypt = require("bcryptjs");
+
+const adapter = new PrismaPg({ connectionString: process.env.DATABASE_URL });
+const prisma = new PrismaClient({ adapter });
+
+async function main() {
+  const [, , email, password, name] = process.argv;
+
+  if (!email || !password) {
+    console.error("Usage: node scripts/create-user.js <email> <password> [name]");
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
+  if (password.length < 8) {
+    console.error("Password must be at least 8 characters long.");
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
+  const hashedPassword = await bcrypt.hash(password, 12);
+  const normalizedEmail = email.toLowerCase().trim();
+
+  const user = await prisma.user.upsert({
+    where: { email: normalizedEmail },
+    create: {
+      email: normalizedEmail,
+      password: hashedPassword,
+      name: name ?? null,
+      role: "ADMIN",
+    },
+    update: {
+      password: hashedPassword,
+      ...(name ? { name } : {}),
+    },
+  });
+
+  console.log(`✅ User ready: ${user.email} (role: ${user.role})`);
+}
+
+main()
+  .catch((e) => {
+    console.error(e);
+    process.exit(1);
+  })
+  .finally(async () => {
+    await prisma.$disconnect();
+  });