diff --git a/backend/internal/repository/postgres/postgres_test.go b/backend/internal/repository/postgres/postgres_test.go
index 922e219..221dd3f 100644
--- a/backend/internal/repository/postgres/postgres_test.go
+++ b/backend/internal/repository/postgres/postgres_test.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ func TestDatabaseConnection(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// Simple .env loader for testing purposes
+	// Try loading from project root (3 levels up from this file)
 	if content, err := os.ReadFile("../../../.env"); err == nil {
 		for _, line := range strings.Split(string(content), "\n") {
 			parts := strings.SplitN(line, "=", 2)