diff --git a/.changeset/nine-hats-warn.md b/.changeset/nine-hats-warn.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fa94ad84e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/nine-hats-warn.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"create-t3-app": patch
+---
+
+Load PORT in start-database script
diff --git a/cli/template/extras/start-database/mysql.sh b/cli/template/extras/start-database/mysql.sh
index 3d39cc3515..2579f259ea 100755
--- a/cli/template/extras/start-database/mysql.sh
+++ b/cli/template/extras/start-database/mysql.sh
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ set -a
 source .env
 
 DB_PASSWORD=$(echo "$DATABASE_URL" | awk -F':' '{print $3}' | awk -F'@' '{print $1}')
+DB_PORT=$(echo "$DATABASE_URL" | awk -F':' '{print $4}' | awk -F'\/' '{print $1}')
 
 if [ "$DB_PASSWORD" == "password" ]; then
   echo "You are using the default database password"
@@ -49,5 +50,5 @@ docker run -d \
   --name $DB_CONTAINER_NAME \
   -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD="$DB_PASSWORD" \
   -e MYSQL_DATABASE=project1 \
-  -p 3306:3306 \
+  -p "$DB_PORT":3306 \
   docker.io/mysql && echo "Database container '$DB_CONTAINER_NAME' was successfully created"
diff --git a/cli/template/extras/start-database/postgres.sh b/cli/template/extras/start-database/postgres.sh
index cbca237a66..164e9889ac 100755
--- a/cli/template/extras/start-database/postgres.sh
+++ b/cli/template/extras/start-database/postgres.sh
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ set -a
 source .env
 
 DB_PASSWORD=$(echo "$DATABASE_URL" | awk -F':' '{print $3}' | awk -F'@' '{print $1}')
+DB_PORT=$(echo "$DATABASE_URL" | awk -F':' '{print $4}' | awk -F'\/' '{print $1}')
 
 if [ "$DB_PASSWORD" = "password" ]; then
   echo "You are using the default database password"
@@ -50,5 +51,5 @@ docker run -d \
   -e POSTGRES_USER="postgres" \
   -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD="$DB_PASSWORD" \
   -e POSTGRES_DB=project1 \
-  -p 5432:5432 \
+  -p "$DB_PORT":5432 \
   docker.io/postgres && echo "Database container '$DB_CONTAINER_NAME' was successfully created"