diff --git a/backend/scripts/sync_all_zones.py b/backend/scripts/sync_all_zones.py
index 5070188..cf506e3 100644
--- a/backend/scripts/sync_all_zones.py
+++ b/backend/scripts/sync_all_zones.py
@@ -62,16 +62,22 @@ SWITCH_CONFIG = {
     }
 }
 
-# Setup logging
-logging.basicConfig(
-    level=logging.INFO,
-    format='%(asctime)s [%(levelname)s] %(message)s',
-    handlers=[
-        logging.StreamHandler(),
-        logging.FileHandler(LOG_FILE) if LOG_FILE.parent.exists() else logging.StreamHandler()
-    ]
-)
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+# Setup logging (avoid duplicate handlers)
+logger = logging.getLogger("zone_sync")
+if not logger.handlers:
+    logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+    formatter = logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s [%(levelname)s] %(message)s')
+    
+    # Console handler
+    console_handler = logging.StreamHandler()
+    console_handler.setFormatter(formatter)
+    logger.addHandler(console_handler)
+    
+    # File handler (if directory exists)
+    if LOG_FILE.parent.exists():
+        file_handler = logging.FileHandler(LOG_FILE)
+        file_handler.setFormatter(formatter)
+        logger.addHandler(file_handler)
 
 
 class ZoneSyncResult:
@@ -86,33 +92,10 @@ class ZoneSyncResult:
 
 
 async def get_db_session():
-    """Create async database session - ROBUST VERSION for standalone script"""
-    # Read DATABASE_URL directly from .env (avoids import issues when running standalone)
-    env_file = Path("/home/user/pounce/backend/.env")
-    if not env_file.exists():
-        env_file = Path(__file__).parent.parent / ".env"
+    """Create async database session"""
+    from app.config import settings
     
-    db_url = None
-    if env_file.exists():
-        for line in env_file.read_text().splitlines():
-            if line.startswith("DATABASE_URL="):
-                db_url = line.split("=", 1)[1].strip().strip('"').strip("'")
-                break
-    
-    # Default to SQLite if not found
-    if not db_url:
-        db_url = "sqlite:///./domainwatch.db"
-        logger.warning(f"DATABASE_URL not found in .env, using default: {db_url}")
-    
-    # Convert to async driver
-    if "sqlite://" in db_url and "aiosqlite" not in db_url:
-        db_url = db_url.replace("sqlite://", "sqlite+aiosqlite://")
-    elif "postgresql://" in db_url and "asyncpg" not in db_url:
-        db_url = db_url.replace("postgresql://", "postgresql+asyncpg://")
-    
-    logger.info(f"Database URL: {db_url[:50]}...")
-    
-    engine = create_async_engine(db_url, echo=False)
+    engine = create_async_engine(settings.database_url.replace("sqlite://", "sqlite+aiosqlite://"))
     async_session = sessionmaker(engine, class_=AsyncSession, expire_on_commit=False)
     return async_session()