diff --git a/prisma/schema.prisma b/prisma/schema.prisma
index 52c3fb6..34e8b00 100644
--- a/prisma/schema.prisma
+++ b/prisma/schema.prisma
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 generator client {
-  provider = "prisma-client-js"
+  provider      = "prisma-client-js"
+  // "native" builds for local dev; "rhel-openssl-3.0.x" is the engine
+  // Vercel's serverless functions actually run on. Without both, database
+  // calls crash in production with no useful error message.
+  binaryTargets = ["native", "rhel-openssl-3.0.x"]
 }
 
 datasource db {
diff --git a/src/app/profile/page.tsx b/src/app/profile/page.tsx
index 8e15d40..95ff4d8 100644
--- a/src/app/profile/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/profile/page.tsx
@@ -11,12 +11,24 @@ export default async function ProfilePage() {
     redirect("/login");
   }
 
-  await ensureDb();
-
-  const user = await prisma.user.findUnique({
-    where: { id: session.user.id },
-    select: { id: true, name: true, email: true, age: true, bio: true },
-  });
+  let user;
+  try {
+    await ensureDb();
+    user = await prisma.user.findUnique({
+      where: { id: session.user.id },
+      select: { id: true, name: true, email: true, age: true, bio: true },
+    });
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error("failed to load profile:", err);
+    return (
+      <main className="mx-auto flex min-h-screen max-w-sm flex-col items-center justify-center gap-4 px-6 py-12 text-center">
+        <h1 className="text-2xl font-bold text-brand">Something went wrong</h1>
+        <p className="text-gray-600">
+          We couldn&apos;t load your profile right now. Please try again in a moment.
+        </p>
+      </main>
+    );
+  }
 
   if (!user) {
     redirect("/login");