diff --git a/internal/controller/atlasschema_controller.go b/internal/controller/atlasschema_controller.go
index 67cf52c..d60f4b0 100644
--- a/internal/controller/atlasschema_controller.go
+++ b/internal/controller/atlasschema_controller.go
@@ -146,6 +146,15 @@ func (r *AtlasSchemaReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request)
 			return err
 		})
 	}
+	if !data.hasDevURL() && data.URL != nil {
+		// The user has not specified an URL for dev-db,
+		// spin up a dev-db and get the connection string.
+		data.DevURL, err = r.devDB.devURL(ctx, res, *data.URL)
+		if err != nil {
+			res.SetNotReady("GettingDevDB", err.Error())
+			return result(err)
+		}
+	}
 	// Create a working directory for the Atlas CLI
 	// The working directory contains the atlas.hcl config.
 	wd, err := atlasexec.NewWorkingDir(opts...)
@@ -174,6 +183,7 @@ func (r *AtlasSchemaReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request)
 	// Calculate the hash of the current schema.
 	hash, err := cli.SchemaInspect(ctx, &atlasexec.SchemaInspectParams{
 		Env:    data.EnvName,
+		URL:    "env://schema.src",
 		Format: `{{ .Hash | base64url }}`,
 		Vars:   data.Vars,
 	})
@@ -193,15 +203,6 @@ func (r *AtlasSchemaReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request)
 	// Starting area to handle the heavy jobs.
 	// Below this line is the main logic of the controller.
 	// ====================================================
-	if !data.hasDevURL() && data.URL != nil {
-		// The user has not specified an URL for dev-db,
-		// spin up a dev-db and get the connection string.
-		data.DevURL, err = r.devDB.devURL(ctx, res, *data.URL)
-		if err != nil {
-			res.SetNotReady("GettingDevDB", err.Error())
-			return result(err)
-		}
-	}
 	var whoami *atlasexec.WhoAmI
 	switch whoami, err = cli.WhoAmI(ctx); {
 	case errors.Is(err, atlasexec.ErrRequireLogin):
diff --git a/internal/controller/atlasschema_controller_test.go b/internal/controller/atlasschema_controller_test.go
index 54ca3a7..08b1c40 100644
--- a/internal/controller/atlasschema_controller_test.go
+++ b/internal/controller/atlasschema_controller_test.go
@@ -500,6 +500,9 @@ func TestConfigTemplate(t *testing.T) {
 	err := data.render(&buf)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	expected := `env "kubernetes" {
+  schema {
+    src = "file://schema.sql"
+  }
   url     = "mysql://root:password@localhost:3306/test"
   dev     = "mysql://root:password@localhost:3306/dev"
   schemas = ["foo", "bar"]
@@ -573,6 +576,9 @@ env "kubernetes" {
   dev     = "mysql://root:password@localhost:3306/dev"
   schemas = ["foo", "bar"]
   url     = "mysql://root:password@localhost:3306/test"
+  schema {
+    src = "file://schema.sql"
+  }
 }
   `
 	require.EqualValues(t, expected, buf.String())
@@ -599,6 +605,9 @@ env {
   dev     = "mysql://root:password@localhost:3306/dev"
   schemas = ["foo", "bar"]
   url     = "mysql://root:password@localhost:3306/test"
+  schema {
+    src = "file://schema.sql"
+  }
 }`
 	require.EqualValues(t, expected, buf.String())
 }