diff --git a/internal/controller/atlasmigration_controller.go b/internal/controller/atlasmigration_controller.go
index 8d4ba9d..13184a4 100644
--- a/internal/controller/atlasmigration_controller.go
+++ b/internal/controller/atlasmigration_controller.go
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ import (
 	"ariga.io/atlas/sql/migrate"
 	dbv1alpha1 "github.com/ariga/atlas-operator/api/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/ariga/atlas-operator/internal/controller/watch"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/hcl/v2/hclwrite"
+	"github.com/zclconf/go-cty/cty"
 )
 
 //+kubebuilder:rbac:groups=core,resources=configmaps;secrets,verbs=create;update;delete;get;list;watch
@@ -562,7 +564,15 @@ func (d *migrationData) render(w io.Writer) error {
 	default:
 		return errors.New("migration directory is empty")
 	}
-	return tmpl.ExecuteTemplate(w, "atlas_migration.tmpl", d)
+	f := hclwrite.NewFile()
+	fBody := f.Body()
+	for _, b := range d.asBlocks() {
+		fBody.AppendBlock(b)
+	}
+	if _, err := f.WriteTo(w); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
 }
 
 // hasRemoteDir returns true if the given migration data has a remote directory
@@ -573,6 +583,49 @@ func (c *migrationData) hasRemoteDir() bool {
 	return c.RemoteDir != nil && c.RemoteDir.Name != ""
 }
 
+// asBlocks returns the HCL blocks for the given migration data
+func (d *migrationData) asBlocks() []*hclwrite.Block {
+	var blocks []*hclwrite.Block
+	if d.Cloud != nil {
+		atlas := hclwrite.NewBlock("atlas", nil)
+		cloud := atlas.Body().AppendNewBlock("cloud", nil).Body()
+		if d.Cloud.Token != "" {
+			cloud.SetAttributeValue("token", cty.StringVal(d.Cloud.Token))
+		}
+		if d.Cloud.URL != "" {
+			cloud.SetAttributeValue("url", cty.StringVal(d.Cloud.URL))
+		}
+		if d.Cloud.Repo != "" {
+			cloud.SetAttributeValue("project", cty.StringVal(d.Cloud.Repo))
+		}
+		blocks = append(blocks, atlas)
+	}
+	env := hclwrite.NewBlock("env", []string{d.EnvName})
+	blocks = append(blocks, env)
+	envBody := env.Body()
+	if d.URL != nil {
+		envBody.SetAttributeValue("url", cty.StringVal(d.URL.String()))
+	}
+	if d.DevURL != "" {
+		envBody.SetAttributeValue("dev", cty.StringVal(d.DevURL))
+	}
+	migration := hclwrite.NewBlock("migration", nil)
+	envBody.AppendBlock(migration)
+	// env.migration
+	migrationBody := migration.Body()
+	migrationBody.SetAttributeValue("dir", cty.StringVal(d.DirURL()))
+	if d.ExecOrder != "" {
+		migrationBody.SetAttributeValue("exec_order", cty.StringVal(d.ExecOrder))
+	}
+	if d.Baseline != "" {
+		migrationBody.SetAttributeValue("baseline", cty.StringVal(d.Baseline))
+	}
+	if d.RevisionsSchema != "" {
+		migrationBody.SetAttributeValue("revisions_schema", cty.StringVal(d.RevisionsSchema))
+	}
+	return blocks
+}
+
 func makeKeyLatest(resName string) string {
 	// Inspired by the helm chart key format
 	const storageKey = "io.atlasgo.db.v1"
diff --git a/internal/controller/atlasmigration_controller_test.go b/internal/controller/atlasmigration_controller_test.go
index 8f7b3f3..bef7dce 100644
--- a/internal/controller/atlasmigration_controller_test.go
+++ b/internal/controller/atlasmigration_controller_test.go
@@ -990,27 +990,28 @@ func TestWatcher_enabled(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestDefaultTemplate(t *testing.T) {
 	migrate := &migrationData{
-		URL:    must(url.Parse("sqlite://file2/?mode=memory")),
-		DevURL: "sqlite://dev/?mode=memory",
+		EnvName: defaultEnvName,
+		URL:     must(url.Parse("sqlite://file2/?mode=memory")),
+		DevURL:  "sqlite://dev/?mode=memory",
 		Dir: must(memDir(map[string]string{
 			"1.sql": "CREATE TABLE foo (id INT PRIMARY KEY);",
 		})),
 	}
 	var fileContent bytes.Buffer
 	require.NoError(t, migrate.render(&fileContent))
-	require.EqualValues(t, `
-env {
-  name = atlas.env
-  url  = "sqlite://file2/?mode=memory"
-  dev  = "sqlite://dev/?mode=memory"
+	require.EqualValues(t, `env "kubernetes" {
+  url = "sqlite://file2/?mode=memory"
+  dev = "sqlite://dev/?mode=memory"
   migration {
     dir = "file://migrations"
   }
-}`, fileContent.String())
+}
+`, fileContent.String())
 }
 
 func TestBaselineTemplate(t *testing.T) {
 	migrate := &migrationData{
+		EnvName:  defaultEnvName,
 		URL:      must(url.Parse("sqlite://file2/?mode=memory")),
 		DevURL:   "sqlite://dev/?mode=memory",
 		Dir:      must(memDir(map[string]string{})),
@@ -1018,22 +1019,22 @@ func TestBaselineTemplate(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	var fileContent bytes.Buffer
 	require.NoError(t, migrate.render(&fileContent))
-	require.EqualValues(t, `
-env {
-  name = atlas.env
-  url  = "sqlite://file2/?mode=memory"
-  dev  = "sqlite://dev/?mode=memory"
+	require.EqualValues(t, `env "kubernetes" {
+  url = "sqlite://file2/?mode=memory"
+  dev = "sqlite://dev/?mode=memory"
   migration {
-    dir = "file://migrations"
+    dir      = "file://migrations"
     baseline = "20230412003626"
   }
-}`, fileContent.String())
+}
+`, fileContent.String())
 }
 
 func TestCloudTemplate(t *testing.T) {
 	migrate := &migrationData{
-		URL:    must(url.Parse("sqlite://file2/?mode=memory")),
-		DevURL: "sqlite://dev/?mode=memory",
+		EnvName: defaultEnvName,
+		URL:     must(url.Parse("sqlite://file2/?mode=memory")),
+		DevURL:  "sqlite://dev/?mode=memory",
 		Cloud: &Cloud{
 			URL:   "https://atlasgo.io/",
 			Repo:  "my-project",
@@ -1046,22 +1047,21 @@ func TestCloudTemplate(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	var fileContent bytes.Buffer
 	require.NoError(t, migrate.render(&fileContent))
-	require.EqualValues(t, `
-atlas {
+	require.EqualValues(t, `atlas {
   cloud {
-    token = "my-token"
-    url = "https://atlasgo.io/"
+    token   = "my-token"
+    url     = "https://atlasgo.io/"
     project = "my-project"
   }
 }
-env {
-  name = atlas.env
-  url  = "sqlite://file2/?mode=memory"
-  dev  = "sqlite://dev/?mode=memory"
+env "kubernetes" {
+  url = "sqlite://file2/?mode=memory"
+  dev = "sqlite://dev/?mode=memory"
   migration {
     dir = "atlas://my-remote-dir?tag=my-remote-tag"
   }
-}`, fileContent.String())
+}
+`, fileContent.String())
 }
 
 func TestMigrationWithDeploymentContext(t *testing.T) {