Lovable app rescue
Built it in Lovable? Let's make it safe to launch.
Lovable gets you a polished React front end on a Supabase backend faster than any team could. The trouble starts where the screens end: the database rules, the server functions, the payment webhooks, and the edge cases Lovable never saw because you never clicked them.
We take Lovable apps from impressive demo to something you can put paying customers on. We keep your UI and flows, lock down the data layer, fix what breaks under real users, and leave the code in your GitHub in a state Lovable, or any developer, can keep building on.
What you get
What we fix in Lovable apps
Row-level security and storage rules
Every table and storage bucket checked so users can only read and change their own data. Missing or over-broad policies are the most common, and most damaging, gap in Lovable projects.
Edge functions that trust nobody
Supabase edge functions that verify the caller, validate input, and keep secrets server-side, instead of doing whatever the browser asks.
Auth that holds up
Email verification, password reset, social login, and session handling tested end to end on real phones, not just the preview window.
Stripe done properly
Access granted by verified webhooks rather than a success page, with duplicate events and failed renewals handled.
The “fix one thing, break five” loop
Stable IDs, consistent state management, and tests on the critical flows, so the next prompt stops undoing the last one.
- React
- Vite
- TypeScript
- Supabase
- PostgreSQL
- Stripe
What a Lovable app is under the hood
Knowing where Lovable puts things tells us where to look first.
- Front end. React, Vite, TypeScript, and Tailwind running in the browser. Everything here is public, so no security decision can live here.
- Database. Supabase Postgres, reachable directly from the browser with a public key. Row-level security is the only thing standing between that key and your users' data.
- Server logic. Supabase edge functions for anything secret: payments, AI calls, admin actions. Each one needs its own auth checks.
- Code ownership. Lovable syncs to GitHub. We work in that repository, so your Lovable project and our fixes stay in step.
This isn't hypothetical. A 2025 vulnerability disclosure (CVE-2025-48757) traced exposed data in more than 170 live Lovable-built apps to missing or insufficient row-level security. It's the first thing our audit checks.
Proof
We've shipped this.
A consumer AI product taking real payments and real customer photos in production: the security and reliability layer a Lovable prototype needs before launch.
Worth knowing
Signs your Lovable app needs a developer
- Lovable's security scan flags issues you don't know how to fix.
- You can't rule out users seeing each other's data.
- A table was made public for one feature and now holds names or emails.
- Prompts that fix one screen break another, and you're burning credits on the same bug.
- Payments work in test mode, but you don't trust them with live cards.
- You need something Lovable struggles with: complex roles, background jobs, or third-party integrations.
The fix is rarely a rebuild. Most Lovable apps need a few weeks of focused engineering, not a new codebase.
How it runs
How a Lovable rescue runs
- 01
Audit
3–5 working daysWe review your GitHub repo and Supabase project: RLS policies, storage buckets, edge functions, secrets, auth settings, and Stripe. You get a written fix list and one fixed price.
- 02
Lock down
about 1 weekSecurity first: policies rewritten and tested for each role, secrets rotated and moved server-side, and admin actions put behind verified server checks.
- 03
Fix & finish
2–5 weeksBugs, missing features, and the fragile flows, delivered in weekly demos in the same repo Lovable syncs with.
- 04
Launch & hand back
launch + 30 daysProduction environment, backups, monitoring, 30 days of post-launch fixes, and notes on how to keep prompting safely.
A low-risk start
Share the repo. Get a written fix list.
How you work with us
Three ways to engage.
Fixed price
MVPs from $7,500
Full products $18,000–$55,000+
You know what you need built. We scope it, quote one price, and deliver against it, no meter running.
- One agreed price, agreed before we start
- Milestone-based payments tied to what you can see
- Change requests priced openly, never assumed
Time & materials
from $28 / hour
Blended ~$32; senior specialists to ~$45
For work that changes as you learn. You pay for the hours spent, see exactly where they go, and can steer week to week.
- Billed on real, logged hours, reviewed with you
- Reprioritise or change direction any sprint
- Start small, scale the team as it proves out
Dedicated team
from $2,800 / month
Per developer, full-time, see the rate card
Developers who work only on your product, full-time, as an extension of your team, the offshore model most of our long-term clients settle into.
- The same people, month after month
- Your tools, your standups, your roadmap
- Roughly half the loaded cost of a local hire
Full rate card and what's included on the pricing page.
Questions
Before you get in touch.
Yes. We work in the GitHub repository Lovable syncs with, keep its conventions, and add tests on the critical flows, so you can keep prompting without quietly breaking payments or permissions.
If nobody has reviewed your row-level security and storage policies, you can't rule it out. Lovable's own security scan catches some issues; our audit tests every table and bucket against every role, including public tables that ended up holding personal data.
Usually not. Supabase is a solid Postgres platform, and most problems are configuration, not the platform. We recommend moving only when you need something it can't do well, and the audit explains why.
After the audit you get one fixed price for the whole job, paid in milestones. Most Lovable rescues are a few weeks of work, not months.
Yes: Bolt, Replit, v0, Cursor, and more. See AI-built app rescue.
Not sure what you need yet? That's the usual starting point.
Tell us the problem in your own words. We'll scope it with you and put the plan in writing, free, and yours to keep either way.