diff --git a/dbt/adapters/duckdb/__version__.py b/dbt/adapters/duckdb/__version__.py
index 7e66a105..fa6c5a1a 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/duckdb/__version__.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/duckdb/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = "1.5.0rc1"
\ No newline at end of file
+version = "1.5.0rc1"
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/duckdb/credentials.py b/dbt/adapters/duckdb/credentials.py
index f6f93ed8..ea9853f0 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/duckdb/credentials.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/duckdb/credentials.py
@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@
 from typing import List
 from typing import Optional
 from typing import Tuple
+from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 import duckdb
 
+import dbt.exceptions
 from dbt.adapters.base import Credentials
 from dbt.dataclass_schema import dbtClassMixin
 
@@ -122,7 +124,16 @@ def __pre_deserialize__(cls, data: Dict[Any, Any]) -> Dict[Any, Any]:
             if path == ":memory:":
                 data["database"] = "memory"
             else:
-                data["database"] = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(path))[0]
+                parsed = urlparse(path)
+                base_file = os.path.basename(parsed.path)
+                db = os.path.splitext(base_file)[0]
+                if db:
+                    data["database"] = db
+                else:
+                    raise dbt.exceptions.DbtRuntimeError(
+                        "Unable to determine database name from path"
+                        " and no database was specified in profile"
+                    )
         return data
 
     @property