diff --git a/social_media_api/settings.py b/social_media_api/settings.py
index cd55d30..204685c 100644
--- a/social_media_api/settings.py
+++ b/social_media_api/settings.py
@@ -109,7 +109,17 @@
 
 # settings.py
 
-DATABASES = { 'default': dj_database_url.config(conn_max_age=600) }
+
+DATABASES = { 
+    'default': { 
+        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql', 
+        'NAME': config('DATABASE_NAME'), 
+        'USER': config('DATABASE_USER'),
+        'PASSWORD': config('DATABASE_PASSWORD'), 
+        'HOST': config('DATABASE_HOST'), 
+        'PORT': config('DATABASE_PORT'),
+     } 
+}