diff --git a/app/database.py b/app/database.py
index 81f6b3c..3885ffd 100644
--- a/app/database.py
+++ b/app/database.py
@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
 from urllib.parse import quote_plus
-
 from sqlalchemy import create_engine
 from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker, declarative_base
 import os
-from dotenv import load_dotenv
 
-load_dotenv()
-
-# URL-encode the password
-password = quote_plus("33Pippin!!;")
-DATABASE_URL = f"postgresql+psycopg2://admin:{password}@voo8ccgwss0ks0000occko4s:5432/postgres"
+# ---- Use environment variables from Coolify ----
+DB_USER = os.getenv("DB_USER")
+DB_PASSWORD = quote_plus(os.getenv("DB_PASSWORD"))
+DB_HOST = os.getenv("DB_HOST") 
+DB_PORT = os.getenv("DB_PORT", "5432")
+DB_NAME = os.getenv("DB_NAME", "postgres")
 
+DATABASE_URL = f"postgresql+psycopg2://{DB_USER}:{DB_PASSWORD}@{DB_HOST}:{DB_PORT}/{DB_NAME}"
 
+# ---- SQLAlchemy setup ----
 engine = create_engine(DATABASE_URL)
 SessionLocal = sessionmaker(autocommit=False, autoflush=False, bind=engine)
 Base = declarative_base()