diff --git a/steering/settings.py b/steering/settings.py
index 773bf3ca2e0bd45c053572853bc61075b0b6ccd1..2d714e25ee71a53f09996e81d561474d7b391ad3 100644
--- a/steering/settings.py
+++ b/steering/settings.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import os
 import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 
+import dj_database_url
 import ldap
 from corsheaders.defaults import default_headers
 from django_auth_ldap.config import LDAPSearch, PosixGroupType
@@ -30,16 +31,7 @@ CORS_ALLOW_HEADERS = list(default_headers) + [
     "content-disposition",
 ]
 
-DATABASES = {
-    "default": {
-        "ENGINE": f"django.db.backends.{os.getenv('DATABASE_ENGINE', default='sqlite3')}",
-        "NAME": os.getenv("POSTGRES_DB", default=BASE_DIR / "db.sqlite3"),
-        "USER": os.getenv("POSTGRES_USER", default="steering"),
-        "PASSWORD": os.getenv("POSTGRES_PASSWORD", default="aura"),
-        "HOST": os.getenv("POSTGRES_HOST", default="steering-postgres"),
-        "PORT": os.getenv("POSTGRES_PORT", default="5432"),
-    },
-}
+DATABASES = {"default": dj_database_url.config(default=f"sqlite:///{BASE_DIR}/db.sqlite3")}
 
 TIME_ZONE = os.getenv("TZ", default="Europe/Vienna")
 LANGUAGE_CODE = os.getenv("LANGUAGE_CODE", default="en-us")