diff --git a/app/app.py b/app/app.py
index a26430f..79351ef 100644
--- a/app/app.py
+++ b/app/app.py
@@ -13,7 +13,11 @@ basedir = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
 app = Flask(__name__)
 app.config['SECRET_KEY'] = os.environ['SECRET_KEY']
 app.config['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'] =\
-           'sqlite:///' + os.path.join(basedir, os.environ['SQLITE_DB'])
+           'mysql://' + os.environ['MYSQL_USER'] + \
+           ':' + os.environ['MYSQL_PASSWORD'] + \
+           '@' + os.environ['MYSQL_HOST'] + \
+           ':' + os.environ['MYSQL_PORT'] + \
+           '/' + os.environ['MYSQL_DB']
 app.config['SQLALCHEMY_TRACK_MODIFICATIONS'] = False
 db.init_app(app)