diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 19569e3..4c36ae9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -52,10 +52,7 @@ jobs:
         - name: Migrate
           run: poetry run ./manage.py migrate --settings="project.settings.production"
           env:
-            DJANGO_DATABASE_NAME: ${{ secrets.DJANGO_DATABASE_NAME }}
-            DJANGO_DATABASE_USER: ${{ secrets.DJANGO_DATABASE_USER }}
-            DJANGO_DATABASE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.DJANGO_DATABASE_PASSWORD }}
-            DJANGO_DATABASE_HOST: ${{ secrets.DJANGO_DATABASE_HOST }}
+            DATABASE_URL: ${{ secrets.DATABASE_URL }}
             DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE: project.settings.production
             ALLOWED_HOSTS: 127.0.0.1
             CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS: http://127.0.0.1
diff --git a/.idea/garden-server.iml b/.idea/garden-server.iml
index d2c509c..e8cd89d 100644
--- a/.idea/garden-server.iml
+++ b/.idea/garden-server.iml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     </content>
     <orderEntry type="jdk" jdkName="Python 3.11 (garden-server)" jdkType="Python SDK" />
     <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="acts435" />
   </component>
   <component name="PyDocumentationSettings">
     <option name="format" value="PLAIN" />
diff --git a/.idea/modules.xml b/.idea/modules.xml
index 5e21cb5..a4c8cab 100644
--- a/.idea/modules.xml
+++ b/.idea/modules.xml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 <project version="4">
   <component name="ProjectModuleManager">
     <modules>
+      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/../acts435/.idea/acts435.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/../acts435/.idea/acts435.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/garden-server.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/garden-server.iml" />
     </modules>
   </component>
diff --git a/.idea/vcs.xml b/.idea/vcs.xml
index 94a25f7..35eb1dd 100644
--- a/.idea/vcs.xml
+++ b/.idea/vcs.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project version="4">
   <component name="VcsDirectoryMappings">
-    <mapping directory="$PROJECT_DIR$" vcs="Git" />
+    <mapping directory="" vcs="Git" />
   </component>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/project/settings/production.py b/project/settings/production.py
index 6e14633..57c3126 100644
--- a/project/settings/production.py
+++ b/project/settings/production.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import dj_database_url
+
 from .base import *
 
 ALLOWED_HOSTS = os.environ.get("ALLOWED_HOSTS", "").split(" ")
@@ -8,16 +10,7 @@
 if os.environ.get("DEBUG"):
     DEBUG = True
 
-DATABASES = {
-    "default": {
-        "ENGINE": "timescale.db.backends.postgis",
-        "NAME": os.environ.get("DJANGO_DATABASE_NAME", "gardenserver_django"),
-        "USER": os.environ.get("DJANGO_DATABASE_USER"),
-        "PASSWORD": os.environ.get("DJANGO_DATABASE_PASSWORD"),
-        "PORT": "5432",
-        "HOST": os.environ.get("DJANGO_DATABASE_HOST"),
-    },
-}
+DATABASES = {"default": dj_database_url.config()}
 
 
 # Cache sessions for optimum performance
diff --git a/services/web_service.yaml b/services/web_service.yaml
index dc5ab9b..30e0876 100644
--- a/services/web_service.yaml
+++ b/services/web_service.yaml
@@ -38,26 +38,16 @@ spec:
             secretKeyRef:
               key: latest
               name: DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE
-        - name: DJANGO_DATABASE_PASSWORD
+        - name: DATABASE_URL
           valueFrom:
             secretKeyRef:
               key: latest
-              name: DJANGO_DATABASE_PASSWORD
-        - name: DJANGO_DATABASE_HOST
-          valueFrom:
-            secretKeyRef:
-              key: latest
-              name: DJANGO_DATABASE_HOST
+              name: DATABASE_URL
         - name: DJANGO_SUPERUSER_EMAIL
           valueFrom:
             secretKeyRef:
               key: latest
               name: DJANGO_SUPERUSER_EMAIL
-        - name: DJANGO_DATABASE_NAME
-          valueFrom:
-            secretKeyRef:
-              key: latest
-              name: DJANGO_DATABASE_NAME
         - name: DJANGO_SUPERUSER_USERNAME
           valueFrom:
             secretKeyRef:
@@ -78,11 +68,6 @@ spec:
             secretKeyRef:
               key: latest
               name: SECRET_KEY
-        - name: DJANGO_DATABASE_USER
-          valueFrom:
-            secretKeyRef:
-              key: latest
-              name: DJANGO_DATABASE_USER
         - name: DJANGO_SUPERUSER_PASSWORD
           valueFrom:
             secretKeyRef: