diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 61104bf..030b496 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -10,4 +10,12 @@ RUN dotnet publish -c Release -o /app
 FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/aspnet:3.1 AS final
 WORKDIR /app
 COPY --from=build /app .
+
+## Intruduce all the ENV vars
+ENV DATABASE_HOST null
+ENV DATABASE_PORT 5432
+ENV DATABASE_NAME null
+ENV DATABASE_USER null
+ENV DATABASE_PASSWORD null
+
 ENTRYPOINT ["dotnet", "ScrumTaskboard.dll"]
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diff --git a/ScrumTaskboard/Startup.cs b/ScrumTaskboard/Startup.cs
index 1628436..6a3c9c7 100644
--- a/ScrumTaskboard/Startup.cs
+++ b/ScrumTaskboard/Startup.cs
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@ namespace ScrumTaskboard
 
         // This method gets called by the runtime. Use this method to add services to the container.
         public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
-        {
+        {   
             services.AddCors(o => o.AddPolicy("AllowAll", builder =>
             {
                 builder.AllowAnyOrigin()
                        .AllowAnyMethod()
                        .AllowAnyHeader();
-            }));
+            }));
             services.AddMvc().AddJsonOptions(o =>
             {
                 o.JsonSerializerOptions.Converters.Add(new JsonStringEnumConverter());
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ namespace ScrumTaskboard
             });
             services.AddScoped(serviceProvider => new TaskContext(
                 new DbContextOptionsBuilder<TaskContext>()
-                .UseNpgsql("Host=nig.gl; Port=8543; Username=scrum; Database=taskboard; Password=c6gXud7YvBWp2sgxSgy4wRN")
+                .UseNpgsql(GetConnectionString())
                 .Options));
             services.AddControllers();
             services.AddOpenApiDocument(
@@ -84,5 +84,36 @@ namespace ScrumTaskboard
             app.UseOpenApi();
             app.UseSwaggerUi3();
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Creates DB Connection String based on ENV vars and default vars.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public string GetConnectionString()
+        {
+            string dbHost;
+            string dbPort;
+            string dbName;
+            string dbUser;
+            string dbPassword;
+
+            dbHost = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("DATABASE_HOST");
+            dbPort = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("DATABASE_PORT");
+            dbName = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("DATABASE_NAME");
+            dbUser = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("DATABASE_USER");
+            dbPassword = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("DATABASE_PASSWORD");
+
+            if(dbHost == null || dbPort == null || dbName == null || dbUser == null || dbPassword == null)
+            {
+                dbHost = "nig.gl";
+                dbPort = "8543";
+                dbName = "taskboard";
+                dbUser = "scrum";
+                dbPassword = "c6gXud7YvBWp2sgxSgy4wRN";
+            }
+            
+
+            return $"Host={dbHost}; Port={dbPort}; Username={dbUser}; Database={dbName}; Password={dbPassword}";
+            }
     }
 }
diff --git a/ScrumTaskboard/TaskContext.cs b/ScrumTaskboard/TaskContext.cs
index 5ce3d46..1bf0247 100644
--- a/ScrumTaskboard/TaskContext.cs
+++ b/ScrumTaskboard/TaskContext.cs
@@ -15,12 +15,7 @@ namespace ScrumTaskboard
         public DbSet<ScrumUser> Users { get; set; }
 
         public TaskContext() { }
-
-        protected override void OnConfiguring(DbContextOptionsBuilder optionsBuilder)
-        {
-            optionsBuilder.UseNpgsql("Host=nig.gl; Port=8543; Username=scrum; Database=taskboard; Password=c6gXud7YvBWp2sgxSgy4wRN");
-        }
-
+        
         public TaskContext(DbContextOptions<TaskContext> options) : base(options) { }
     }
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 7cbe416..2e9f9e3 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ services:
       - default
     ports:
       - "5001:80"
+    environment:
+      DATABASE_HOST: db
+      DATABASE_NAME: taskboard
+      DATABASE_USER: scrum
+      DATABASE_PASSWORD: c6gXud7YvBWp2sgxSgy4wRN
 
 volumes:
   db-data:
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