diff --git a/ScrumTaskboard/Startup.cs b/ScrumTaskboard/Startup.cs
index edf53ec..9e5ce75 100644
--- a/ScrumTaskboard/Startup.cs
+++ b/ScrumTaskboard/Startup.cs
@@ -141,11 +141,7 @@ namespace ScrumTaskboard
             //Check if any of the env vars were null and set the parameters for the connection string to default parameters of any of them were null
             if(dbHost == null || dbPort == null || dbName == null || dbUser == null || dbPassword == null)
             {
-                dbHost = "nig.gl";
-                dbPort = "8543";
-                dbName = "taskboard";
-                dbUser = "scrum";
-                dbPassword = "c6gXud7YvBWp2sgxSgy4wRN";
+                throw new ArgumentNullException();
             }
             
             //Return the created connection String