diff --git a/ormconfig.json b/ormconfig.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 250b347..0000000
--- a/ormconfig.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "type": "postgres",
-    "host": "127.17.42.1",
-    "port": 5432,
-    "username": "apollo",
-    "database": "apollo_test",
-    "synchronize": true,
-    "logging": false,
-    "entities": [
-       "dist/model/**/*.js"
-    ]
- }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 1d0e8fb..cf9bdff 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,10 @@ async function authenticate (req: any, res: any, next: any) {
     }
 }
 
-createConnection().then(async () => {
+createConnection({
+    type: 'postgres',
+    url: process.env.POSTGRES_CONNECTION_URL
+}).then(async () => {
     console.log('connected to db');
 }).catch(error => console.log(error));