diff --git a/redirect/.env.example b/redirect/.env.example
index ddc116d..d182776 100644
--- a/redirect/.env.example
+++ b/redirect/.env.example
@@ -1,6 +1,2 @@
-PGHOST=0.0.0.0
-PGPORT=5432
-PGUSER=postgres
-PGPASSWORD=password
-PGDATABASE=link-shortener
 FALLBACK_URL=https://shortener-svelte.tzgyn.com
+DATABASE_URL=postgres://postgres:password@0.0.0.0:5432/link-shortener
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/redirect/src/database.ts b/redirect/src/database.ts
index 42fbb08..a5e557f 100644
--- a/redirect/src/database.ts
+++ b/redirect/src/database.ts
@@ -4,11 +4,9 @@ import { Kysely, PostgresDialect } from 'kysely'
 
 const dialect = new PostgresDialect({
 	pool: new Pool({
-		database: Bun.env.PGDATABASE ?? 'link-shortener',
-		host: Bun.env.PGHOST ?? '0.0.0.0',
-		user: Bun.env.PGUSER ?? 'postgres',
-		password: Bun.env.PGPASSWORD ?? 'password',
-		port: parseInt(Bun.env.PGPORT ?? '') ?? 5432,
+		connectionString:
+			Bun.env.DATABASE_URL ??
+			'postgres://postgres:password@0.0.0.0:5432/link-shortener',
 		max: 10,
 	}),
 })