diff --git a/lib/db.js b/lib/db.js
index 1282069142621a12084c1c28d713056f073191d3..d02ac19c17540b05fb254363b06a7bde96d9b19a 100644
--- a/lib/db.js
+++ b/lib/db.js
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 let mysql = require("mysql");
 let connection = mysql.createConnection({
-  host: "localhost",
-  user: "root",
-  password: "",
-  database: "work_collections",
+  host: process.env.DB_HOST,
+  user: process.env.DB_USER,
+  password: process.env.DB_PASS,
+  database: process.env.DB_NAME
 });
 
 connection.connect((error) => {