diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 80dba80..2f5cb03 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 /target
-.env.local
\ No newline at end of file
+export.sh
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index d3064ae..a8dfbcd 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ COPY .env.docker /.env
 ENV ROCKET_ADDRESS=0.0.0.0
 ENV ROCKET_ENV=production
 EXPOSE 8000
-ENTRYPOINT diesel migration run --migration-dir /migrations && request-mirror
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+ENTRYPOINT diesel migration run --database-url $DATABASE_URL --migration-dir /migrations && request-mirror
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diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index c564ed6..11a9829 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
-version: "3.8"
-
 services:
   postgres:
     image: postgres
     environment:
       - POSTGRES_USER=postgres
-      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password
+      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=Password123
       - POSTGRES_DB=request_mirror_db
     volumes:
       - db-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
@@ -14,14 +12,11 @@ services:
     healthcheck:
       test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -U postgres -d request_mirror_db | grep 'accepting connections'"]
   request-mirror:
-    #image: request-mirror
-    build: &request_mirror_build
-      context: .
-      dockerfile: ./Dockerfile
+    image: raspberrypi99/request-mirror:latest
     ports:
       - 80:8000
     environment:
-      - DATABASE_URL=postgres://postgres:password@postgres/request_mirror_db
+      - DATABASE_URL=postgres://postgres:Password123@postgres/request_mirror_db
     depends_on:
       postgres:
         condition: service_healthy
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index ad04a98..c4ffa3a 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -23,9 +23,17 @@ use schema::{
 /// ```
 pub fn establish_connection() -> PgConnection {
     
-    dotenv().ok();
+    let key: &str = "DATABASE_URL";
+    let database_url: String;
+    match env::var(key) {
+        Ok(val) => database_url = val,
+        Err(e) => {
+            dotenv().ok();
 
-    let database_url = env::var("DATABASE_URL").expect("DATABASE_URL must be set");
+            database_url = env::var(key).expect("DATABASE_URL must be set");
+        }
+    }
+        
     PgConnection::establish(&database_url)
         .unwrap_or_else(|_| panic!("Error connecting to {}", database_url))
 }