diff --git a/backend/src/db/db.config.js b/backend/src/db/db.config.js
index acc43b2..93a37d7 100644
--- a/backend/src/db/db.config.js
+++ b/backend/src/db/db.config.js
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 module.exports = {
   production: {
     dialect: 'postgres',
-    username: 'jlegault',
-    password: 'RH5yQRJqQ5GcMyVQ',
-    database: 'etgrow.com_app_20251105',
-    host: 'pg12-cluster.cluster-cyinogledyyf.us-east-1.rds.amazonaws.com',
-    port: '5432',
+    username: process.env.DB_USER,
+    password: process.env.DB_PASS,
+    database: process.env.DB_NAME,
+    host: process.env.DB_HOST,
+    port: process.env.DB_PORT,
     logging: console.log,
     seederStorage: 'sequelize',
   },
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ module.exports = {
   },
     dev_stage: {
       dialect: 'postgres',
-      username: 'jlegault',
-      password: 'RH5yQRJqQ5GcMyVQ',
-      database: 'etgrow.com_app_20251105',
-      host: 'pg12-cluster.cluster-cyinogledyyf.us-east-1.rds.amazonaws.com',
-      port: '5432',
+      username: process.env.DB_USER,
+      password: process.env.DB_PASS,
+      database: process.env.DB_NAME,
+      host: process.env.DB_HOST,
+      port: process.env.DB_PORT,
       logging: console.log,
       seederStorage: 'sequelize',
     }