diff --git a/src/main/java/com/letterpaw/soap/database/DatabaseConfig.java b/src/main/java/com/letterpaw/soap/database/DatabaseConfig.java
index f0f810b49fa981b7f9475f997f5ba5035226cc0e..b6d2988552a0e4a2ec1a990c931b1f5acd328b1b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/letterpaw/soap/database/DatabaseConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/letterpaw/soap/database/DatabaseConfig.java
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ public final class DatabaseConfig {
   static final String DB_NAME = dotenv.get("DB_NAME", "letterpaw_soap");
   static final String DB_USER = dotenv.get("DB_USER", "soap_user");
   static final String DB_PASS = dotenv.get("DB_PASS", "p4ssw0rd");
-  static final String DB_URL = "jdbc:mysql://" + DB_HOST + ":" + DB_PORT + "/" + DB_NAME;
+  static final String DB_URL = dotenv.get("DB_URL", "jdbc:mysql://" + DB_HOST + ":" + DB_PORT + "/" + DB_NAME);
 
   static Connection conn;
   static DatabaseConfig client;