diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 098fae5..f01c47f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,17 +4,13 @@ _Quizzo_ is a [Discord bot](https://discord.com/api/oauth2/authorize?client_id=8
 # Development
 This bot is powered by the [Twilight library](https://github.com/twilight-rs/twilight) for the [Rust programming language](https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install). Before running the bot, the following environment variables must be set:
 
-**Variable**  | **Description**                                                                           | Required? | Default
-------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :-------: | ------:
-`PORT`        | Network port to bind to when launching the bot.                                           | ✔  |
-`PUB_KEY`     | Hex-encoded cryptograhpic public key provided by the [Discord Developer Portal][discord]. | ✔  |
-`APP_ID`      | Application ID provided by the [Discord Developer Portal][discord].                       | ✔  |
-`BOT_TOKEN`   | Bot token provided by the [Discord Developer Portal][discord].                            | ✔  |
-`PG_PORT`     | Port at which the PostgreSQL instance is hosted.                                          | ❌  | `5432`
-`PG_HOSTNAME` | Hostname at which the PostgreSQL instance is hosted.                                      | ✔  |
-`PG_DATABASE` | Default database to which the PostgreSQL driver must connect to.                          | ✔  |
-`PG_USERNAME` | Username for PostgreSQL user authentication.                                              | ✔  |
-`PG_PASSWORD` | Password for PostgreSQL user authentication.                                              | ✔  |
+**Variable** | **Description**                                                                           | Required? | Default
+------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :-------: | ------:
+`PORT`       | Network port to bind to when launching the bot.                                           | ✔  |
+`PUB_KEY`    | Hex-encoded cryptograhpic public key provided by the [Discord Developer Portal][discord]. | ✔  |
+`APP_ID`     | Application ID provided by the [Discord Developer Portal][discord].                       | ✔  |
+`BOT_TOKEN`  | Bot token provided by the [Discord Developer Portal][discord].                            | ✔  |
+`PG_URL`     | URL at which the PostgreSQL instance is hosted.                                           | ❌  | `5432`
 
 [discord]: https://discord.com/developers/applications
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 0c5c60f..cd98869 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,34 +1,21 @@
 fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     env_logger::init();
-    log::info!("Starting up");
+    log::info!("starting up");
 
     // Retrieve the public key
-    use std::env::{var, VarError};
+    use std::env::var;
     let pub_key = var("PUB_KEY")?.into_bytes();
     let mut pub_bytes = [0; 32];
     hex::decode_to_slice(pub_key, &mut pub_bytes)?;
     let pub_key = api::VerifyingKey::from_bytes(&pub_bytes)?;
+    log::debug!("loaded public key");
 
     // Set up Postgres driver configuration
     let app_port = var("PORT")?.parse()?;
     let app_id = var("APP_ID")?.parse()?;
     let bot_token = var("BOT_TOKEN")?;
-    let config = {
-        let username = var("PG_USERNAME")?;
-        let password = var("PG_PASSWORD")?;
-        let hostname = var("PG_HOSTNAME")?;
-        let database = var("PG_DATABASE")?;
-        let db_port = match var("PG_PORT") {
-            Ok(port) => port.parse()?,
-            Err(VarError::NotPresent) => 5432,
-            Err(err) => return Err(anyhow::Error::new(err)),
-        };
-        let mut config = api::Config::new();
-        config.user(&username).password(&password).host(&hostname).port(db_port).dbname(&database);
-        config
-    };
+    let config = var("PG_URL")?.parse::<api::Config>()?;
 
-    // Set up TCP listener
     use std::net::{Ipv4Addr, TcpListener};
     let listener = TcpListener::bind((Ipv4Addr::UNSPECIFIED, app_port))?;
     listener.set_nonblocking(true)?;
@@ -36,7 +23,6 @@ fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let addr = listener.local_addr()?;
     log::info!("listening to {addr}");
 
-    // Set up runtime
     let runtime = tokio::runtime::Builder::new_multi_thread().enable_io().enable_time().build()?;
     let tcp = {
         let _guard = runtime.enter();
@@ -87,6 +73,6 @@ fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         anyhow::Ok(())
     })?;
 
-    log::info!("Shutting down");
+    log::info!("shutting down");
     Ok(())
 }