diff --git a/app/web/Makefile b/app/web/Makefile
index dad283ef1..448469189 100644
--- a/app/web/Makefile
+++ b/app/web/Makefile
@@ -39,12 +39,17 @@ PORT ?= 8080
 LOG_FILE ?= privacypal-run.log
 PRIVACYPAL_AUTH_MANAGER ?= cognito
 PRIVACYPAL_DEBUG ?= true
-DATABASE_URL = postgresql://privacypal:password@localhost:5432/privacypal
 PRIVACYPAL_LAMBDA_NAME ?= processVideoContainer
 
 PRIVACYPAL_TMP_BUCKET ?= privacypal-input
 PRIVACYPAL_OUTPUT_BUCKET ?= privacypal-output
 
+DATABASE ?= privacypal
+DATABASE_USER ?= privacypal
+DATABASE_PASSWORD ?= password
+DATABASE_HOSTNAME ?= localhost
+DATABASE_PORT ?= 5432
+
 .PHONY: run
 run: ## Run the web server as a standalone container.
 	$(IMAGE_BUILDER) run --name "$(CONTAINER_NAME)" \
@@ -63,7 +68,11 @@ run: ## Run the web server as a standalone container.
 		-e PRIVACYPAL_DEBUG="$(PRIVACYPAL_DEBUG)" \
 		-e PRIVACYPAL_AUTH_SECRET="$$(openssl rand -base64 32)" \
 		-e PRIVACYPAL_COOKIE_NAME="privacypal" \
-		-e DATABASE_URL="$(DATABASE_URL)" \
+		-e PRIVACYPAL_POSTGRES_USERNAME=$(DATABASE_USER) \
+		-e PRIVACYPAL_POSTGRES_PASSWORD=$(DATABASE_PASSWORD) \
+		-e PRIVACYPAL_POSTGRES_HOST=$(DATABASE_HOSTNAME) \
+		-e PRIVACYPAL_POSTGRES_PORT=$(DATABASE_PORT) \
+		-e PRIVACYPAL_POSTGRES_DATABASE=$(DATABASE) \
 		-e PRIVACYPAL_LAMBDA_NAME="$(PRIVACYPAL_LAMBDA_NAME)" \
 		-e PRIVACYPAL_OUTPUT_BUCKET="$(PRIVACYPAL_OUTPUT_BUCKET)" \
 		-e PRIVACYPAL_TMP_BUCKET="$(PRIVACYPAL_TMP_BUCKET)" \
diff --git a/app/web/env.tpl b/app/web/env.tpl
index 7179f8e4b..768bebeb5 100644
--- a/app/web/env.tpl
+++ b/app/web/env.tpl
@@ -10,7 +10,11 @@ PRIVACYPAL_AUTH_MANAGER=cognito
 PRIVACYPAL_DEBUG=true
 PRIVACYPAL_AUTH_SECRET="0Fa2BOJrd3958qaZUa7pf1jEREoo6tU5rsx430bUp/k="
 PRIVACYPAL_COOKIE_NAME="privacypal"
-DATABASE_URL=postgresql://privacypal:password@localhost:5432/privacypal
+PRIVACYPAL_POSTGRES_USERNAME=privacypal
+PRIVACYPAL_POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password
+PRIVACYPAL_POSTGRES_HOST=localhost
+PRIVACYPAL_POSTGRES_PORT=5432
+PRIVACYPAL_POSTGRES_DATABASE=privacypal
 PRIVACYPAL_LAMBDA_NAME=processVideoContainer
 PRIVACYPAL_OUTPUT_BUCKET=privacypal-output
 PRIVACYPAL_TMP_BUCKET=privacypal-input
diff --git a/app/web/src/lib/db.ts b/app/web/src/lib/db.ts
index 96138998c..a3642b6a6 100644
--- a/app/web/src/lib/db.ts
+++ b/app/web/src/lib/db.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,19 @@ import { PrismaClient } from "@prisma/client";
 import { IS_PRODUCTION } from "./config";
 
 const prismaClientSingleton = () => {
-  return new PrismaClient();
+  const userName = process.env.PRIVACYPAL_POSTGRES_USERNAME;
+  const host = process.env.PRIVACYPAL_POSTGRES_HOST;
+  const port = process.env.PRIVACYPAL_POSTGRES_PORT;
+  const database = process.env.PRIVACYPAL_POSTGRES_DATABASE;
+  const password = process.env.PRIVACYPAL_POSTGRES_PASSWORD;
+
+  return new PrismaClient({
+    datasources: {
+      db: {
+        url: `postgresql://${userName}:${password}@${host}:${port}/${database}`
+      }
+    }
+  });
 };
 
 type PrismaClientSingleton = ReturnType<typeof prismaClientSingleton>;