diff --git a/app.ts b/app.ts
index 60a7002..7ea5edd 100644
--- a/app.ts
+++ b/app.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import express from "express";
 import path from 'path'
 import morgan from 'morgan'
+import 'dotenv/config'
 
 const hostname = '127.0.0.1';
 const httpPort = 4080;
diff --git a/miscellaneous/db.ts b/miscellaneous/db.ts
index 6bdd9cd..667eb2b 100644
--- a/miscellaneous/db.ts
+++ b/miscellaneous/db.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,34 @@
-import mysql from 'mysql2/promise'
+import mysql, { type PoolOptions } from 'mysql2/promise'
 
-const pool = mysql.createPool({
-  host: '192.168.0.11',
-  port: 3306,
-  user: 'myUsage',
-  password: 'vEj8lFj22srB_(VG',
-  database: 'my_general_db'
-});
+const poolOptions: PoolOptions = {
+  host: "",
+  port: 0,
+  user: "",
+  password: "",
+  database: ""
+}
+
+if (process.env.DBIP) {
+  poolOptions.host = process.env.DBIP;
+}
+
+if (process.env.DBPort) {
+  poolOptions.port = parseInt(process.env.DBPort);
+}
+
+if (process.env.DBUser) {
+  poolOptions.user = process.env.DBUser;
+}
+
+if (process.env.DBPassword) {
+  poolOptions.password = process.env.DBPassword;
+}
+
+if (process.env.DBDatabase) {
+  poolOptions.database = process.env.DBDatabase;
+}
+
+
+const pool = mysql.createPool(poolOptions);
 
 export default pool;
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ff61ff6..6c6e5b5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@types/express": "^4.17.21",
     "@types/morgan": "^1.9.9",
+    "dotenv": "^16.4.5",
     "express": "^4.18.2",
     "hbs": "^4.2.0",
     "morgan": "~1.9.1",
diff --git a/templ.env b/templ.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a6e9732
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templ.env
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+DBIP=
+DBPort=
+DBUser=
+DBPassword=
+DBDatabase=
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