diff --git a/api/Cargo.toml b/api/Cargo.toml
index 9b40183..80dfd3c 100644
--- a/api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/api/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ futures-util = { version = "^0.3" }
 rocket = { version = "0.5.0-rc.2", features = [
   "json",
 ] }
+dotenv = "0.15.0"
 
 serde_json = { version = "^1" }
 
diff --git a/api/src/pool.rs b/api/src/pool.rs
index 69287ae..4b123bc 100644
--- a/api/src/pool.rs
+++ b/api/src/pool.rs
@@ -21,15 +21,21 @@ impl sea_orm_rocket::Pool for SeaOrmPool {
     type Connection = sea_orm::DatabaseConnection;
 
     async fn init(figment: &Figment) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
-        let config = figment.extract::<Config>().unwrap();
-        let mut options: ConnectOptions = config.url.into();
+        dotenv::dotenv().ok();
+        let database_url = std::env::var("DATABASE_URL").unwrap();
+        let mut options: ConnectOptions = database_url.into();
         options
+            .max_connections(1024)
+            .min_connections(0)
+            .connect_timeout(Duration::from_secs(3));
+
+        /* options
             .max_connections(config.max_connections as u32)
             .min_connections(config.min_connections.unwrap_or_default())
             .connect_timeout(Duration::from_secs(config.connect_timeout));
         if let Some(idle_timeout) = config.idle_timeout {
             options.idle_timeout(Duration::from_secs(idle_timeout));
-        }
+        } */
         let conn = sea_orm::Database::connect(options).await?;
 
         Ok(SeaOrmPool { conn })