diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 28999f9..9e3aa96 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -164,4 +164,6 @@ cython_debug/
 #  option (not recommended) you can uncomment the following to ignore the entire idea folder.
 #.idea/
 
-# End of https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/django
\ No newline at end of file
+# End of https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/django
+
+settings_var.py
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 25a705e..30ce3a0 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 asgiref==3.5.0
+backports.zoneinfo==0.2.1
 certifi==2021.10.8
 cffi==1.15.0
 charset-normalizer==2.0.12
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ django-allauth==0.50.0
 django-crispy-forms==1.14.0
 idna==3.3
 oauthlib==3.2.0
+psycopg2==2.9.3
 pycparser==2.21
 PyJWT==2.3.0
 python3-openid==3.2.0
diff --git a/wheretogo/wheretogo/settings.py b/wheretogo/wheretogo/settings.py
index b0c2d04..ca98fda 100644
--- a/wheretogo/wheretogo/settings.py
+++ b/wheretogo/wheretogo/settings.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ from pathlib import Path
 
 from django.contrib.messages import constants as messages
 
+from .settings_var import *  # noqa:F401,F403
+
 # Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
 BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
 
@@ -71,17 +73,6 @@ TEMPLATES = [
 WSGI_APPLICATION = "wheretogo.wsgi.application"
 
 
-# Database
-# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.0/ref/settings/#databases
-
-DATABASES = {
-    "default": {
-        "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.sqlite3",
-        "NAME": BASE_DIR / "db.sqlite3",
-    }
-}
-
-
 # Password validation
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.0/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators
 
diff --git a/wheretogo/wheretogo/settings_var.py_template b/wheretogo/wheretogo/settings_var.py_template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2a703d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wheretogo/wheretogo/settings_var.py_template
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Database
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.0/ref/settings/#databases
+
+DATABASES = {
+    "default": {
+        "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2",
+        "NAME": "wheretogo",
+        "USER": "wheretogo",
+        "PASSWORD": "",
+        "HOST": "127.0.0.1",
+        "PORT": "5432",
+    }
+}