diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 64c193b..74ebefb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ ipython_config.py
 #   https://pdm.fming.dev/#use-with-ide
 .pdm.toml
 
-meetings
 
 # PEP 582; used by e.g. github.com/David-OConnor/pyflow and github.com/pdm-project/pdm
 __pypackages__/
@@ -128,6 +127,8 @@ __pypackages__/
 celerybeat-schedule
 celerybeat.pid
 
+meetings
+
 # SageMath parsed files
 *.sage.py
 
diff --git a/booking_system/settings.py b/booking_system/settings.py
index a7cb8cd..024d647 100644
--- a/booking_system/settings.py
+++ b/booking_system/settings.py
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ DEBUG = os.getenv('DEBUG', 'False').lower() == 'true'
 
 ALLOWED_HOSTS = os.getenv('ALLOWED_HOSTS', 'localhost,127.0.0.1').split(',')
 
+
+
 INSTALLED_APPS = [
     'jazzmin',
     'django.contrib.admin',
@@ -63,14 +65,26 @@ TEMPLATES = [
 WSGI_APPLICATION = 'booking_system.wsgi.application'
 
 
+# DATABASES = {
+#     'default': {
+#         'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
+#         'NAME': BASE_DIR / 'db.sqlite3',
+#     }
+# }
+
 DATABASES = {
     'default': {
-        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
-        'NAME': BASE_DIR / 'db.sqlite3',
+        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',
+        'NAME': os.getenv('POSTGRES_DB'),
+        'USER': os.getenv('POSTGRES_USER'),
+        'PASSWORD': os.getenv('POSTGRES_PASSWORD'),
+        'HOST': os.getenv('POSTGRES_HOST', 'postgres'),
+        'PORT': os.getenv('POSTGRES_PORT', 5432),
     }
 }
 
 
+
 AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
     {
         'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator',
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5dcc9f6..41195ed 100644
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