diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9e42220..d018127 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ENV=dev
-VER=3
+VER=4
 TAG=${ENV}-${VER}
 REGISTRY=kube-reg.fairfaxmedia.net
 SVC=papi/svc1
diff --git a/db.py b/db.py
index e38624a..3ac403e 100644
--- a/db.py
+++ b/db.py
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 from sqlalchemy import create_engine, Column, Integer,String, ForeignKey
 from sqlalchemy.engine import URL
 from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker, Session, declarative_base
-
+import os
 
 # Database setup
 DATABASE_URL = "sqlite:///./test.db"
+if os.getenv("DATABASE_URL"):
+    DATABASE_URL = os.getenv("DATABASE_URL")
+    
 engine = create_engine(DATABASE_URL)
 SessionLocal = sessionmaker(autocommit=False, autoflush=False, bind=engine)
 Base = declarative_base()
diff --git a/test3.db b/test3.db
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..80b9021
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