diff --git a/config/postgres.json b/config/postgres.json
deleted file mode 100644
index dae20ca4..00000000
--- a/config/postgres.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "user": "lamassu",
-  "pwd": "lamassu",
-  "host": "localhost",
-  "db": "lamassu"
-}
diff --git a/lib/app.js b/lib/app.js
index ecf044cc..bfb0074c 100755
--- a/lib/app.js
+++ b/lib/app.js
@@ -26,17 +26,10 @@ var app = express();
 var fs = require('fs');
 var LamassuConfig = require('lamassu-config');
 var atm = require('lamassu-atm-protocol');
-var format = require('util').format;
 
 var conString, dbConfig, config;
 
-if (process.env.DATABASE_URL) {
-  conString = process.env.DATABASE_URL;
-}
-else {
-  dbConfig = require('../config/postgres.json');
-  conString = format('postgres://%s:%s@%s/%s', dbConfig.user, dbConfig.pwd, dbConfig.host, dbConfig.db);
-}
+conString = process.env.DATABASE_URL || 'postgres://lamassu:lamassu@localhost/lamassu';
 
 config = new LamassuConfig(conString);