diff --git a/.env.sample b/.env.sample
index e3d5c25..cf95197 100644
--- a/.env.sample
+++ b/.env.sample
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 DEBUG=True
 DISABLE_IPV4_BLOCK=False
+DATABASE_BACKEND='django.db.backends.postgresql'
+DATABASE_NAME='app'
 ALLOWED_HOSTS=.localhost, .ipv6.work
 AUTH_LDAP_SERVER_URI=ldap://<ldap_host>
 AUTH_LDAP_BIND_DN=cn=admin,dc=example,dc=com
diff --git a/ipv6work/settings.py b/ipv6work/settings.py
index 6549116..13460bf 100644
--- a/ipv6work/settings.py
+++ b/ipv6work/settings.py
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ WSGI_APPLICATION = 'ipv6work.wsgi.application'
 
 DATABASES = {
     'default': {
-        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
-        'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3'),
+        'ENGINE': config('DATABASE_BACKEND', default='django.db.backends.sqlite3'),
+        'NAME': config('DATABASE_NAME', default=os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3')),
     }
 }