diff --git a/gofr-backend/lib/gofr-backend-site/config/default.json.example b/gofr-backend/lib/gofr-backend-site/config/default.json.example
index 0289d9df..0f21784f 100644
--- a/gofr-backend/lib/gofr-backend-site/config/default.json.example
+++ b/gofr-backend/lib/gofr-backend-site/config/default.json.example
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@
       "path": "/var/lib/gofr/gofr-backend/lib"
     }
   },
+  "database": {
+    "dbname": "hapi",
+    "username": "hapi",
+    "password": "hapi",
+    "host": "localhost",
+    "port": 5432
+  },
   "server": {
     "hostname": "0.0.0.0",
     "port": 4000
diff --git a/gofr-backend/lib/modules/postgres.js b/gofr-backend/lib/modules/postgres.js
index aa3c5425..ce41701c 100644
--- a/gofr-backend/lib/modules/postgres.js
+++ b/gofr-backend/lib/modules/postgres.js
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 const { Pool, escapeLiteral } = require("pg");
+const config = require('../config');
 
 const pool = new Pool({
-  database: "gofr",
-  user: "hapi",
-  password: "hapi",
-  port: 5432,
-  host: "localhost",
+  database: config.get('database:dbname'),
+  user: config.get('database:username'),
+  password: config.get('database:password'),
+  port: config.get('database:port'),
+  host: config.get('database:host')
 });
 module.exports = { pool, escapeLiteral };
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