diff --git a/env.example b/env.example
index 005e73d..adebd4a 100644
--- a/env.example
+++ b/env.example
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-MONGO_HOST=your_db_host_server_name
-MONGO_USER=your_db_username
-MONGO_PASSWORD=your_db_password
 MONGO_DBNAME=your_db_name
+MONGO_URI="mongodb://your_db_username:your_db_password@your_db_host_server_name:27017/your_db_name?authSource=admin&retryWrites=true&w=majority"
 FLASK_APP=app.py
 FLASK_ENV=development
 GITHUB_SECRET=your_github_secret