diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..06a2cdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+version: '2'
+
+# For testing purposes
+services:
+  postgres-16:
+    image: uselagoon/postgres-16:latest
+    labels:
+      lagoon.type: postgres
+    ports:
+      - '5433:5432'
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 766e06b..0b3fb39 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ require (
 	github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1
 	github.com/matryer/try v0.0.0-20161228173917-9ac251b645a2
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
+	gorm.io/driver/postgres v1.5.7
 	gorm.io/driver/sqlite v1.5.4
-	gorm.io/gorm v1.25.5
+	gorm.io/gorm v1.25.7-0.20240204074919-46816ad31dde
 )
 
 require (
@@ -32,6 +33,9 @@ require (
 	github.com/goccy/go-json v0.10.2 // indirect
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9 // indirect
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 // indirect
+	github.com/jackc/pgpassfile v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/jackc/pgservicefile v0.0.0-20221227161230-091c0ba34f0a // indirect
+	github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.4.3 // indirect
 	github.com/jinzhu/inflection v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/jinzhu/now v1.1.5 // indirect
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 // indirect
@@ -66,7 +70,6 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.17.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.14.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0 // indirect
-	gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c // indirect
 	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.67.0 // indirect
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ea535a6..10beca9 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -109,6 +109,12 @@ github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+
 github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.0/go.mod h1:DVbg23sWSpFRCP0SfiEN6jmj59UnW/n46BH5rLB71So=
 github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v0.5.1/go.mod h1:/m3WP610KZHVQ1SGc6re/UDhFvYD7pJ4Ao+sR/qLZy8=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0/go.mod h1:PxqpIevigyE2G7u3NXJIT2ANytuPF1OarO4DADm73n8=
+github.com/jackc/pgpassfile v1.0.0 h1:/6Hmqy13Ss2zCq62VdNG8tM1wchn8zjSGOBJ6icpsIM=
+github.com/jackc/pgpassfile v1.0.0/go.mod h1:CEx0iS5ambNFdcRtxPj5JhEz+xB6uRky5eyVu/W2HEg=
+github.com/jackc/pgservicefile v0.0.0-20221227161230-091c0ba34f0a h1:bbPeKD0xmW/Y25WS6cokEszi5g+S0QxI/d45PkRi7Nk=
+github.com/jackc/pgservicefile v0.0.0-20221227161230-091c0ba34f0a/go.mod h1:5TJZWKEWniPve33vlWYSoGYefn3gLQRzjfDlhSJ9ZKM=
+github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.4.3 h1:cxFyXhxlvAifxnkKKdlxv8XqUf59tDlYjnV5YYfsJJY=
+github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.4.3/go.mod h1:Ig06C2Vu0t5qXC60W8sqIthScaEnFvojjj9dSljmHRA=
 github.com/jinzhu/inflection v1.0.0 h1:K317FqzuhWc8YvSVlFMCCUb36O/S9MCKRDI7QkRKD/E=
 github.com/jinzhu/inflection v1.0.0/go.mod h1:h+uFLlag+Qp1Va5pdKtLDYj+kHp5pxUVkryuEj+Srlc=
 github.com/jinzhu/now v1.1.5 h1:/o9tlHleP7gOFmsnYNz3RGnqzefHA47wQpKrrdTIwXQ=
@@ -132,7 +138,6 @@ github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.2.4/go.mod h1:RVVoqg1df56z8g3pUjL/3lE5UfnlrJX8t
 github.com/konsorten/go-windows-terminal-sequences v1.0.1/go.mod h1:T0+1ngSBFLxvqU3pZ+m/2kptfBszLMUkC4ZK/EgS/cQ=
 github.com/konsorten/go-windows-terminal-sequences v1.0.2/go.mod h1:T0+1ngSBFLxvqU3pZ+m/2kptfBszLMUkC4ZK/EgS/cQ=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0/go.mod h1:dAy3ld7l9f0ibDNOQOHHMYYIIbhfbHSm3C4ZsoJORNo=
-github.com/kr/pretty v0.2.1/go.mod h1:ipq/a2n7PKx3OHsz4KJII5eveXtPO4qwEXGdVfWzfnI=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1 h1:flRD4NNwYAUpkphVc1HcthR4KEIFJ65n8Mw5qdRn3LE=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1/go.mod h1:hoEshYVHaxMs3cyo3Yncou5ZscifuDolrwPKZanG3xk=
 github.com/kr/pty v1.1.1/go.mod h1:pFQYn66WHrOpPYNljwOMqo10TkYh1fy3cYio2l3bCsQ=
@@ -364,10 +369,12 @@ gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.8/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
+gorm.io/driver/postgres v1.5.7 h1:8ptbNJTDbEmhdr62uReG5BGkdQyeasu/FZHxI0IMGnM=
+gorm.io/driver/postgres v1.5.7/go.mod h1:3e019WlBaYI5o5LIdNV+LyxCMNtLOQETBXL2h4chKpA=
 gorm.io/driver/sqlite v1.5.4 h1:IqXwXi8M/ZlPzH/947tn5uik3aYQslP9BVveoax0nV0=
 gorm.io/driver/sqlite v1.5.4/go.mod h1:qxAuCol+2r6PannQDpOP1FP6ag3mKi4esLnB/jHed+4=
-gorm.io/gorm v1.25.5 h1:zR9lOiiYf09VNh5Q1gphfyia1JpiClIWG9hQaxB/mls=
-gorm.io/gorm v1.25.5/go.mod h1:hbnx/Oo0ChWMn1BIhpy1oYozzpM15i4YPuHDmfYtwg8=
+gorm.io/gorm v1.25.7-0.20240204074919-46816ad31dde h1:9DShaph9qhkIYw7QF91I/ynrr4cOO2PZra2PFD7Mfeg=
+gorm.io/gorm v1.25.7-0.20240204074919-46816ad31dde/go.mod h1:hbnx/Oo0ChWMn1BIhpy1oYozzpM15i4YPuHDmfYtwg8=
 gotest.tools v2.2.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:DsYFclhRJ6vuDpmuTbkuFWG+y2sxOXAzmJt81HFBacw=
 gotest.tools/v3 v3.0.2/go.mod h1:3SzNCllyD9/Y+b5r9JIKQ474KzkZyqLqEfYqMsX94Bk=
 gotest.tools/v3 v3.0.3/go.mod h1:Z7Lb0S5l+klDB31fvDQX8ss/FlKDxtlFlw3Oa8Ymbl8=
diff --git a/internal/service/db.go b/internal/service/db.go
index 8eea471..0657da8 100644
--- a/internal/service/db.go
+++ b/internal/service/db.go
@@ -1,22 +1,38 @@
 package service
 
 import (
+	"database/sql"
 	"errors"
 	"github.com/uselagoon/lagoon/services/insights-handler/internal/lagoonclient"
+	"gorm.io/driver/postgres"
 	"gorm.io/driver/sqlite"
 	"gorm.io/gorm"
 )
 
 type Dboptions struct {
 	Filename string
+	DSN      string
 }
 
 // SetUpDatabase will connect to the selected DB and run pending migrations
 func SetUpDatabase(opts Dboptions) (*gorm.DB, error) {
 	// TODO: currently we're only supporting sqlite for dev
 	// going forward, this will run on mysql - but both should be selected
+	db := &gorm.DB{}
+	var err error
 
-	db, err := gorm.Open(sqlite.Open(opts.Filename), &gorm.Config{})
+	// set up the database connection based on the DbOptions
+	if opts.Filename != "" {
+		db, err = gorm.Open(sqlite.Open(opts.Filename), &gorm.Config{})
+	} else if opts.DSN != "" {
+		pgDB, err2 := sql.Open("pgx", opts.DSN)
+		if err2 != nil {
+			return db, err
+		}
+		db, err = gorm.Open(postgres.New(postgres.Config{
+			Conn: pgDB,
+		}), &gorm.Config{})
+	}
 	if err != nil {
 		return db, err
 	}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 30ed518..2353c11 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -217,7 +217,8 @@ func main() {
 		DSN: fmt.Sprintf("amqp://%s:%s@%s/", broker.Username, broker.Password, broker.Hostname),
 	}
 
-	db, err := service.SetUpDatabase(service.Dboptions{Filename: "database.sql"})
+	//db, err := service.SetUpDatabase(service.Dboptions{Filename: "database.sql"})
+	db, err := service.SetUpDatabase(service.Dboptions{DSN: "host=postgres-16 user=lagoon password=lagoon dbname=lagoon port=5433 sslmode=disable TimeZone=Asia/Shanghai"})
 	if err != nil {
 		slog.Error(err.Error())
 		os.Exit(1)