diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 32e49c21..be2659b5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 cache/
 /photos_path
 
+.env
+
 # docker
 docker-compose.yml
 
diff --git a/api-node-old/.env b/api-node-old/example.env
similarity index 88%
rename from api-node-old/.env
rename to api-node-old/example.env
index 0d946d18..38ff9e86 100644
--- a/api-node-old/.env
+++ b/api-node-old/example.env
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# Copy this file to .env
+
 NEO4J_URI=bolt://localhost:7687
 NEO4J_USER=neo4j
 NEO4J_PASSWORD=letmein
diff --git a/api/.env b/api/.env
deleted file mode 100644
index 456cdec7..00000000
--- a/api/.env
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-MYSQL_HOST=127.0.0.1:3306
-MYSQL_DATABASE=photoview
-MYSQL_USERNAME=photoview
-MYSQL_PASSWORD=
-
-API_PORT=4001
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/api/database/mysql.go b/api/database/mysql.go
index a602bd0d..a9466177 100644
--- a/api/database/mysql.go
+++ b/api/database/mysql.go
@@ -2,30 +2,23 @@ package database
 
 import (
 	"database/sql"
-	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"os"
 
 	// Load mysql driver
-	_ "github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql"
+	// _ "github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql"
+
+	// Load postgres driver
+	_ "github.com/lib/pq"
 )
 
 // SetupDatabase connects to the database using environment variables
 func SetupDatabase() *sql.DB {
 
-	host := os.Getenv("MYSQL_HOST")
-	database := os.Getenv("MYSQL_DATABASE")
-	username := os.Getenv("MYSQL_USERNAME")
-	password := os.Getenv("MYSQL_PASSWORD")
-
-	if host == "" || database == "" || username == "" {
-		log.Fatalln("Database host, name and username are required")
-	}
-
-	address := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s@tcp(%s)/%s", username, password, host, database)
+	address := os.Getenv("POSTGRES_URL")
 	log.Printf("Connecting to database: %s", address)
 
-	db, err := sql.Open("mysql", address)
+	db, err := sql.Open("postgres", address)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("Could not connect to database: %s\n", err.Error())
 	}
diff --git a/api/example.env b/api/example.env
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..77a7129a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/example.env
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Copy this file to .env
+
+POSTGRES_URL=postgres://username:password@localhost/database?sslmode=disable
+
+API_PORT=4001
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/api/go.mod b/api/go.mod
index be8a10c9..737e031b 100644
--- a/api/go.mod
+++ b/api/go.mod
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/99designs/gqlgen v0.10.2
 	github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.5.0
 	github.com/joho/godotenv v1.3.0
+	github.com/lib/pq v1.3.0
 	github.com/vektah/gqlparser v1.2.0
 )
diff --git a/api/go.sum b/api/go.sum
index 37f7ce90..37ad3c66 100644
--- a/api/go.sum
+++ b/api/go.sum
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ github.com/joho/godotenv v1.3.0/go.mod h1:7hK45KPybAkOC6peb+G5yklZfMxEjkZhHbwpqx
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0/go.mod h1:dAy3ld7l9f0ibDNOQOHHMYYIIbhfbHSm3C4ZsoJORNo=
 github.com/kr/pty v1.1.1/go.mod h1:pFQYn66WHrOpPYNljwOMqo10TkYh1fy3cYio2l3bCsQ=
 github.com/kr/text v0.1.0/go.mod h1:4Jbv+DJW3UT/LiOwJeYQe1efqtUx/iVham/4vfdArNI=
+github.com/lib/pq v1.3.0 h1:/qkRGz8zljWiDcFvgpwUpwIAPu3r07TDvs3Rws+o/pU=
+github.com/lib/pq v1.3.0/go.mod h1:5WUZQaWbwv1U+lTReE5YruASi9Al49XbQIvNi/34Woo=
 github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v0.0.0-20180203102830-a4e142e9c047/go.mod h1:FVVH3fgwuzCH5S8UJGiWEs2h04kUh9fWfEaFds41c1Y=
 github.com/opentracing/basictracer-go v1.0.0/go.mod h1:QfBfYuafItcjQuMwinw9GhYKwFXS9KnPs5lxoYwgW74=
 github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go v1.0.2/go.mod h1:UkNAQd3GIcIGf0SeVgPpRdFStlNbqXla1AfSYxPUl2o=