diff --git a/greenweb/settings/common.py b/greenweb/settings/common.py
index ffa3218d..09cc3b59 100644
--- a/greenweb/settings/common.py
+++ b/greenweb/settings/common.py
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
     SECRET_KEY=(str, "some-key"),
     DJANGO_LOG_LEVEL=(str, "INFO"),
     # databases
-    DATABASE_URL=(str, "sqlite:///db.sqlite3"),
-    DATABASE_URL_READ_ONLY=(str, "sqlite:///db.sqlite3"),
+    DATABASE_URL=(str, "mysql://localhost:3306/greencheck"),
+    DATABASE_URL_READ_ONLY=(str, "mysql://localhost:3306/greencheck"),
     EXPLORER_TOKEN=(str, "some-token"),
     # object storage
     OBJECT_STORAGE_ENDPOINT=(str, "https://s3.nl-ams.scw.cloud"),