diff --git a/src/Configuration/ApiServerConfig.cs b/src/Configuration/ApiServerConfig.cs
index 308e497..9e51300 100644
--- a/src/Configuration/ApiServerConfig.cs
+++ b/src/Configuration/ApiServerConfig.cs
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ public class ApiServerConfig {
     public DbProviders ProdDbProvider {  get; set; } = DbProviders.MySQL;
     public string DbPath { get; set; } = string.Empty;
     public string DbConnection { get; set; } = string.Empty;
-    public string ProdDbConnection { get; set; } = string.Empty;
 }
 
 public enum DbProviders {
diff --git a/src/Model/ProductionDBContext.cs b/src/Model/ProductionDBContext.cs
index dec832a..189ff4d 100644
--- a/src/Model/ProductionDBContext.cs
+++ b/src/Model/ProductionDBContext.cs
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@ namespace sodoff.Model
             #if USE_POSTGRESQL
             if (config.Value.ProdDbProvider == DbProviders.PostgreSQL)
             {
-                optionsBuilder.UseNpgsql(config.Value.ProdDbConnection).UseLazyLoadingProxies();
+                optionsBuilder.UseNpgsql(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("PRODUCTION_DB_CONNECTION")).UseLazyLoadingProxies();
                 return;
             }
             #endif
             #if USE_MYSQL
             if (config.Value.ProdDbProvider == DbProviders.MySQL)
             {
-                optionsBuilder.UseMySQL(config.Value.ProdDbConnection).UseLazyLoadingProxies();
+                optionsBuilder.UseMySQL(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("PRODUCTION_DB_CONNECTION")).UseLazyLoadingProxies();
                 return;
             }
             #endif
diff --git a/src/appsettings.json b/src/appsettings.json
index 84fd08d..dd1b6c0 100644
--- a/src/appsettings.json
+++ b/src/appsettings.json
@@ -72,10 +72,7 @@
         "// DbConnection": "Database connection string for PostgreSQL and MySQL",
         "// DbConnection PostgreSQL Example": "Host=127.0.0.1;Database=sodoffdb;Username=sodoffuser;Password=secret",
         "// DbConnection MySQL Example": "Server=127.0.0.1;Database=sodoffdb;Uid=sodoffuser;Pwd=secret;Allow User Variables=True",
-        "DbConnection": "",
-
-        "// ProdDbConnection": "Database connection string for PostgreSQL and MySQL (examples above)",
-        "ProdDbConnection": "Server=${PRODUCTION_DB_SERVER};Database=sodoffdb;Uid=sodoffuser;Pwd=${PRODUCTION_DB_PASSWORD};Allow User Variables=True"
+        "DbConnection": ""
     },
   "Logging": {
     "LogLevel": {