diff --git a/.sequelizerc b/.sequelizerc
index f972b9487a..8c9410fe24 100644
--- a/.sequelizerc
+++ b/.sequelizerc
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ require("@dotenvx/dotenvx").config({
 var path = require('path');
 
 module.exports = {
-  'config': path.resolve('server/config', 'database.json'),
+  'config': path.resolve('server/config', 'database.js'),
   'migrations-path': path.resolve('server', 'migrations'),
   'models-path': path.resolve('server', 'models'),
 }
diff --git a/server/config/database.js b/server/config/database.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..69c2530b5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/config/database.js
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+const shared = {
+  use_env_variable: process.env.DATABASE_URL ? "DATABASE_URL" : undefined,
+  dialect: "postgres",
+  host: process.env.DATABASE_HOST,
+  port: process.env.DATABASE_PORT || 5432,
+  username: process.env.DATABASE_USER,
+  password: process.env.DATABASE_PASSWORD || undefined,
+  database: process.env.DATABASE_NAME,
+};
+
+module.exports = {
+  development: shared,
+  test: shared,
+  "production-ssl-disabled": shared,
+  production: {
+    ...shared,
+    dialectOptions: {
+      ssl: {
+        rejectUnauthorized: false,
+      },
+    },
+  },
+};
diff --git a/server/config/database.json b/server/config/database.json
deleted file mode 100644
index fc70a12f64..0000000000
--- a/server/config/database.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "development": {
-    "use_env_variable": "DATABASE_URL",
-    "dialect": "postgres"
-  },
-  "test": {
-    "use_env_variable": "DATABASE_URL",
-    "dialect": "postgres"
-  },
-  "production": {
-    "use_env_variable": "DATABASE_URL",
-    "dialect": "postgres",
-    "dialectOptions": {
-      "ssl": {
-        "rejectUnauthorized": false
-      }
-    }
-  },
-  "production-ssl-disabled": {
-    "use_env_variable": "DATABASE_URL",
-    "dialect": "postgres"
-  }
-}