diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bdee654..bd560ef 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -70,4 +70,6 @@ target/
 mnt/
 
 gen/
-swagger_server/requets_db/dbs/*
\ No newline at end of file
+swagger_server/requets_db/dbs/*
+
+.env
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2001b5d..cbf51e0 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ setuptools >= 21.0.0
 swagger-ui-bundle >= 0.0.2
 peewee==3.15.0
 mariadb==1.0.11
-classla==1.1.0
\ No newline at end of file
+classla==1.1.0
+python-decouple==3.6
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/swagger_server/.env.template b/swagger_server/.env.template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce147b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/swagger_server/.env.template
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+MDB_DATABASE=
+MDB_HOST=
+MDB_PORT=
+MDB_USER=
+MDB_PASSWORD=
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/swagger_server/db_utils.py b/swagger_server/db_utils.py
index b53203e..72c6ac5 100644
--- a/swagger_server/db_utils.py
+++ b/swagger_server/db_utils.py
@@ -1,24 +1,16 @@
 import mariadb
 import sys
+from decouple import config
 
 
-# todo: DO NOT PUSH THIS TO GIT
 database_info = {
-    'database': '...',
-    'host': '...',
-    'port': 0000,
-    'user': '...',
-    'password': '...'
+    'database': config('MDB_DATABASE'),
+    'host': config('MDB_HOST'),
+    'port': config('MDB_PORT', cast=int),
+    'user': config('MDB_USER'),
+    'password': config('MDB_PASSWORD')
 }
 
-# PUT THIS IN INSTEAD WHEN COMMITING, THIS IS ONLY TEMPORARY UNTIL AN .env FILE IS ADDED
-database_info_tmp = {
-    'database': '...',
-    'host': '...',
-    'port': 0000,
-    'user': '...',
-    'password': '...'
-}
 
 # Connect to MariaDB Platform
 try: