diff --git a/app/config.py b/app/config.py
index 2cdd1762c85c0337b13578fee743a02b0dc88696..450cddc3310bcd9d362fe4646f86c5bcb6829b62 100644
--- a/app/config.py
+++ b/app/config.py
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@ class StagingConfig(BaseConfig):
 
 
 class ProductionConfig(BaseConfig):
-    SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = os.environ["DB_URL"]
+    SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = os.environ.get("DB_URL")