diff --git a/app/config.py b/app/config.py
index 450cddc3310bcd9d362fe4646f86c5bcb6829b62..7963e0fedde7624b8c9e937ae734ee8ae6761f17 100644
--- a/app/config.py
+++ b/app/config.py
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ class BaseConfig:
 
     # Database ===================================================
     SQLALCHEMY_TRACK_MODIFICATIONS = True
-    SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = os.environ.get("DB_OVERRIDE", "sqlite:///dev.db")
+    SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = os.environ.get(
+        "DB_OVERRIDE", "postgresql://user:pass@localhost/project_allocator_db"
+    )
 
 
 class DevConfig(BaseConfig):