diff --git a/src/dotnet/QuantEngine.Web/Program.cs b/src/dotnet/QuantEngine.Web/Program.cs
index 10eaed5..792c730 100644
--- a/src/dotnet/QuantEngine.Web/Program.cs
+++ b/src/dotnet/QuantEngine.Web/Program.cs
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ builder.Services.AddRazorComponents()
     .AddInteractiveServerComponents();
 
 // PostgreSQL Dapper Setup
-var connectionString = "Host=178.104.200.7;Database=giteadb;Username=gitea;Password=C8RFlZ9fdQrBA1vyLhLDS4v70I8dJfRS2ERJW4+zsS4=;Search Path=quantengine;";
+var connectionString = builder.Configuration.GetConnectionString("DefaultConnection")
+    ?? "Host=127.0.0.1;Database=giteadb;Username=gitea;Password=C8RFlZ9fdQrBA1vyLhLDS4v70I8dJfRS2ERJW4+zsS4=;Search Path=quantengine;";
 builder.Services.AddSingleton<IDbConnectionFactory>(new DbConnectionFactory(connectionString));
 builder.Services.AddScoped<IWorkspaceRepository, WorkspaceRepository>();
 builder.Services.AddHttpClient();
diff --git a/src/dotnet/QuantEngine.Web/appsettings.json b/src/dotnet/QuantEngine.Web/appsettings.json
index 10f68b8..eec5550 100644
--- a/src/dotnet/QuantEngine.Web/appsettings.json
+++ b/src/dotnet/QuantEngine.Web/appsettings.json
@@ -5,5 +5,8 @@
       "Microsoft.AspNetCore": "Warning"
     }
   },
-  "AllowedHosts": "*"
+  "AllowedHosts": "*",
+  "ConnectionStrings": {
+    "DefaultConnection": "Host=127.0.0.1;Database=giteadb;Username=gitea;Password=C8RFlZ9fdQrBA1vyLhLDS4v70I8dJfRS2ERJW4+zsS4=;Search Path=quantengine;"
+  }
 }