diff --git a/atdb/atdb/settings/dev.py b/atdb/atdb/settings/dev.py
index 55a670b6c175533d6f9815b6d062892826851c35..369ee4e00ea42a4c47373bdef2c2d06ef67f2f7f 100644
--- a/atdb/atdb/settings/dev.py
+++ b/atdb/atdb/settings/dev.py
@@ -30,25 +30,15 @@ if SSL_ENABLED:
     # not support https whether this option then breaks those http-only locations.
     # SECURE_HSTS_SECONDS = 31536000
 
-# Database
-# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/ref/settings/#databases
 
 DATABASES = {
     'default': {
-         'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2',
-         'USER': os.environ['DATABASE_USER'],
-         'PASSWORD': os.environ['DATABASE_PASSWORD'],
-
-         # database runs locally in postgres
-         'NAME': 'atdb_ldv',
-         'HOST': 'localhost',
-         'PORT': '',
-
-
-         # database runs on a virtual machine
-         # 'HOST': 'alta-sys-db.astron.nl',
-         # 'PORT': '5432',
-         # 'NAME': 'altadb'
+        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2',
+        'NAME': os.environ['DATABASE_NAME'],
+        'HOST': os.environ['DATABASE_HOST'],
+        'PORT': os.environ['DATABASE_PORT'],
+        'USER': os.environ['DATABASE_USER'],
+        'PASSWORD': os.environ['DATABASE_PASSWORD'],
     },
 }
 
diff --git a/atdb/atdb/settings/docker_sdc.py b/atdb/atdb/settings/docker_sdc.py
index 826ff86308cfc8b5979e787ff33ad7aa1374ee51..d87365cc50a2d9ebe032a4c695970c6766c670b3 100644
--- a/atdb/atdb/settings/docker_sdc.py
+++ b/atdb/atdb/settings/docker_sdc.py
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ DATABASES = {
         'PORT': os.environ['DATABASE_PORT'],
         'USER' : os.environ['DATABASE_USER'],
         'PASSWORD' : os.environ['DATABASE_PASSWORD'],
-
     },
 }