diff --git a/atdb/atdb/settings/docker_sdc.py b/atdb/atdb/settings/docker_sdc.py
index 905974001d9099152265ffbe4ce82af3dfe0155f..3797728330a82cde2a3fd505d02128bce98f4151 100644
--- a/atdb/atdb/settings/docker_sdc.py
+++ b/atdb/atdb/settings/docker_sdc.py
@@ -51,14 +51,14 @@ DATABASES = {
          'PASSWORD': 'dbadmin123',
 
          # database runs locally in postgres
-         'NAME': 'atdb',
-         'HOST': 'sdc.astron.nl',
-         'PORT': '5432',
+#         'NAME': 'atdb',
+#         'HOST': 'sdc.astron.nl',
+#         'PORT': '5432',
 
-         # database runs on a virtual machine
-         # 'HOST': 'alta-sys-db.astron.nl',
-         # 'PORT': '5432',
-         # 'NAME': 'altadb'
+        # database runs in docker container
+        'NAME': 'atdb',
+        'HOST': 'atdb-ldv-db',
+        'PORT': '5432',
     },
 }
 
diff --git a/atdb/docker-compose.yml b/atdb/docker-compose.yml
index 24be576190b7d26380e0ad043fa5edff81d4ddf7..4da0298a85dd2ab77ad79fe03c2d8db8575b82e4 100644
--- a/atdb/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/atdb/docker-compose.yml
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ services:
 #    build:
 #       context: ./docker/postgres
 #       dockerfile: Dockerfile
-    ports:
-    - "5433:5432"
+#    ports:
+#    - "5433:5432"
     expose:
       - 5432
     networks: