diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 1eb243dfdfd6a88c27bd422f27922c76979431c2..9e2b923e74de3630ddae4a37a5bbe6f828b885d8 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -4980,6 +4980,7 @@ SAS/TriggerServices/bin/triggercancellationservice.ini -text
 SAS/TriggerServices/bin/triggerrestinterface -text
 SAS/TriggerServices/bin/triggerservice -text
 SAS/TriggerServices/bin/triggerservice.ini -text
+SAS/TriggerServices/config/dbcredentials_trigger_restinterface.ini -text
 SAS/TriggerServices/django_rest/CMakeLists.txt -text
 SAS/TriggerServices/django_rest/db.sqlite3 -text
 SAS/TriggerServices/django_rest/manage.py -text
diff --git a/SAS/TriggerServices/config/dbcredentials_trigger_restinterface.ini b/SAS/TriggerServices/config/dbcredentials_trigger_restinterface.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7db6c53863cbcd248656e8804a7179588a8043c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SAS/TriggerServices/config/dbcredentials_trigger_restinterface.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[database:trigger_restinterface]
+type = mysql
+host = mysql1.control.lofar
+user = <redacted>
+password = <redacted>
+database = lofar_trigger_rest
+port = 3306
diff --git a/SAS/TriggerServices/django_rest/restinterface/settings.py b/SAS/TriggerServices/django_rest/restinterface/settings.py
index abd72b9b1d740a12d79e058ff558f5e4f6edf1b9..428cd551c6facb85e003e88eb19262fe60c1ae46 100644
--- a/SAS/TriggerServices/django_rest/restinterface/settings.py
+++ b/SAS/TriggerServices/django_rest/restinterface/settings.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
 BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
 
 dbc = dbcredentials.DBCredentials()
-mom_credentials = dbc.get("MoM")
+restinterface_credentials = dbc.get("trigger_restinterface")
 
 # Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
 # See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/howto/deployment/checklist/
@@ -87,11 +87,11 @@ WSGI_APPLICATION = 'lofar.triggerservices.restinterface.wsgi.application'
 DATABASES = {
     'default': {
         'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql', 
-        'NAME': 'lofar_trigger_rest',
-        'USER': mom_credentials.user,
-        'PASSWORD': mom_credentials.password,
-        'HOST': mom_credentials.host,
-        'PORT': mom_credentials.port,
+        'NAME': restinterface_credentials.database,
+        'USER': restinterface_credentials.user,
+        'PASSWORD': restinterface_credentials.password,
+        'HOST': restinterface_credentials.host,
+        'PORT': restinterface_credentials.port,
     }
 }