diff --git a/php/oop/database.php b/php/oop/database.php
index 902916e..a0d9c10 100644
--- a/php/oop/database.php
+++ b/php/oop/database.php
@@ -8,7 +8,12 @@ public function connect_to_database() {
 
 		# try {
 
-			$this->connection = new PDO('msql:host=localhost;dbname=lab8', 'lab8');
+			$db_host = getenv('DB_HOST') ?: 'localhost';
+			$db_name = getenv('DB_NAME') ?: 'lab8';
+			$db_user = getenv('DB_USER');
+			$db_pass = getenv('DB_PASS');
+
+			$this->connection = new PDO("msql:host=$db_host;dbname=$db_name", $db_user, $db_pass);
 
 		/* 
 		} catch (PDOException $e) {