diff --git a/store/__init__.py b/store/__init__.py
index 7561fbe4b394832bcbd3f4bad954cfbd4f90eff6..1e66ace71be0ae699f63c35ab41a524ad65a9f49 100644
--- a/store/__init__.py
+++ b/store/__init__.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ AM_DB = "alphamart"
 def create_app():
     app = Flask(__name__)
     app.config['SECRET_KEY'] = 'AhAhAhAhAhAlphaMartYouReallyHaveNoIdeaWhatsInStoreForYou'
-    app.config['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'] = f'mysql+pymysql://c22003197:GUu4Bnz6O6xp@csmysql.cs.cf.ac.uk:3306/c22003197_{AM_DB}'
+    app.config['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'] = f'mysql+pymysql://{os.environ["MYSQL"]}@csmysql.cs.cf.ac.uk:3306/c22003197_{AM_DB}'
 
     db.init_app(app)