diff --git a/backend/src/db/instance.ts b/backend/src/db/instance.ts
index 2a321a3bc..bd4ce99c1 100644
--- a/backend/src/db/instance.ts
+++ b/backend/src/db/instance.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,13 @@ export const initDbConnection = ({ dbConnectionUri, dbRootCert }: { dbConnection
     client: "pg",
     connection: {
       connectionString: dbConnectionUri,
+      host: process.env.DB_HOST,
+      // @ts-expect-error I have no clue why only for the port there is a type error
+      // eslint-disable-next-line
+      port: process.env.DB_PORT,
+      user: process.env.DB_USER,
+      database: process.env.DB_NAME,
+      password: process.env.DB_PASSWORD,
       ssl: dbRootCert
         ? {
             rejectUnauthorized: true,
diff --git a/backend/src/db/knexfile.ts b/backend/src/db/knexfile.ts
index 532ab496d..8af2b59ab 100644
--- a/backend/src/db/knexfile.ts
+++ b/backend/src/db/knexfile.ts
@@ -7,18 +7,22 @@ import path from "path";
 
 // Update with your config settings. .
 dotenv.config({
-  path: path.join(__dirname, "../../../.env.migration"),
-  debug: true
+  path: path.join(__dirname, "../../../.env.migration")
 });
 dotenv.config({
-  path: path.join(__dirname, "../../../.env"),
-  debug: true
+  path: path.join(__dirname, "../../../.env")
 });
+
 export default {
   development: {
     client: "postgres",
     connection: {
       connectionString: process.env.DB_CONNECTION_URI,
+      host: process.env.DB_HOST,
+      port: process.env.DB_PORT,
+      user: process.env.DB_USER,
+      database: process.env.DB_NAME,
+      password: process.env.DB_PASSWORD,
       ssl: process.env.DB_ROOT_CERT
         ? {
             rejectUnauthorized: true,
@@ -41,6 +45,11 @@ export default {
     client: "postgres",
     connection: {
       connectionString: process.env.DB_CONNECTION_URI,
+      host: process.env.DB_HOST,
+      port: process.env.DB_PORT,
+      user: process.env.DB_USER,
+      database: process.env.DB_NAME,
+      password: process.env.DB_PASSWORD,
       ssl: process.env.DB_ROOT_CERT
         ? {
             rejectUnauthorized: true,
diff --git a/backend/src/lib/config/env.ts b/backend/src/lib/config/env.ts
index 655e402df..84d772e2e 100644
--- a/backend/src/lib/config/env.ts
+++ b/backend/src/lib/config/env.ts
@@ -15,8 +15,16 @@ const envSchema = z
     PORT: z.coerce.number().default(4000),
     REDIS_URL: zpStr(z.string()),
     HOST: zpStr(z.string().default("localhost")),
-    DB_CONNECTION_URI: zpStr(z.string().describe("Postgres database connection string")),
+    DB_CONNECTION_URI: zpStr(z.string().describe("Postgres database connection string")).default(
+      `postgresql://${process.env.DB_USER}:${process.env.DB_PASSWORD}@${process.env.DB_HOST}:${process.env.DB_PORT}/${process.env.DB_NAME}`
+    ),
     DB_ROOT_CERT: zpStr(z.string().describe("Postgres database base64-encoded CA cert").optional()),
+    DB_HOST: zpStr(z.string().describe("Postgres database host").optional()),
+    DB_PORT: zpStr(z.string().describe("Postgres database port").optional()).default("5432"),
+    DB_USER: zpStr(z.string().describe("Postgres database username").optional()),
+    DB_PASSWORD: zpStr(z.string().describe("Postgres database password").optional()),
+    DB_NAME: zpStr(z.string().describe("Postgres database name").optional()),
+
     NODE_ENV: z.enum(["development", "test", "production"]).default("production"),
     SALT_ROUNDS: z.coerce.number().default(10),
     INITIAL_ORGANIZATION_NAME: zpStr(z.string().optional()),