diff --git a/src/BirdsiteLive.Common/Settings/DbSettings.cs b/src/BirdsiteLive.Common/Settings/DbSettings.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b70fba1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/BirdsiteLive.Common/Settings/DbSettings.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+namespace BirdsiteLive.Common.Settings
+{
+    public class DbSettings
+    {
+        public string Type { get; set; }
+        public string Host { get; set; }
+        public string Name { get; set; }
+        public string User { get; set; }
+        public string Password { get; set; }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/BirdsiteLive.Common/Settings/InstanceSettings.cs b/src/BirdsiteLive.Common/Settings/InstanceSettings.cs
index ce200d9..ba2a517 100644
--- a/src/BirdsiteLive.Common/Settings/InstanceSettings.cs
+++ b/src/BirdsiteLive.Common/Settings/InstanceSettings.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,5 @@
     {
         public string Domain { get; set; }
         public string AdminEmail { get; set; }
-        public string PostgresConnString { get; set; }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/BirdsiteLive.Common/Structs/DbTypes.cs b/src/BirdsiteLive.Common/Structs/DbTypes.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..767f0f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/BirdsiteLive.Common/Structs/DbTypes.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+namespace BirdsiteLive.Common.Structs
+{
+    public struct DbTypes
+    {
+        public static string Postgres = "postgres";
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/BirdsiteLive/Startup.cs b/src/BirdsiteLive/Startup.cs
index e31945f..c2d7cb0 100644
--- a/src/BirdsiteLive/Startup.cs
+++ b/src/BirdsiteLive/Startup.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using BirdsiteLive.Common.Settings;
+using BirdsiteLive.Common.Structs;
 using BirdsiteLive.DAL.Contracts;
 using BirdsiteLive.DAL.Postgres.DataAccessLayers;
 using BirdsiteLive.DAL.Postgres.Settings;
@@ -51,15 +52,26 @@ namespace BirdsiteLive
             var instanceSettings = Configuration.GetSection("Instance").Get<InstanceSettings>();
             services.For<InstanceSettings>().Use(x => instanceSettings);
 
-            var postgresSettings = new PostgresSettings
-            {
-                ConnString = instanceSettings.PostgresConnString
-            };
-            services.For<PostgresSettings>().Use(x => postgresSettings);
+            var dbSettings = Configuration.GetSection("Db").Get<DbSettings>();
+            services.For<DbSettings>().Use(x => dbSettings);
 
-            services.For<ITwitterUserDal>().Use<TwitterUserPostgresDal>().Singleton();
-            services.For<IFollowersDal>().Use<FollowersPostgresDal>().Singleton();
-            services.For<IDbInitializerDal>().Use<DbInitializerPostgresDal>().Singleton();
+            if (string.Equals(dbSettings.Type, DbTypes.Postgres, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            {
+                var connString = $"Host={dbSettings.Host};Username={dbSettings.User};Password={dbSettings.Password};Database={dbSettings.Name}";
+                var postgresSettings = new PostgresSettings
+                {
+                    ConnString = connString
+                };
+                services.For<PostgresSettings>().Use(x => postgresSettings);
+
+                services.For<ITwitterUserDal>().Use<TwitterUserPostgresDal>().Singleton();
+                services.For<IFollowersDal>().Use<FollowersPostgresDal>().Singleton();
+                services.For<IDbInitializerDal>().Use<DbInitializerPostgresDal>().Singleton();
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                throw new NotImplementedException($"{dbSettings.Type} is not supported");
+            }
 
             services.Scan(_ =>
             {
diff --git a/src/BirdsiteLive/appsettings.json b/src/BirdsiteLive/appsettings.json
index 08c587a..4e6acb9 100644
--- a/src/BirdsiteLive/appsettings.json
+++ b/src/BirdsiteLive/appsettings.json
@@ -9,8 +9,14 @@
   "AllowedHosts": "*",
   "Instance": {
     "Domain": "domain.name",
-    "AdminEmail": "me@domain.name",
-    "PostgresConnString": "Host=127.0.0.1;Username=username;Password=password;Database=mydb"
+    "AdminEmail": "me@domain.name"
+  },
+  "Db": {
+    "Type": "postgres",
+    "Host": "127.0.0.1",
+    "Name": "mydb",
+    "User": "username",
+    "Password": "password"
   },
   "Twitter": {
     "ConsumerKey": "twitter.api.key",