diff --git a/EpisodesCommunity/settings.py b/EpisodesCommunity/settings.py
index f7c0b81..ec8a8cf 100644
--- a/EpisodesCommunity/settings.py
+++ b/EpisodesCommunity/settings.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ For the full list of settings and their values, see
 https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/ref/settings/
 """
 
+import dj_database_url
 import os
 import configparser
 import warnings
@@ -86,10 +87,7 @@ WSGI_APPLICATION = 'EpisodesCommunity.wsgi.application'
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/ref/settings/#databases
 
 DATABASES = {
-    'default': {
-        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
-        'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3'),
-    }
+        'default': dj_database_url.parse(options.get("database", 'sqlite:///database.db'))
 }
 
 
diff --git a/options_example.ini b/options_example.ini
index 292ba99..e8b6fc4 100644
--- a/options_example.ini
+++ b/options_example.ini
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
 [General]
 # You MUST change this for production.  Not doing so is a major vulnerability
 secret_key=5up3r s3cr3t k3y
+
+#Changes where the site stores it's data
+#See https://github.com/kennethreitz/dj-database-url
+#For configuration details
+database=sqlite:///database.sqlite3
+
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a3f04e5..b52c65d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 Django==1.11.4
 Pillow=4.2.1
+dj-database-url==0.4.2