diff --git a/src/config.js b/src/config.js
index d7daee4..1291858 100644
--- a/src/config.js
+++ b/src/config.js
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ if (process.env.ADMIN_USERNAME)  config.admin.username = process.env.ADMIN_USERN
 if (process.env.ADMIN_PASSWORD)  config.admin.password = process.env.ADMIN_PASSWORD;
 
 if (process.env.DATABASE_PATH) config.database.path = process.env.DATABASE_PATH;
-if (process.env.DATABASE_URL) {
-  config.database.postgres = { ...config.database.postgres, connectionString: process.env.DATABASE_URL };
+const dbUrl = process.env.DATABASE_URL;
+if (dbUrl && !dbUrl.includes('user:password@')) {
+  config.database.postgres = { ...config.database.postgres, connectionString: dbUrl };
   config.database.type = 'postgres';
 } else if (process.env.DATABASE_TYPE) {
   config.database.type = process.env.DATABASE_TYPE;