diff --git a/.env.sample b/.env.sample
index 81f5f38..a4364e9 100644
--- a/.env.sample
+++ b/.env.sample
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
  export CLOUND_NAME=
  export CLOUD_API_KEY=
- export CLOUD_API_SECRET=
\ No newline at end of file
+ export CLOUD_API_SECRET=
+
+DEBUG=True
+USE_POSTGRES=False
+
+# PostgreSQL settings
+POSTGRES_DB=your_database_name
+POSTGRES_USER=your_database_user
+POSTGRES_PASSWORD=your_database_password
+POSTGRES_HOST=localhost
+POSTGRES_PORT=5432
diff --git a/alloexpertsbackend/settings.py b/alloexpertsbackend/settings.py
index b64a634..707d2df 100644
--- a/alloexpertsbackend/settings.py
+++ b/alloexpertsbackend/settings.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 SECRET_KEY = 'django-insecure-svz0_*_q=m45w(i$$oaka2j92r6pmr58uir7ko&)7fv@+$i+0g'
 
 # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
-DEBUG = True
+DEBUG = os.getenv('DEBUG', 'True') == 'True'
 
 ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['34.207.159.186','api.allo.expert', 'ec2-34-207-159-186.compute-1.amazonaws.com', 'localhost', '127.0.0.1', '0.0.0.0']
 
@@ -86,13 +86,24 @@
 # Database
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/ref/settings/#databases
 
+# Database configuration
 DATABASES = {
     'default': {
         'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
         'NAME': BASE_DIR / 'db.sqlite3',
     }
 }
-
+if USE_POSTGRES:
+    DATABASES = {
+        'default': {
+            'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',
+            'NAME': config('POSTGRES_DB'),
+            'USER': config('POSTGRES_USER'),
+            'PASSWORD': config('POSTGRES_PASSWORD'),
+            'HOST': config('POSTGRES_HOST', default='localhost'),
+            'PORT': config('POSTGRES_PORT', default='5432'),
+        }
+    }
 
 # Password validation
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ca065d9..9cee810 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -11,4 +11,5 @@ six==1.16.0
 sqlparse==0.5.0
 tzdata==2024.1
 urllib3==2.2.3
-
+python-decouple
+psycopg2