diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 94385d4..0102aa5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -49,4 +49,4 @@ Thumbs.db
 *.db
 *.sqlite
 *.zip
-
+/src/config.php
diff --git a/angular.json b/angular.json
index 6cd5ddf..cc06d89 100644
--- a/angular.json
+++ b/angular.json
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@
                 "input": "src/api",
                 "output": "/api"
               },
+              {
+                "glob": "config*.php",
+                "input": "src",
+                "output": "/"
+              },
               {
                 "glob": "*.json",
                 "input": "src/json",
diff --git a/src/api/index.php b/src/api/index.php
index 51d888e..11816a5 100644
--- a/src/api/index.php
+++ b/src/api/index.php
@@ -11,7 +11,13 @@ use RedBeanPHP\R;
 
 require './vendor/autoload.php';
 
-R::setup('sqlite:taskboard.sqlite');
+$CONFIG = require('../config.default.php');
+if (file_exists('../config.php')) {
+  $CONFIG = array_merge($CONFIG, require('../config.php'));
+}
+
+
+R::setup($CONFIG['database'], $CONFIG['database_user'], $CONFIG['database_password']);
 
 $container = new DI\Container();
 AppFactory::setContainer($container);
diff --git a/src/config.default.php b/src/config.default.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1405579
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/config.default.php
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?php
+// Do not edit config.default.php as this may hinder your upgrade to a future version.
+// Make a copy of it called config.php!
+
+return array(
+/**
+ * Database configuration settings.
+ *
+ * SQLite does not use or need a user or password.
+ *
+ * For SQLite, use sqlite:path_to_db.sqlite (the path is relative to the api/ directory).
+ *
+ * For Postgres, use e.g. pgsql:host=localhost;dbname=taskboard for a TCP connection,
+ *              or e.g. pgsql:dbname=taskboard for a UNIX socket connection
+ *
+ * See https://redbeanphp.com/index.php?p=/connection for more options.
+ */
+'database' => 'sqlite:taskboard.sqlite',
+'database_user' => '',
+'database_password' => '',
+
+
+);