diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index eb32bf1..078cc62 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ COPY . .
 
 EXPOSE 3000
 
-CMD ["npm", "run", "prod"]
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+CMD ["npm", "run", "prod"]
diff --git a/database.js b/database.js
index aea1bcf..e1ce636 100644
--- a/database.js
+++ b/database.js
@@ -1,10 +1,23 @@
 const mysql = require("mysql2");
+const fs = require('node:fs');
 
-const connection = mysql.createPool({
-    host: process.env.DB_HOST,
-    user: process.env.DB_USER,
-    password: process.env.DB_PASSWORD,
-    database: process.env.DB_NAME
-});  
 
-module.exports = connection;
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+try {
+	const db_user_password = fs.readFileSync(process.env.DB_USER_PASSWORD_FILE, 'utf8').replace(/\r?\n|\r/g, "");
+	const db_user = fs.readFileSync(process.env.DB_USER_FILE, 'utf8').replace(/\r?\n|\r/g, "");
+
+
+	console.log(db_user)
+
+	const connection = mysql.createPool({
+   		host: process.env.DB_HOST,
+    	user: db_user,
+		password: db_user_password,
+    	database: process.env.DB_NAME,
+	});  
+
+	module.exports = connection;
+} catch (e) {
+	console.log(e)
+}
+
diff --git a/db/init.sql b/db/init.sql
index 488a9da..956ea04 100644
--- a/db/init.sql
+++ b/db/init.sql
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS score (
     wins INT NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
     loses INT NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
     FOREIGN KEY (playerId) REFERENCES users(id)
-);
\ No newline at end of file
+);
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 3194107..8a2dbd7 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -9,16 +9,14 @@ services:
       - .:/usr/src/app
       - /usr/src/app/node_modules
     environment:
-      DB_HOST: /run/secrets/db_host
-      DB_USER: /run/secrets/db_user
-      DB_PASSWORD: /run/secrets/db_password
-      DB_NAME: /run/secrets/db_name
+      DB_HOST: db
+      DB_USER_FILE: /run/secrets/db_user 
+      DB_USER_PASSWORD_FILE: /run/secrets/db_user_password
+      DB_NAME: battleship
       COOKIE_SECRET_KEY: /run/secrets/cookie_key
     secrets:
-      - db_host
       - db_user
-      - db_password
-      - db_name
+      - db_user_password
       - cookie_key
     networks:
       - app-network
@@ -29,11 +27,14 @@ services:
     image: mysql:8.0
     restart: always
     environment:
-      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: /run/secrets/db_password
-      MYSQL_DATABASE: /run/secrets/db_name
+      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD_FILE: /run/secrets/db_password
+      MYSQL_USER_FILE: /run/secrets/db_user
+      MYSQL_PASSWORD_FILE: /run/secrets/db_user_password
+      MYSQL_DATABASE: battleship
     secrets:
+      - db_user_password
       - db_password
-      - db_name
+      - db_user
     ports:
       - "3306:3306"
     networks:
@@ -63,14 +64,12 @@ services:
     entrypoint: "/bin/sh -c 'trap exit TERM; while :; do certbot renew; sleep 12h; done;'"
 
 secrets:
-  db_host:
-    file: secrets/db_host.txt
+  db_user_password:
+    file: secrets/db_user_password.txt
   db_user:
     file: secrets/db_user.txt
   db_password:
     file: secrets/db_password.txt
-  db_name:
-    file: secrets/db_name.txt
   cookie_key:
     file: secrets/cookie_key.txt