diff --git a/backend/config/database.php b/backend/config/database.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..06a2816
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/config/database.php
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Capsule\Manager as Capsule;
+
+$capsule = new Capsule();
+
+$capsule->addConnection([
+    'driver' => 'pgsql',
+    'host' => $_ENV['DB_HOST'],
+    'port' => $_ENV['DB_PORT'],
+    'database' => $_ENV['DB_NAME'],
+    'username' => $_ENV['DB_USER'],
+    'password' => $_ENV['DB_PASSWORD'],
+    'charset' => 'utf8',
+]);
+
+$capsule->setAsGlobal();
+$capsule->bootEloquent();
+
+return $capsule;
diff --git a/backend/public/index.php b/backend/public/index.php
index 0209daf..f2c5154 100644
--- a/backend/public/index.php
+++ b/backend/public/index.php
@@ -6,14 +6,19 @@ use Slim\App;
 (static function (): void {
     $root = dirname(__DIR__);
 
-    require $root.'/vendor/autoload.php';
+    require $root . '/vendor/autoload.php';
 
-    $container = require $root.'/config/container.php';
+    $dotenv = Dotenv\Dotenv::createImmutable($root);
+    $dotenv->safeLoad();
+
+    require $root . '/config/database.php';
+
+    $container = require $root . '/config/container.php';
 
     /** @var App $app */
     $app = Bridge::create($container);
 
-    (require $root.'/config/routes.php')($app);
+    (require $root . '/config/routes.php')($app);
 
     $app->run();
 })();