diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7ac1702..64266ec 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@ easy! just `git clone` this repo and `go build` from the root. `arimelody-web(.e
 
 the webserver depends on some environment variables (don't worry about forgetting some; it'll be sure to bug you about them):
 
-- `HTTP_DOMAIN`: the domain the webserver will use for generating oauth redirect URIs (default `https://arimelody.me`)
+- `ARIMELODY_HTTP_DOMAIN`: the domain the webserver will use for generating oauth redirect URIs (default `https://arimelody.me`)
+- `ARIMELODY_DB_HOST`: the host address of a postgres database.
+- `ARIMELODY_DB_NAME`: the name of the database.
+- `ARIMELODY_DB_USER`: the username for the database.
+- `ARIMELODY_DB_PASS`: the password for the database.
 - `DISCORD_ADMIN`[^1]: the user ID of your discord account (discord auth is intended to be temporary, and will be replaced with its own auth system later)
 - `DISCORD_CLIENT`[^1]: the client ID of your discord OAuth application.
 - `DISCORD_SECRET`[^1]: the client secret of your discord OAuth application.
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index e29b006..3f3e4a4 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -7,8 +7,12 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - ./uploads:/app/uploads
     environment:
-      HTTP_DOMAIN: "https://arimelody.me"
+      ARIMELODY_PORT: 8080
+      ARIMELODY_HTTP_DOMAIN: "https://arimelody.me"
       ARIMELODY_DB_HOST: db
+      ARIMELODY_DB_NAME: arimelody
+      ARIMELODY_DB_USER: arimelody
+      ARIMELODY_DB_PASS: fuckingpassword
       DISCORD_ADMIN: # your discord user ID.
       DISCORD_CLIENT: # your discord OAuth client ID.
       DISCORD_SECRET: # your discord OAuth secret.
diff --git a/global/data.go b/global/data.go
index fb641fc..4f56a68 100644
--- a/global/data.go
+++ b/global/data.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ var Args = func() map[string]string {
 }()
 
 var HTTP_DOMAIN = func() string  {
-    domain := os.Getenv("HTTP_DOMAIN")
+    domain := os.Getenv("ARIMELODY_HTTP_DOMAIN")
     if domain == "" {
         return "https://arimelody.me"
     }
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index f87d36e..a783421 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -7,27 +7,46 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
 	"arimelody-web/admin"
 	"arimelody-web/api"
 	"arimelody-web/global"
-	"arimelody-web/view"
 	"arimelody-web/templates"
+	"arimelody-web/view"
 
 	"github.com/jmoiron/sqlx"
 	_ "github.com/lib/pq"
 )
 
-const DEFAULT_PORT int = 8080
+const DEFAULT_PORT int64 = 8080
 
 func main() {
     // initialise database connection
     var dbHost = os.Getenv("ARIMELODY_DB_HOST")
-    if dbHost == "" { dbHost = "127.0.0.1" }
+    var dbName = os.Getenv("ARIMELODY_DB_NAME")
+    var dbUser = os.Getenv("ARIMELODY_DB_USER")
+    var dbPass = os.Getenv("ARIMELODY_DB_PASS")
+    if dbHost == "" {
+        fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "FATAL: ARIMELODY_DB_HOST not provided! Exiting...\n")
+        os.Exit(1)
+    }
+    if dbName == "" {
+        fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "FATAL: ARIMELODY_DB_NAME not provided! Exiting...\n")
+        os.Exit(1)
+    }
+    if dbUser == "" {
+        fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "FATAL: ARIMELODY_DB_USER not provided! Exiting...\n")
+        os.Exit(1)
+    }
+    if dbPass == "" {
+        fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "FATAL: ARIMELODY_DB_PASS not provided! Exiting...\n")
+        os.Exit(1)
+    }
 
     var err error
-    global.DB, err = sqlx.Connect("postgres", "host=" + dbHost + " user=arimelody dbname=arimelody password=fuckingpassword sslmode=disable")
+    global.DB, err = sqlx.Connect("postgres", fmt.Sprintf("host=%s user=%s dbname=%s password=%s sslmode=disable", dbHost, dbUser, dbName, dbPass))
     if err != nil {
         fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "FATAL: Unable to create database connection pool: %v\n", err)
         os.Exit(1)
@@ -39,7 +58,10 @@ func main() {
 
     // start the web server!
     mux := createServeMux()
-    port := DEFAULT_PORT
+    port, err := strconv.ParseInt(os.Getenv("ARIMELODY_PORT"), 10, 0)
+    if err != nil {
+        port = DEFAULT_PORT
+    }
     fmt.Printf("Now serving at http://127.0.0.1:%d\n", port)
     log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(fmt.Sprintf(":%d", port), global.HTTPLog(mux)))
 }