diff --git a/mayan/settings/includes/common.py b/mayan/settings/includes/common.py
index 8f1be98249..d0e6c16f84 100644
--- a/mayan/settings/includes/common.py
+++ b/mayan/settings/includes/common.py
@@ -129,10 +129,12 @@ WSGI_APPLICATION = 'mayan.wsgi.application'
 
 DATABASES = {
     'default': {
-        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
-        'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3'),
-    }
-}
+        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2',
+        'NAME': 'mayan',
+        'USER': 'mayan',
+        'PASSWORD': DBPASSWORD,
+        'HOST': '',
+        'PORT': ''}}
 
 # Internationalization
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.6/topics/i18n/
diff --git a/mayan/settings/includes/secrets.py.example b/mayan/settings/includes/secrets.py.example
index 285178747d..4bfcf67a72 100644
--- a/mayan/settings/includes/secrets.py.example
+++ b/mayan/settings/includes/secrets.py.example
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
+# Keep this restricted to just the stuff you really need to keep secret so that it does not need to change or
+# be modified often.
 # SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
 SECRET_KEY = 'Ei5lo4oh zooW4xaj ic6Uehaa Vahy2zae seej1OhK iwoh3ziX gai3Ohng Igh3phae'
+DBPASSWORD = '<change me to the db user password>'