diff --git a/configuration/local.yml b/configuration/local.yml
index ab6d434..764c4a7 100644
--- a/configuration/local.yml
+++ b/configuration/local.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 application:
     host: 127.0.0.1
+database:
+    require_ssl: false
diff --git a/configuration/production.yml b/configuration/production.yml
index b936a88..cd4608a 100644
--- a/configuration/production.yml
+++ b/configuration/production.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 application:
   host: 0.0.0.0
+database:
+  require_ssl: true
diff --git a/spec.yml b/spec.yml
index 47704db..9874a17 100644
--- a/spec.yml
+++ b/spec.yml
@@ -36,6 +36,25 @@ services:
     # All incoming requests should be routed to our app
     routes:
       - path: /
+    envs:
+      - key: APP_APPLICATION__BASE_URL
+        scope: RUN_TIME
+        value: ${APP_URL}
+      - key: APP_DATABASE__USERNAME
+        scope: RUN_TIME
+        value: ${newsletter.USERNAME}
+      - key: APP_DATABASE__PASSWORD
+        scope: RUN_TIME
+        value: ${newsletter.PASSWORD}
+      - key: APP_DATABASE__HOST
+        scope: RUN_TIME
+        value: ${newsletter.HOSTNAME}
+      - key: APP_DATABASE__PORT
+        scope: RUN_TIME
+        value: ${newsletter.PORT}
+      - key: APP_DATABASE__DATABASE_NAME
+        scope: RUN_TIME
+        value: ${newsletter.DATABASE}
 
 databases:
   # PG = Postgres
diff --git a/src/configurations.rs b/src/configurations.rs
index ada0459..3f72bb3 100644
--- a/src/configurations.rs
+++ b/src/configurations.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 use config::Config;
 use secrecy::{ExposeSecret, Secret};
 use serde_aux::field_attributes::deserialize_number_from_string;
+use sqlx::{
+    postgres::{PgConnectOptions, PgSslMode},
+    ConnectOptions,
+};
 #[derive(serde::Deserialize)]
 pub struct Settings {
     pub database: DatabaseSettings,
@@ -15,6 +19,7 @@ pub struct DatabaseSettings {
     pub password: Secret<String>,
     pub host: String,
     pub database_name: String,
+    pub require_ssl: bool,
 }
 
 #[derive(serde::Deserialize)]
@@ -25,25 +30,25 @@ pub struct ApplicationSettings {
 }
 
 impl DatabaseSettings {
-    pub fn get_connnection_string(&self) -> Secret<String> {
-        Secret::new(format!(
-            "postgres://{}:{}@{}:{}/{}",
-            self.username,
-            self.password.expose_secret(),
-            self.host,
-            self.port,
-            self.database_name
-        ))
+    pub fn without_db(&self) -> PgConnectOptions {
+        let ssl_mode = if self.require_ssl {
+            PgSslMode::Require
+        } else {
+            PgSslMode::Prefer
+        };
+
+        PgConnectOptions::new()
+            .host(&self.host)
+            .username(&self.username)
+            .password(self.password.expose_secret())
+            .port(self.port)
+            .ssl_mode(ssl_mode)
     }
 
-    pub fn get_connnection_string_without_db(&self) -> Secret<String> {
-        Secret::new(format!(
-            "postgres://{}:{}@{}:{}",
-            self.username,
-            self.password.expose_secret(),
-            self.host,
-            self.port
-        ))
+    pub fn with_db(&self) -> PgConnectOptions {
+        let mut options = self.without_db().database(&self.database_name);
+        options.log_statements(tracing_log::log::LevelFilter::Trace);
+        options
     }
 }
 
@@ -55,10 +60,10 @@ pub fn get_configuration() -> Result<Settings, config::ConfigError> {
         .unwrap_or_else(|_| "local".into())
         .try_into()
         .expect("Failed to parse APP_ENVIRONMENT.");
-    let environment_filename = format!("{}.yaml", environment.as_str());
+    let environment_filename = format!("{}.yml", environment.as_str());
 
     let settings = Config::builder()
-        .add_source(config::File::from(configuration_directory.join("base")).required(true))
+        .add_source(config::File::from(configuration_directory.join("base.yml")).required(true))
         .add_source(
             config::File::from(configuration_directory.join(environment_filename)).required(true),
         )
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 6237f16..1e4236d 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-use secrecy::ExposeSecret;
 use sqlx::postgres::PgPoolOptions;
 use std::net::TcpListener;
 use tracing::subscriber::set_global_default;
@@ -18,13 +17,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
     let configuration = get_configuration().expect("Failed to read configurations");
     let connection = PgPoolOptions::new()
         .acquire_timeout(std::time::Duration::from_secs(2))
-        .connect_lazy(
-            configuration
-                .database
-                .get_connnection_string()
-                .expose_secret(),
-        )
-        .expect("Failed to connect to Postgres");
+        .connect_lazy_with(configuration.database.with_db());
 
     // Bind the TCP listener socket address with the configuration port
     let address = format!(
diff --git a/tests/health_check.rs b/tests/health_check.rs
index 7b35179..74905f9 100644
--- a/tests/health_check.rs
+++ b/tests/health_check.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
-use secrecy::ExposeSecret;
 use sqlx::{Connection, Executor, PgConnection, PgPool};
 use std::net::TcpListener;
 use uuid::Uuid;
@@ -54,17 +53,16 @@ async fn spawn_app() -> TestApp {
 /// This is important in order to avoid polluting an existing database with test data.
 pub async fn configure_database(config: &zero2prod::configurations::DatabaseSettings) -> PgPool {
     // Create database
-    let mut connection =
-        PgConnection::connect(&config.get_connnection_string_without_db().expose_secret())
-            .await
-            .expect("Failed to connect to Postgres");
+    let mut connection = PgConnection::connect_with(&config.without_db())
+        .await
+        .expect("Failed to connect to Postgres");
     connection
         .execute(format!(r#"CREATE DATABASE "{}";"#, config.database_name).as_str())
         .await
         .expect("Failed to create database");
 
     // Migrate database
-    let connection_pool = PgPool::connect(&config.get_connnection_string().expose_secret())
+    let connection_pool = PgPool::connect_with(config.with_db())
         .await
         .expect("Failed to connect to Postgres");
     sqlx::migrate!("./migrations")