diff --git a/spring-cloud-heroku-connector/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/heroku/HerokuConnector.java b/spring-cloud-heroku-connector/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/heroku/HerokuConnector.java
index 55d1cba6..6dd5a054 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-heroku-connector/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/heroku/HerokuConnector.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-heroku-connector/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/heroku/HerokuConnector.java
@@ -18,22 +18,21 @@
 
 /**
  * Implementation of CloudConnector for Heroku
- *
+ * <p/>
  * Currently support Postgres (default provided), Mysql (Cleardb), MongoDb (MongoLab, MongoHQ, MongoSoup),
  * Redis (RedisToGo, RedisCloud, OpenRedis, RedisGreen), and AMQP (CloudAmqp).
  *
  * @author Ramnivas Laddad
- *
  */
 public class HerokuConnector extends AbstractCloudConnector<UriBasedServiceData> {
 
 	private EnvironmentAccessor environment = new EnvironmentAccessor();
 	private ApplicationInstanceInfoCreator applicationInstanceInfoCreator
-		= new ApplicationInstanceInfoCreator(environment);
+			= new ApplicationInstanceInfoCreator(environment);
 
 	private List<String> serviceEnvPrefixes;
 
-	@SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked", "rawtypes" })
+	@SuppressWarnings({"unchecked", "rawtypes"})
 	public HerokuConnector() {
 		super((Class) HerokuServiceInfoCreator.class);
 	}
@@ -60,15 +59,15 @@ void setCloudEnvironment(EnvironmentAccessor environment) {
 
 	@Override
 	protected void registerServiceInfoCreator(ServiceInfoCreator<? extends ServiceInfo, UriBasedServiceData> serviceInfoCreator) {
-	    super.registerServiceInfoCreator(serviceInfoCreator);
-	    HerokuServiceInfoCreator<?> herokuServiceInfoCreator = (HerokuServiceInfoCreator<?>)serviceInfoCreator;
-	    String[] envPrefixes = herokuServiceInfoCreator.getEnvPrefixes();
-
-	    // need to do this since this method gets called during construction and we cannot initialize serviceEnvPrefixes before this
-	    if (serviceEnvPrefixes == null) {
-	        serviceEnvPrefixes = new ArrayList<String>();
-	    }
-	    serviceEnvPrefixes.addAll(Arrays.asList(envPrefixes));
+		super.registerServiceInfoCreator(serviceInfoCreator);
+		HerokuServiceInfoCreator<?> herokuServiceInfoCreator = (HerokuServiceInfoCreator<?>) serviceInfoCreator;
+		String[] envPrefixes = herokuServiceInfoCreator.getEnvPrefixes();
+
+		// need to do this since this method gets called during construction and we cannot initialize serviceEnvPrefixes before this
+		if (serviceEnvPrefixes == null) {
+			serviceEnvPrefixes = new ArrayList<String>();
+		}
+		serviceEnvPrefixes.addAll(Arrays.asList(envPrefixes));
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -76,26 +75,27 @@ protected void registerServiceInfoCreator(ServiceInfoCreator<? extends ServiceIn
 	 * <p>
 	 * Returns map whose key is the env key and value is the associated url
 	 * </p>
+	 *
 	 * @return information about services bound to the app
 	 */
 	protected List<UriBasedServiceData> getServicesData() {
 		List<UriBasedServiceData> serviceData = new ArrayList<UriBasedServiceData>();
 
-		Map<String,String> env = environment.getEnv();
+		Map<String, String> env = environment.getEnv();
 
 		for (Map.Entry<String, String> envEntry : env.entrySet()) {
-		    for (String envPrefix : serviceEnvPrefixes) {
-		        if (envEntry.getKey().startsWith(envPrefix)) {
-	                serviceData.add(new UriBasedServiceData(envEntry.getKey(), envEntry.getValue()));
-		        }
-		    }
+			for (String envPrefix : serviceEnvPrefixes) {
+				if (envEntry.getKey().startsWith(envPrefix)) {
+					serviceData.add(new UriBasedServiceData(envEntry.getKey(), envEntry.getValue()));
+				}
+			}
 		}
 
 		return serviceData;
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	protected FallbackServiceInfoCreator<BaseServiceInfo,UriBasedServiceData> getFallbackServiceInfoCreator() {
+	protected FallbackServiceInfoCreator<BaseServiceInfo, UriBasedServiceData> getFallbackServiceInfoCreator() {
 		return new FallbackBaseServiceInfoCreator();
 	}
 }
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diff --git a/spring-cloud-heroku-connector/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/heroku/PostgresqlServiceInfoCreator.java b/spring-cloud-heroku-connector/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/heroku/PostgresqlServiceInfoCreator.java
index e6d5ab2b..013e9a4f 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-heroku-connector/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/heroku/PostgresqlServiceInfoCreator.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-heroku-connector/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/heroku/PostgresqlServiceInfoCreator.java
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ public PostgresqlServiceInfo createServiceInfo(String id, String uri) {
 
 	@Override
 	public String[] getEnvPrefixes() {
-		return new String[]{"HEROKU_POSTGRESQL_"};
+		return new String[]{"DATABASE_URL", "HEROKU_POSTGRESQL_"};
 	}
 }
diff --git a/spring-cloud-heroku-connector/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/heroku/HerokuConnectorPostgresqlServiceTest.java b/spring-cloud-heroku-connector/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/heroku/HerokuConnectorPostgresqlServiceTest.java
index 969f6f6e..d75d3b31 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-heroku-connector/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/heroku/HerokuConnectorPostgresqlServiceTest.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-heroku-connector/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/heroku/HerokuConnectorPostgresqlServiceTest.java
@@ -21,14 +21,23 @@ public HerokuConnectorPostgresqlServiceTest() {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void postgresqlServiceCreation() {
+	public void postgresqlServiceCreationPrimary() {
+		assertPostgresServiceCreated("DATABASE_URL", "DATABASE");
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void postgresqlServiceCreationSecondary() {
+		assertPostgresServiceCreated("HEROKU_POSTGRESQL_YELLOW_URL", "HEROKU_POSTGRESQL_YELLOW");
+	}
+
+	private void assertPostgresServiceCreated(String envVarName, String serviceInstanceName) {
 		Map<String, String> env = new HashMap<String, String>();
 		String postgresUrl = getRelationalServiceUrl("db");
-		env.put("HEROKU_POSTGRESQL_YELLOW_URL", postgresUrl);
+		env.put(envVarName, postgresUrl);
 		when(mockEnvironment.getEnv()).thenReturn(env);
 
 		List<ServiceInfo> serviceInfos = testCloudConnector.getServiceInfos();
-		ServiceInfo serviceInfo = getServiceInfo(serviceInfos, "HEROKU_POSTGRESQL_YELLOW");
+		ServiceInfo serviceInfo = getServiceInfo(serviceInfos, serviceInstanceName);
 		assertNotNull(serviceInfo);
 		assertTrue(serviceInfo instanceof PostgresqlServiceInfo);
 		assertReleationServiceInfo((PostgresqlServiceInfo) serviceInfo, "db");