diff --git a/gunicorn.py b/gunicorn.py
index 466e74b..0e3fe44 100644
--- a/gunicorn.py
+++ b/gunicorn.py
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 from website.app import create_app
 from website.config import BaseConfig
+import os
 
 
-def app(db, secret_key):
-    BaseConfig.SECRET_KEY = secret_key
-    BaseConfig.SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = db
+def app():
+    BaseConfig.SECRET_KEY = os.environ.get("SECRET_KEY")
+    BaseConfig.SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = os.environ.get("DATABASE_URL")
     return create_app()
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 001cb6b..0ea84ca 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 flask
+gunicorn
 requests
 click
 autotraders>=1.6.1