diff --git a/.env b/.env
deleted file mode 100644
index 3366f86..0000000
--- a/.env
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# Domain
-# Will be set to the prod domain with an env var on deployment used by Traefik
-# to transmit traffic and acquire TLS certs
-ENVIRONMENT=local
-PROJECT_NAME="CMT"
-
-# DB URI
-DATABASE_URI=mysql+mysqldb://admin:Avatarme1@localhost:3306/CMT
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 417bbf0..c1cd679 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 **/__pycache__
 **/.pytest_cache
+**/venv
+**/.env
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..68d96d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "github.copilot.advanced": {
+    "ignore": [
+      "**/.env",
+      "**/.env.*",
+      "**/secrets/**",
+      "**/*.key",
+      "**/*.pem"
+    ]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6faa159..6110257 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,12 +1,36 @@
 # CMT
+### Starting the application
+```bash
+cd backend
+fastapi run --reload app/main.py
+```
 ### DB
+MySQL
 ```sql
--- db setup
+-- MySQL db setup
 cat db_setup.sql | mysql -u root -p
 -- table setup
 cat db_table_setup.sql | mysql -u admin -p CMT
 ```
+Postgresql
+```bash
+# Installation - Arch
+sudo pacman -Syu postgresql
 
+# Initialising db cluster
+sudo -u postgres initdb -D /var/lib/postgres/data
+
+# enable + start service
+sudo systemctl enable --now postgresql
+
+# Creating user
+sudo -u postgres createuser -P appuser
+# Creating db owned by this user
+sudo -u postgres createdb -O appuser db_name
+
+# Test
+psql "postgresql://appuser:secret@localhost:5432/appdb"
+```
 ### Testing
 ```
 cd backend
diff --git a/backend/app/core/config.py b/backend/app/core/config.py
index 54d4eec..bee25dd 100644
--- a/backend/app/core/config.py
+++ b/backend/app/core/config.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from pydantic import (
-    MySQLDsn
+    PostgresDsn
 )
 from pydantic_settings import BaseSettings, SettingsConfigDict
 
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from pydantic_settings import BaseSettings, SettingsConfigDict
 class Settings(BaseSettings):
     """
     """
-    database_uri: MySQLDsn
+    database_uri: PostgresDsn
     environment: str
     project_name: str