diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 5d51c5dc..2d169738 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ gem 'dotenv-rails', require: 'dotenv/rails-now'
 
 # Bundle edge Rails instead: gem 'rails', github: 'rails/rails'
 gem 'rails', '~> 6'
-# Use sqlite3 as the database for Active Record
-gem 'sqlite3'
 # Use Puma as the app server
 gem 'puma', '~> 3.7'
 # Use SCSS for stylesheets
@@ -76,6 +74,7 @@ group :development, :test do
   # Adds support for Capybara system testing and selenium driver
   gem 'capybara', '~> 2.13'
   gem 'selenium-webdriver'
+  gem 'sqlite3'
 end
 
 group :development do
diff --git a/config/database.yml b/config/database.yml
index f7a32384..28e195b8 100644
--- a/config/database.yml
+++ b/config/database.yml
@@ -21,5 +21,9 @@ test:
   database: db/test.sqlite3
 
 production:
-  <<: *default
-  database: data/production.sqlite3
+  adapter: postgresql
+  pool: <%= ENV.fetch("RAILS_MAX_THREADS") { 5 } %>
+  database: sutty
+  user: sutty
+  host: postgresql
+  encoding: unicode
diff --git a/monit.conf b/monit.conf
index 9f002db6..4d34d69c 100644
--- a/monit.conf
+++ b/monit.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 check process sutty with pidfile /srv/http/tmp/puma.pid
-  start program = "/bin/sh -c 'cd /srv/http && ./bin/migrate_database && foreman start migrate && foreman start sutty'" as uid app
+  start program = "/bin/sh -c 'cd /srv/http && foreman start migrate && foreman start sutty'" as uid app
   stop program = "/bin/sh -c 'cat /srv/http/tmp/puma.pid | xargs kill'"
 
 check program sync_assets