diff --git a/CONFIGURATION.md b/CONFIGURATION.md
index 7276f1d..1f7a0ce 100644
--- a/CONFIGURATION.md
+++ b/CONFIGURATION.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ The following environment variables can be set:
 | RELAY_PORT                       | Relay's server port            | 8008                   |
 | RELAY_PRIVATE_KEY                | Relay's private key in hex     | (auto-generated)       |
 | WORKER_COUNT                     | Number of workers override     | No. of available CPUs  |
+| DB_URI                           | PostgreSQL URI (overrides DB_HOST, DB_PORT, etc.) | |
 | DB_HOST                          | PostgresSQL Hostname           |                        |
 | DB_PORT                          | PostgreSQL Port                | 5432                   |
 | DB_USER                          | PostgreSQL Username            | nostr_ts_relay         |
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ The following environment variables can be set:
 | TOR_CONTROL_PORT                 | Tor control Port                 | 9051                   |
 | TOR_PASSWORD                     | Tor control password             | nostr_ts_relay         |
 | HIDDEN_SERVICE_PORT              | Tor hidden service port          | 80                     |
+| REDIS_URI                        | Redis URI (overrides REDIS_HOST, REDIS_PORT, etc.) | |
 | REDIS_HOST                       |                                  |                        |
 | REDIS_PORT                       | Redis Port                       | 6379                   |
 | REDIS_USER                       | Redis User                       | default                |
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 76a4f64..dd84456 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -179,11 +179,18 @@ The logs can be viewed with:
 Set the following environment variables:
 
   ```
+  DB_URI="postgresql://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/nostr_ts_relay_test"
+
+  or
+
   DB_HOST=localhost
   DB_PORT=5432
   DB_NAME=nostr_ts_relay
   DB_USER=postgres
   DB_PASSWORD=postgres
+
+  REDIS_URI="redis://default:nostr_ts_relay@localhost:6379"
+
   REDIS_HOST=localhost
   REDIS_PORT=6379
   REDIS_USER=default
@@ -315,6 +322,10 @@ Open a terminal and change to the project's directory:
 Set the following environment variables:
 
   ```
+  DB_URI="postgresql://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/nostr_ts_relay_test"
+
+  or
+
   DB_HOST=localhost
   DB_PORT=5432
   DB_NAME=nostr_ts_relay_test
diff --git a/knexfile.js b/knexfile.js
index f48ac35..6546cc4 100644
--- a/knexfile.js
+++ b/knexfile.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module.exports = {
   client: 'pg',
-  connection: {
+  connection: process.env.DATABASE_URI ? process.env.DATABASE_URI : {
     host: process.env.DB_HOST ?? 'localhost',
     port: process.env.DB_PORT ?? 5432,
     user: process.env.DB_USER ?? 'postgres',
diff --git a/src/cache/client.ts b/src/cache/client.ts
index ed8d263..d4b819b 100644
--- a/src/cache/client.ts
+++ b/src/cache/client.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { createLogger } from '../factories/logger-factory'
 const debug = createLogger('cache-client')
 
 export const getCacheConfig = (): RedisClientOptions => ({
-  url: `redis://${process.env.REDIS_USER}:${process.env.REDIS_PASSWORD}@${process.env.REDIS_HOST}:${process.env.REDIS_PORT}`,
+  url: process.env.REDIS_URI ? process.env.REDIS_URI : `redis://${process.env.REDIS_USER}:${process.env.REDIS_PASSWORD}@${process.env.REDIS_HOST}:${process.env.REDIS_PORT}`,
   password: process.env.REDIS_PASSWORD,
 })
 
diff --git a/src/database/client.ts b/src/database/client.ts
index c91fe42..b37207e 100644
--- a/src/database/client.ts
+++ b/src/database/client.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import { createLogger } from '../factories/logger-factory'
 const getMasterConfig = (): Knex.Config => ({
   tag: 'master',
   client: 'pg',
-  connection: {
+  connection: process.env.DB_URI ? process.env.DB_URI : {
     host: process.env.DB_HOST,
     port: Number(process.env.DB_PORT),
     user: process.env.DB_USER,