diff --git a/Pipfile b/Pipfile
index f1e49972..649f7eb8 100644
--- a/Pipfile
+++ b/Pipfile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ SQLAlchemy = "*"
 itsdangerous = "*"
 authlib = "*"
 httpx = "*"
+psycopg2 = "*"
 
 [dev-packages]
 
diff --git a/Pipfile.lock b/Pipfile.lock
index a309eb0a..a45eacdc 100644
--- a/Pipfile.lock
+++ b/Pipfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "_meta": {
         "hash": {
-            "sha256": "6ca6b02d3e09088dc3222522eca7541395222607b1972f986791dcb3bf1259aa"
+            "sha256": "0e2f744e18603585f1999ed3b99d09c11bd0cfff59618c506edb2dad1c91314e"
         },
         "pipfile-spec": 6,
         "requires": {
@@ -295,6 +295,21 @@
             "index": "pypi",
             "version": "==1.7.4"
         },
+        "psycopg2": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:079d97fc22de90da1d370c90583659a9f9a6ee4007355f5825e5f1c70dffc1fa",
+                "sha256:2087013c159a73e09713294a44d0c8008204d06326006b7f652bef5ace66eebb",
+                "sha256:2c992196719fadda59f72d44603ee1a2fdcc67de097eea38d41c7ad9ad246e62",
+                "sha256:7640e1e4d72444ef012e275e7b53204d7fab341fb22bc76057ede22fe6860b25",
+                "sha256:7f91312f065df517187134cce8e395ab37f5b601a42446bdc0f0d51773621854",
+                "sha256:830c8e8dddab6b6716a4bf73a09910c7954a92f40cf1d1e702fb93c8a919cc56",
+                "sha256:89409d369f4882c47f7ea20c42c5046879ce22c1e4ea20ef3b00a4dfc0a7f188",
+                "sha256:bf35a25f1aaa8a3781195595577fcbb59934856ee46b4f252f56ad12b8043bcf",
+                "sha256:de5303a6f1d0a7a34b9d40e4d3bef684ccc44a49bbe3eb85e3c0bffb4a131b7c"
+            ],
+            "index": "pypi",
+            "version": "==2.9.1"
+        },
         "pycparser": {
             "hashes": [
                 "sha256:2d475327684562c3a96cc71adf7dc8c4f0565175cf86b6d7a404ff4c771f15f0",
diff --git a/auth/token.py b/auth/token.py
index d3fa5715..74b9b38e 100644
--- a/auth/token.py
+++ b/auth/token.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class Token:
     @staticmethod
     def encode(user: User, exp: datetime, device: str = "pc") -> str:
         payload = {"user_id": user.id, "device": device, "exp": exp, "iat": datetime.utcnow()}
-        return jwt.encode(payload, JWT_SECRET_KEY, JWT_ALGORITHM).decode("UTF-8")
+        return jwt.encode(payload, JWT_SECRET_KEY, JWT_ALGORITHM)
 
     @staticmethod
     def decode(token: str, verify_exp: bool = True) -> PayLoad:
diff --git a/orm/base.py b/orm/base.py
index cf5ec589..e3c89c6d 100644
--- a/orm/base.py
+++ b/orm/base.py
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base
 from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker
 from sqlalchemy.sql.schema import Table
 
-from settings import SQLITE_URI
+from settings import DB_URI
 
-engine = create_engine(f'sqlite:///{SQLITE_URI}', convert_unicode=True, echo=False)
+engine = create_engine(DB_URI, convert_unicode=True, echo=False)
 Session = sessionmaker(autocommit=False, autoflush=False, bind=engine)
 global_session = Session()
 
diff --git a/settings.py b/settings.py
index 911f9ace..1cb3a9a0 100644
--- a/settings.py
+++ b/settings.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from os import environ
 
 PORT = 80
 
-SQLITE_URI = Path(__file__).parent / "database.sqlite3"
+DB_URI = environ.get("DB_URI") or "postgresql://postgres:postgres@localhost/discours"
 JWT_ALGORITHM = "HS256"
 JWT_SECRET_KEY = "8f1bd7696ffb482d8486dfbc6e7d16dd-secret-key"
 JWT_LIFE_SPAN = 24 * 60 * 60  # seconds