diff --git a/config/config.py b/config/config.py
index e94ae341..afe0a99a 100644
--- a/config/config.py
+++ b/config/config.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from typing import Optional
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 import os
 import yaml
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ class DatabaseConfig(BaseModel):
     user: str
     password: str
     database_name: str
+    mongodb_connection_string: Optional[str]
 
 
 class LearnHouseConfig(BaseModel):
@@ -54,6 +56,8 @@ def get_learnhouse_config() -> LearnHouseConfig:
     env_user = os.environ.get('LEARNHOUSE_DB_USER')
     env_password = os.environ.get('LEARNHOUSE_DB_PASSWORD')
     env_database_name = os.environ.get('LEARNHOUSE_DB_NAME')
+    env_mongodb_connection_string = os.environ.get(
+        'LEARNHOUSE_MONGODB_CONNECTION_STRING')
 
     # Fill in values with YAML file if they are not provided
     site_name = env_site_name or yaml_config.get('site_name')
@@ -80,6 +84,8 @@ def get_learnhouse_config() -> LearnHouseConfig:
         'database_config', {}).get('password')
     database_name = env_database_name or yaml_config.get(
         'database_config', {}).get('database_name')
+    mongodb_connection_string = env_mongodb_connection_string or yaml_config.get(
+        'database_config', {}).get('mongodb_connection_string')
 
     # Create HostingConfig and DatabaseConfig objects
     hosting_config = HostingConfig(
@@ -96,7 +102,8 @@ def get_learnhouse_config() -> LearnHouseConfig:
         port=int(db_port),
         user=user,
         password=password,
-        database_name=database_name
+        database_name=database_name,
+        mongodb_connection_string=mongodb_connection_string
     )
 
     # Create LearnHouseConfig object
diff --git a/config/config.yaml b/config/config.yaml
index 65532180..d813e5e2 100644
--- a/config/config.yaml
+++ b/config/config.yaml
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ database_config:
   user: myuser
   password: mypassword
   database_name: mydatabase
+  mongodb_connection_string: mongodb://learnhouse:learnhouse@mongo:27017/
diff --git a/src/core/events/database.py b/src/core/events/database.py
index 56913242..174575a6 100644
--- a/src/core/events/database.py
+++ b/src/core/events/database.py
@@ -2,17 +2,20 @@ import logging
 from fastapi import FastAPI
 import motor.motor_asyncio
 
-async def connect_to_db(app: FastAPI) :
+
+async def connect_to_db(app: FastAPI):
     logging.info("Connecting to database...")
     try:
-        app.mongodb_client = motor.motor_asyncio.AsyncIOMotorClient("mongodb://learnhouse:learnhouse@mongo:27017/") # type: ignore
-        app.db = app.mongodb_client["learnhouse"] # type: ignore
+        app.mongodb_client = motor.motor_asyncio.AsyncIOMotorClient(  # type: ignore
+            app.learnhouse_config.database_config.mongodb_connection_string)  # type: ignore
+        app.db = app.mongodb_client["learnhouse"]  # type: ignore
         logging.info("Connected to database!")
     except Exception as e:
         logging.error("Failed to connect to database!")
         logging.error(e)
 
+
 async def close_database(app: FastAPI):
-    app.mongodb_client.close() # type: ignore
+    app.mongodb_client.close()  # type: ignore
     logging.info("LearnHouse has been shut down.")
-    return app
\ No newline at end of file
+    return app
diff --git a/src/core/events/events.py b/src/core/events/events.py
index 27dd830b..0830d3f5 100644
--- a/src/core/events/events.py
+++ b/src/core/events/events.py
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
 from typing import Callable
 from fastapi import FastAPI
+from config.config import LearnHouseConfig, get_learnhouse_config
 from src.core.events.database import close_database, connect_to_db
 from src.core.events.logs import create_logs_dir
 
 
 def startup_app(app: FastAPI) -> Callable:
     async def start_app() -> None:
+        # Get LearnHouse Config
+        learnhouse_config: LearnHouseConfig = get_learnhouse_config()
+        app.learnhouse_config = learnhouse_config # type: ignore
+        
         # Connect to database
         await connect_to_db(app)