diff --git a/cef_3M/sql.py b/cef_3M/sql.py
index 194e2c5..ef9e434 100644
--- a/cef_3M/sql.py
+++ b/cef_3M/sql.py
@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
 from sqlalchemy import create_engine
 from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker
+
+import config
 from .sql_generated import *
 import configparser
 
 alembic = configparser.ConfigParser()
 alembic.read("alembic.ini")
 
+try:
+    dburl = alembic.get("alembic", "sqlalchemy.url")
+except:
+    dburl = config.DBURL
 
 engine = create_engine(
     alembic.get("alembic", "sqlalchemy.url"),
diff --git a/config.example.py b/config.example.py
index 70618ee..4009b7c 100644
--- a/config.example.py
+++ b/config.example.py
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 import os
-SECRETKEY = os.path.join("keys", "pubkey.pem")
+SECRETKEY = os.path.join("keys", "3m.pem")
 
 # CEF-specific port (grumble communicates over it as well)
-ERGO_ADDR = "127.0.0.1"
-ERGO_PORT = 22843
+ERGO_ADDR = os.getenv("THREEM_ERGO_ADDR") or "127.0.0.1"
+ERGO_PORT = os.getenv("THREEM_ERGO_PORT") or 22843
 
-MINIO_INTERNAL_ADDR = "http://127.0.0.1:9000"  # dodges nginx
-MINIO_EXTERNAL_ADDR = "data.example.xyz"
-MINIO_ACCESS_KEY = "access-key-goes-here"
-MINIO_SECRET_KEY = "secret-key-goes-here"
+MINIO_INTERNAL_ADDR = os.getenv("THREEM_MINIO_INTERNAL_ADDR") or "http://127.0.0.1:9000"  # dodges nginx
+MINIO_EXTERNAL_ADDR = os.getenv("THREEM_MINIO_EXTERNAL_ADDR") or "data.example.xyz"
+MINIO_ACCESS_KEY = os.getenv("THREEM_MINIO_ACCESS_KEY") or "access-key-goes-here"
+MINIO_SECRET_KEY = os.getenv("THREEM_MINIO_SECRET_KEY") or "secret-key-goes-here"
+DBURL = os.getenv("THREEM_DBURL") or "mysql+mysqldb://ergo:password@localhost/ergo_ext"
 
 MAX_FILE_SIZE = 1024*1024*20
 MAX_PFP_SIZE = 1024*1024*1.5