diff --git a/todo-workspace/backend/compose.yaml b/todo-workspace/backend/compose.yaml
index 7c8044fe26c4743585b9307c465f50c1e89cd59b..3b26131c01a8bdf1b8180576cc0963c1f1ca8b0f 100755
--- a/todo-workspace/backend/compose.yaml
+++ b/todo-workspace/backend/compose.yaml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ services:
   postgres:
     image: 'postgres:latest'
     environment:
-      - 'POSTGRES_DB=mydatabase'
-      - 'POSTGRES_PASSWORD=secret'
-      - 'POSTGRES_USER=myuser'
+      - 'POSTGRES_DB=${POSTGRES_DB}'
+      - 'POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}'
+      - 'POSTGRES_USER=${POSTGRES_USER}'
     ports:
       - '5432'