diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 848ff49..d399df6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-./assets/php/config.json
\ No newline at end of file
+assets/php/config.json
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/assets/php/example_config.json b/assets/php/example_config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2d5aa8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/php/example_config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+    "host":"localhost",
+    "dbname": "db",
+    "user": "user",
+    "password": "pass",
+    "kind": "mysql"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/assets/php/utils.php b/assets/php/utils.php
index 3f7462c..0fa1cb0 100644
--- a/assets/php/utils.php
+++ b/assets/php/utils.php
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 $SESSION_COOKIE_NAME = "connection_id";
 $MAX_COOKIE_LIFE = time() + 86400 * 30; // 30 days max
 
+$config_array = json_decode(file_get_contents("config.json", true));
 
-$dsn = "mysql:dbname=food-inventory;host=localhost";
-$user = 'food-inventory';
-$password = 'xt3apB8uVbFIYJvp';
-$PDO = new PDO($dsn, $user, $password);
+$dsn = $config_array->{"kind"} . ":dbname="
+    . $config_array->{"dbname"} . ";host=" . $config_array->{"host"};
+$PDO = new PDO($dsn, $config_array->{"user"}, $config_array->{"password"});
 $PDO->query('SET CHARSET UTF8');
 
 function is_https()