diff --git a/config.json b/config.json
index 393155b..77f2b02 100644
--- a/config.json
+++ b/config.json
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
   "TITLE": "pyShelf E-Book Server",
   "VERSION": "0.3.0",
   "BOOKPATH": "books/",
+  "DB_HOST": "localhost",
+  "DB_PORT": "5432",
   "DATABASE": "pyshelf",
   "USER": "pyshelf",
   "PASSWORD": "pyshelf",
diff --git a/src/backend/lib/config.py b/src/backend/lib/config.py
index 76347df..86790bd 100755
--- a/src/backend/lib/config.py
+++ b/src/backend/lib/config.py
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ class Config:
         self.catalogue_db = _data["DATABASE"]
         self.user = _data["USER"]
         self.password = _data["PASSWORD"]
+        self.db_host = _data["DB_HOST"]
+        self.db_port = _data["DB_PORT"]
         self.file_array = [
             self.book_shelf,
             # self.catalogue_db,