diff --git a/src/aretherecookies/db.clj b/src/aretherecookies/db.clj
index 2f602f5..0979ae2 100644
--- a/src/aretherecookies/db.clj
+++ b/src/aretherecookies/db.clj
@@ -5,19 +5,13 @@
             [clojure.string :as str])
     (:import com.mchange.v2.c3p0.ComboPooledDataSource))
 
-(def db-spec {:dbtype "postgresql"
-    :db (env :database-name)
-    :url (env :database-url)
-    :user (env :database-user)
-    :password (env :database-password)})
-
 (defn pool
     [spec]
     (let [cpds (doto (ComboPooledDataSource.)
-        (.setDriverClass (:classname spec))
-        (.setJdbcUrl (str (:url db-spec)))
+        (.setDriverClass "org.postgresql.Driver")
+        (.setJdbcUrl (str "jdbc:" (env :database-url)))
         ; (.setUser (:user spec))
-        ; (.setPassword (:password spec))
+        (.setPassword (env :database-password))
         ;; expire excess connections after 30 minutes of inactivity:
         (.setMaxIdleTimeExcessConnections (* 30 60))
         ;; expire connections after 3 hours of inactivity: