diff --git a/4-Infrastructure/infra/service-orchestrator/service_orchestrator.py b/4-Infrastructure/infra/service-orchestrator/service_orchestrator.py
index a45d1a77..33c9bcd1 100644
--- a/4-Infrastructure/infra/service-orchestrator/service_orchestrator.py
+++ b/4-Infrastructure/infra/service-orchestrator/service_orchestrator.py
@@ -41,10 +41,7 @@ INVALIDATION_FLOW = os.getenv(
 )
 
 # PostgreSQL + Valkey config
-DATABASE_URL = os.getenv(
-    "DATABASE_URL",
-    "postgresql://authentik:***REMOVED***@localhost:5432/authentik",
-)
+DATABASE_URL = os.environ["DATABASE_URL"]
 VALKEY_URL = os.getenv("VALKEY_URL", "redis://localhost:6379/0")
 
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