diff --git a/ayct_backend/__init__.py b/ayct_backend/__init__.py
index b7531e8..3e26235 100644
--- a/ayct_backend/__init__.py
+++ b/ayct_backend/__init__.py
@@ -11,13 +11,19 @@ def create_app():
     app = Flask('ayct-backend')
 
     app.config['SECRET_KEY'] = os.getenv('SECRET_KEY')
-    app.config['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'] = os.getenv('DATABASE_URL')
+    database_uri = os.getenv('DATABASE_URL')
+    if database_uri and database_uri.startswith("postgres://"):
+        database_uri = database_uri.replace("postgres://", "postgresql://", 1)
+    app.config['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'] = database_uri
     app.config['TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY'] = os.getenv('TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY')
     app.config['TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECERT'] = os.getenv('TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECERT')
 
     twitter_db.init_app(app)
     campaign_db.init_app(app)
 
+    twitter_db.create_all()
+    #campaign_db.create_all()
+
     app.register_blueprint(twitter, url_prefix='/twitter')
     app.register_blueprint(campaign, url_prefix='/campaign')