diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 35355ae..1768278 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -5,3 +5,14 @@ ADD config /etc/gitea
 ADD data /var/lib/gitea
 ADD localtime /etc/localtime
 ADD timezone /etc/timezone
+
+
+RUN echo '#!/bin/sh' > /parse_db_url.sh && \
+    echo 'export GITEA__database__DB_TYPE=${DATABASE_URL%%:*}' >> /parse_db_url.sh && \
+    echo 'export GITEA__database__USER=$(echo ${DATABASE_URL} | sed -r "s|.*://([^:]+):.*|\1|")' >> /parse_db_url.sh && \
+    echo 'export GITEA__database__PASSWD=$(echo ${DATABASE_URL} | sed -r "s|.*://[^:]+:([^@]+)@.*|\1|")' >> /parse_db_url.sh && \
+    echo 'export GITEA__database__HOST=$(echo ${DATABASE_URL} | sed -r "s|.*@([^:]+):.*|\1|")' >> /parse_db_url.sh && \
+    echo 'export GITEA__database__NAME=$(echo ${DATABASE_URL} | sed -r "s|.*:([0-9]+)/([^?]+).*|\2|")' >> /parse_db_url.sh && \
+    chmod +x /parse_db_url.sh
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/sh", "-c", "/parse_db_url.sh && /usr/local/bin/gitea web -port $PORT"]
diff --git a/heroku.yml b/heroku.yml
index 7d3837d..46b37e9 100644
--- a/heroku.yml
+++ b/heroku.yml
@@ -7,5 +7,3 @@ build:
   docker:
     web: Dockerfile
 
-run:
-  web: /usr/local/bin/gitea web -port $PORT