diff --git a/parse_db_url.sh b/parse_db_url.sh
index 18d9007..c5ee592 100644
--- a/parse_db_url.sh
+++ b/parse_db_url.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,28 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-export GITEA__database__DB_TYPE=postgres
-export GITEA__database__USER=$(echo ${DATABASE_URL} | sed -r "s|.*://([^:]+):.*|\1|")
-export GITEA__database__PASSWD=$(echo ${DATABASE_URL} | sed -r "s|.*://[^:]+:([^@]+)@.*|\1|")
-export GITEA__database__HOST=$(echo ${DATABASE_URL} | sed -r "s|.*@([^:]+):.*|\1|")
-export GITEA__database__NAME=$(echo ${DATABASE_URL} | sed -r "s|.*:([0-9]+)/([^?]+).*|\2|")
-printf "[database]\nDB_TYPE = postgres\n" > /var/lib/gitea/custom/conf/app.ini
+DATABASE_URL=$(echo $DATABASE_URL)
+
+DB_TYPE="postgres"
+USER=$(echo $DATABASE_URL | sed -e 's,.*//\(.*\):.*@.*,\1,')
+PASSWD=$(echo $DATABASE_URL | sed -e 's,.*//.*:\(.*\)@.*,\1,')
+HOST=$(echo $DATABASE_URL | sed -e 's,.*@\(.*\):\(.*\)/.*,\1,')
+PORT=$(echo $DATABASE_URL | sed -e 's,.*@.*:\(.*\)/.*,\1,')
+NAME=$(echo $DATABASE_URL | sed -e 's,.*/\(.*\)$,\1,')
+
+SSL_MODE="require"
+
+mkdir -p /var/lib/gitea/custom/conf
+
+printf "[database]\n" > /var/lib/gitea/custom/conf/app.ini
+printf "DB_TYPE  = $DB_TYPE\n" >> /var/lib/gitea/custom/conf/app.ini
+printf "HOST     = $HOST:$PORT\n" >> /var/lib/gitea/custom/conf/app.ini
+printf "NAME     = $NAME\n" >> /var/lib/gitea/custom/conf/app.ini
+printf "USER     = $USER\n" >> /var/lib/gitea/custom/conf/app.ini
+printf "PASSWD   = $PASSWD\n" >> /var/lib/gitea/custom/conf/app.ini
+printf "SSL_MODE = $SSL_MODE\n" >> /var/lib/gitea/custom/conf/app.ini
+
+printf "\n[server]\n" >> /var/lib/gitea/custom/conf/app.ini
+printf "ROOT_URL = https://your-app-name.herokuapp.com/\n" >> /var/lib/gitea/custom/conf/app.ini
+
 
 /usr/local/bin/gitea web -port $PORT