diff --git a/core/core/settings.py b/core/core/settings.py
index 3712a08..5417c43 100644
--- a/core/core/settings.py
+++ b/core/core/settings.py
@@ -101,8 +101,12 @@ WSGI_APPLICATION = 'core.wsgi.application'
 
 DATABASES = {
     'default': {
-        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
-        'NAME': BASE_DIR / 'db.sqlite3',
+        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
+        'HOST': os.getenv('DB_HOST', 'localhost'),
+        'PORT': os.getenv('DB_PORT', '3306'),
+        'NAME': os.getenv('DB_NAME', 'system3'),
+        'USER': os.getenv('DB_USER', 'system3'),
+        'PASSWORD': os.getenv('DB_PASSWORD', 'system3'),
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/core/requirements.txt b/core/requirements.txt
index e02d03d..0f42b18 100644
--- a/core/requirements.txt
+++ b/core/requirements.txt
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ itypes==1.2.0
 Jinja2==3.1.2
 MarkupSafe==2.1.3
 msgpack-python==0.5.6
+mysqlclient
 openapi-codec==1.3.2
 packaging==23.2
 Pillow==10.1.0