diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index bd6134c..2181ae8 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -17,6 +17,17 @@ version = "1.0.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f26201604c87b1e01bd3d98f8d5d9a8fcbb815e8cedb41ffccbeb4bf593a35fe"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ahash"
+version = "0.7.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fcb51a0695d8f838b1ee009b3fbf66bda078cd64590202a864a8f3e8c4315c47"
+dependencies = [
+ "getrandom",
+ "once_cell",
+ "version_check",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ahash"
 version = "0.8.3"
@@ -140,6 +151,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "rustc-demangle",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "base64"
+version = "0.13.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9e1b586273c5702936fe7b7d6896644d8be71e6314cfe09d3167c95f712589e8"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "base64"
 version = "0.21.2"
@@ -181,6 +198,7 @@ name = "briefly"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "axum",
+ "config",
  "reqwest",
  "serde",
  "sqlx",
@@ -229,6 +247,25 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "config"
+version = "0.13.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d379af7f68bfc21714c6c7dea883544201741d2ce8274bb12fa54f89507f52a7"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
+ "json5",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "nom",
+ "pathdiff",
+ "ron",
+ "rust-ini",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "toml",
+ "yaml-rust",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "const-oid"
 version = "0.9.4"
@@ -327,6 +364,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "subtle",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dlv-list"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0688c2a7f92e427f44895cd63841bff7b29f8d7a1648b9e7e07a4a365b2e1257"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "dotenvy"
 version = "0.15.7"
@@ -569,6 +612,9 @@ name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.12.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8a9ee70c43aaf417c914396645a0fa852624801b24ebb7ae78fe8272889ac888"
+dependencies = [
+ "ahash 0.7.6",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hashbrown"
@@ -576,7 +622,7 @@ version = "0.14.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2c6201b9ff9fd90a5a3bac2e56a830d0caa509576f0e503818ee82c181b3437a"
 dependencies = [
- "ahash",
+ "ahash 0.8.3",
  "allocator-api2",
 ]
 
@@ -820,6 +866,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "json5"
+version = "0.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "96b0db21af676c1ce64250b5f40f3ce2cf27e4e47cb91ed91eb6fe9350b430c1"
+dependencies = [
+ "pest",
+ "pest_derive",
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "lazy_static"
 version = "1.4.0"
@@ -852,6 +909,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "vcpkg",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "linked-hash-map"
+version = "0.5.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0717cef1bc8b636c6e1c1bbdefc09e6322da8a9321966e8928ef80d20f7f770f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "linux-raw-sys"
 version = "0.3.8"
@@ -1076,6 +1139,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "vcpkg",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ordered-multimap"
+version = "0.4.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ccd746e37177e1711c20dd619a1620f34f5c8b569c53590a72dedd5344d8924a"
+dependencies = [
+ "dlv-list",
+ "hashbrown 0.12.3",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "parking_lot"
 version = "0.12.1"
@@ -1105,6 +1178,12 @@ version = "1.0.14"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "de3145af08024dea9fa9914f381a17b8fc6034dfb00f3a84013f7ff43f29ed4c"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pathdiff"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8835116a5c179084a830efb3adc117ab007512b535bc1a21c991d3b32a6b44dd"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pem-rfc7468"
 version = "0.7.0"
@@ -1120,6 +1199,50 @@ version = "2.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "478c572c3d73181ff3c2539045f6eb99e5491218eae919370993b890cdbdd98e"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pest"
+version = "2.7.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0d2d1d55045829d65aad9d389139882ad623b33b904e7c9f1b10c5b8927298e5"
+dependencies = [
+ "thiserror",
+ "ucd-trie",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pest_derive"
+version = "2.7.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5f94bca7e7a599d89dea5dfa309e217e7906c3c007fb9c3299c40b10d6a315d3"
+dependencies = [
+ "pest",
+ "pest_generator",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pest_generator"
+version = "2.7.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "99d490fe7e8556575ff6911e45567ab95e71617f43781e5c05490dc8d75c965c"
+dependencies = [
+ "pest",
+ "pest_meta",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.26",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pest_meta"
+version = "2.7.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2674c66ebb4b4d9036012091b537aae5878970d6999f81a265034d85b136b341"
+dependencies = [
+ "once_cell",
+ "pest",
+ "sha2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pin-project"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -1248,7 +1371,7 @@ version = "0.11.18"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "cde824a14b7c14f85caff81225f411faacc04a2013f41670f41443742b1c1c55"
 dependencies = [
- "base64",
+ "base64 0.21.2",
  "bytes",
  "encoding_rs",
  "futures-core",
@@ -1279,6 +1402,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "winreg",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ron"
+version = "0.7.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "88073939a61e5b7680558e6be56b419e208420c2adb92be54921fa6b72283f1a"
+dependencies = [
+ "base64 0.13.1",
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rsa"
 version = "0.9.2"
@@ -1301,6 +1435,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rust-ini"
+version = "0.18.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f6d5f2436026b4f6e79dc829837d467cc7e9a55ee40e750d716713540715a2df"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "ordered-multimap",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustc-demangle"
 version = "0.1.23"
@@ -1535,7 +1679,7 @@ version = "0.7.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "dd4cef4251aabbae751a3710927945901ee1d97ee96d757f6880ebb9a79bfd53"
 dependencies = [
- "ahash",
+ "ahash 0.8.3",
  "atoi",
  "byteorder",
  "bytes",
@@ -1618,7 +1762,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8ca69bf415b93b60b80dc8fda3cb4ef52b2336614d8da2de5456cc942a110482"
 dependencies = [
  "atoi",
- "base64",
+ "base64 0.21.2",
  "bitflags 2.3.3",
  "byteorder",
  "bytes",
@@ -1662,7 +1806,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a0db2df1b8731c3651e204629dd55e52adbae0462fa1bdcbed56a2302c18181e"
 dependencies = [
  "atoi",
- "base64",
+ "base64 0.21.2",
  "bitflags 2.3.3",
  "byteorder",
  "chrono",
@@ -1877,6 +2021,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "toml"
+version = "0.5.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f4f7f0dd8d50a853a531c426359045b1998f04219d88799810762cd4ad314234"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tower"
 version = "0.4.13"
@@ -1950,6 +2103,12 @@ version = "1.16.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "497961ef93d974e23eb6f433eb5fe1b7930b659f06d12dec6fc44a8f554c0bba"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ucd-trie"
+version = "0.1.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ed646292ffc8188ef8ea4d1e0e0150fb15a5c2e12ad9b8fc191ae7a8a7f3c4b9"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-bidi"
 version = "0.3.13"
@@ -2297,6 +2456,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "yaml-rust"
+version = "0.4.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "56c1936c4cc7a1c9ab21a1ebb602eb942ba868cbd44a99cb7cdc5892335e1c85"
+dependencies = [
+ "linked-hash-map",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "zeroize"
 version = "1.6.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b47b801..1f1798c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ path = "src/lib.rs"
 axum = "0.6.1"
 tokio = { version = "1.29.1", features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0.171", features = ["derive"] }
+config = "0.13.3"
 
 [dependencies.sqlx]
 version = "0.7.1"
diff --git a/Tests/full_url.rs b/Tests/full_url.rs
index d01cd72..a11c05e 100644
--- a/Tests/full_url.rs
+++ b/Tests/full_url.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,18 @@
 pub mod shared;
 
+use briefly::configuration::get_configuration;
 use shared::test_app::TestApp;
+use sqlx::{Connection, PgConnection};
 
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn full_url_returns_200_for_valid_form_data() {
     let app = TestApp::new().await;
+    let configuration = get_configuration().expect("Failed to read configuration");
+    let connection_string = configuration.database.connection_string();
+
+    let connection = PgConnection::connect(&connection_string)
+        .await
+        .expect("Failed to connect to Postgres");
 
     let body = String::from("{\"url\":\"www.google.com\",\"extension\":\"google\"}");
     let response = app.post("full_url", body).send().await.unwrap();
diff --git a/configuration.yaml b/configuration.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d77838
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configuration.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+application_port: 8000
+database:
+  host: "127.0.0.1"
+  port: 5432
+  username: "postgres"
+  password: "password"
+  database_name: "briefly" 
diff --git a/src/configuration.rs b/src/configuration.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..82c7eda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/configuration.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+use config::Config;
+
+#[derive(serde::Deserialize)]
+pub struct Settings {
+    pub database: DatabaseSettings,
+    pub application_port: u16,
+}
+
+#[derive(serde::Deserialize)]
+pub struct DatabaseSettings {
+    pub username: String,
+    pub password: String,
+    pub port: u16,
+    pub host: String,
+    pub database_name: String,
+}
+
+pub fn get_configuration() -> Result<Settings, config::ConfigError> {
+    let builder = Config::builder().add_source(config::File::with_name("configuration"));
+    let config = builder.build()?;
+    config.try_deserialize()
+}
+
+impl DatabaseSettings {
+    pub fn connection_string(&self) -> String {
+        format!(
+            "postgres://{}:{}@{}:{}/{}",
+            self.username, self.password, self.host, self.port, self.database_name
+        )
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 8d07bd2..d11983b 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
+pub mod configuration;
 pub mod routes;
+
 use axum::routing::{get, post};
 use axum::Router;
+use configuration::get_configuration;
 use routes::{full_url, health_check};
 
 pub async fn run() {
     let app = app();
-
-    axum::Server::bind(&"0.0.0.0:3000".parse().unwrap())
+    let configuration = get_configuration().expect("Failed to read configuration");
+    let address = format!("127.0.0.1:{}", configuration.application_port);
+    axum::Server::bind(&address.parse().unwrap())
         .serve(app.into_make_service())
         .await
         .unwrap()