diff --git a/lib/configuration.js b/lib/configuration.js
index c7c50d645142edda9a5d9eeb1df731e9615cd979..3a383c615083ed4a4efd1d430cdf1ae405d1539a 100644
--- a/lib/configuration.js
+++ b/lib/configuration.js
@@ -82,7 +82,9 @@ var conf = module.exports = convict({
     name: {
       format: 'string?',
       env: 'DATABASE_NAME'
-    }
+    },
+    password: 'string?',
+    host: 'string?'
   },
   smtp: {
     host: 'string?',