diff --git a/debian/postgrest.default b/debian/postgrest.default
index 33dab96cc..fe0141969 100644
--- a/debian/postgrest.default
+++ b/debian/postgrest.default
@@ -7,17 +7,26 @@
 # database host
 #POSTGREST_DBHOST=localhost
 
+# database host
+#POSTGREST_DBPORT=5432
+
 # database to use
-#POSTGREST_DBNAME=
+#POSTGREST_DBNAME=app
 
 # database user
-#POSTGREST_DBUSER=postgres
+#POSTGREST_DBUSER=authenticator
 
 # database password
 #POSTGREST_DBPASS=
 
 # database pool
-#POSTGREST_DBPOOL=10
+#POSTGREST_POOL=10
 
-# additional options
-#POSTGREST_OPTS=
+# jwt secret
+#POSTGREST_JWT_SECRET=secret
+
+# default schema
+#POSTGREST_SCHEMA=public
+
+# secure (use 1 to enable, empty string to disable)
+#POSTGREST_SECURE=
diff --git a/debian/postgrest.init.d b/debian/postgrest.init.d
index 2227d8c07..a9091740e 100755
--- a/debian/postgrest.init.d
+++ b/debian/postgrest.init.d
@@ -13,31 +13,52 @@ if test -f /etc/default/postgrest; then
     . /etc/default/postgrest
 fi
 POSTGREST=/usr/local/bin/postgrest
+CONNECTION_STRING="postgres://"
+POSTGREST_OPTS=""
 POSTGREST_USER=${POSTGREST_USER:-postgrest}
-POSTGREST_DBNAME=${POSTGREST_DBNAME:-postgres}
-POSTGREST_DBUSER=${POSTGREST_DBUSER:-postgres}
-if [ -n "$POSTGREST_DBHOST" ]; then
-	POSTGREST_OPTS="$POSTGREST_OPTS --db-host $POSTGREST_DBHOST"
-fi
-if [ -n "$POSTGREST_DBNAME" ]; then
-	POSTGREST_OPTS="$POSTGREST_OPTS --db-name $POSTGREST_DBNAME"
-fi
-if [ -n "$POSTGREST_DBUSER" ]; then
-	POSTGREST_OPTS="$POSTGREST_OPTS --db-user $POSTGREST_DBUSER"
-	POSTGREST_OPTS="$POSTGREST_OPTS --anonymous $POSTGREST_DBUSER"
-fi
+POSTGREST_PORT=${POSTGREST_PORT:-3000}
+POSTGREST_DBUSER=${POSTGREST_DBUSER:-authenticator}
+#POSTGREST_DBPASS=${POSTGREST_DBPASS:-authenticator}
+POSTGREST_DBHOST=${POSTGREST_DBHOST:-localhost}
+POSTGREST_DBPORT=${POSTGREST_DBPORT:-5432}
+POSTGREST_DBNAME=${POSTGREST_DBNAME:-app}
+POSTGREST_DBPOOL=${POSTGREST_DBPOOL:-10}
+POSTGREST_ANON=${POSTGREST_ANON:-anonymous}
+POSTGREST_JWT_SECRET=${POSTGREST_JWT_SECRET:-secret}
+POSTGREST_SCHEMA=${POSTGREST_SCHEMA:-public}
+
+CONNECTION_STRING="$CONNECTION_STRING$POSTGREST_DBUSER"
 if [ -n "$POSTGREST_DBPASS" ]; then
-	POSTGREST_OPTS="$POSTGREST_OPTS --db-pass $POSTGREST_DBPASS"
+	CONNECTION_STRING="$CONNECTION_STRING:$POSTGREST_DBPASS"
 fi
-if [ -n "$POSTGREST_DBPOOL" ]; then
-	POSTGREST_OPTS="$POSTGREST_OPTS --db-pool $POSTGREST_DBPOOL"
+CONNECTION_STRING="$CONNECTION_STRING@$POSTGREST_DBHOST:$POSTGREST_DBPORT/$POSTGREST_DBNAME"
+
+if [ -n "$POSTGREST_PORT" ]; then
+	POSTGREST_OPTS="$POSTGREST_OPTS --port $POSTGREST_PORT"
 fi
-POSTGREST_OPTS="$POSTGREST_OPTS --schema public"
+
+if [ -n "$POSTGREST_POOL" ]; then
+	POSTGREST_OPTS="$POSTGREST_OPTS --pool $POSTGREST_POOL"
+fi
+if [ -n "$POSTGREST_JWT_SECRET" ]; then
+	#export POSTGREST_JWT_SECRET="$POSTGREST_JWT_SECRET"
+	POSTGREST_OPTS="$POSTGREST_OPTS --jwt-secret $POSTGREST_JWT_SECRET"
+fi
+if [ -n "$POSTGREST_SCHEMA" ]; then
+	POSTGREST_OPTS="$POSTGREST_OPTS --schema $POSTGREST_SCHEMA"
+fi
+if [ -n "$POSTGREST_ANON" ]; then
+	POSTGREST_OPTS="$POSTGREST_OPTS --anonymous $POSTGREST_ANON"
+fi
+
+#export CONNECTION_STRING="$CONNECTION_STRING"
+
+START_PARAMS="$CONNECTION_STRING $POSTGREST_OPTS"
 
 start()
 {
 	log_daemon_msg "Starting PostgreSQL REST API daemon" "postgrest" || true
-	if start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --oknodo --chuid ${POSTGREST_USER} --startas /usr/local/bin/postgrest-wrapper --exec $POSTGREST -- $POSTGREST_OPTS; then
+	if start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --oknodo --chuid ${POSTGREST_USER} --startas /usr/local/bin/postgrest-wrapper --exec $POSTGREST -- $START_PARAMS; then
 		log_end_msg 0 || true
 	else
 		log_end_msg 1 || true