diff --git a/src/Config.hs b/src/Config.hs
index 8930dc347..1f468a910 100644
--- a/src/Config.hs
+++ b/src/Config.hs
@@ -10,7 +10,12 @@ import Options.Applicative hiding (columns)
 import Network.Wai.Middleware.Cors (CorsResourcePolicy(..))
 
 data AppConfig = AppConfig {
-    configDbUri :: String
+    configDbName :: String
+  , configDbPort :: Int
+  , configDbUser :: String
+  , configDbPass :: String
+  , configDbHost :: String
+
   , configPort  :: Int
   , configAnonRole :: String
   , configSecure :: Bool
@@ -19,16 +24,16 @@ data AppConfig = AppConfig {
 
 argParser :: Parser AppConfig
 argParser = AppConfig
-  <$> strOption (long "db" <> short 'd' <> metavar "URI"
-    <> help "database uri to expose, e.g. postgres://user:pass@host:port/database")
-  <*> option (long "port" <> short 'p' <> metavar "NUMBER" <> value 3000
-    <> help "port number on which to run HTTP server")
-  <*> strOption (long "anonymous" <> short 'a' <> metavar "ROLE"
-    <> help "postgres role to use for non-authenticated requests")
-  <*> switch (long "secure" <> short 's'
-    <> help "Redirect all requests to HTTPS")
-  <*> option (long "db-pool" <> metavar "NUMBER" <> value 10
-    <> help "Max connections in database pool")
+  <$> strOption (long "db-name" <> short 'd'                     <> help "name of database")
+  <*> option    (long "db-port" <> short 'P' <> value 5432        <> help "postgres server port")
+  <*> strOption (long "db-user" <> short 'U'                     <> help "postgres authenticator role")
+  <*> strOption (long "db-pass"             <> value ""          <> help "password for authenticator role")
+  <*> strOption (long "db-host" <> short 'h' <> value "localhost" <> help "postgres server hostname")
+
+  <*> option    (long "port" <> short 'p' <> value 3000 <> help "port number on which to run HTTP server")
+  <*> strOption (long "anonymous" <> short 'a' <> help "postgres role to use for non-authenticated requests")
+  <*> switch    (long "secure" <> short 's' <> help "Redirect all requests to HTTPS")
+  <*> option    (long "db-pool" <> value 10 <> help "Max connections in database pool")
 
 defaultCorsPolicy :: CorsResourcePolicy
 defaultCorsPolicy =  CorsResourcePolicy Nothing
diff --git a/src/Main.hs b/src/Main.hs
index 7836e868a..d1b663607 100644
--- a/src/Main.hs
+++ b/src/Main.hs
@@ -9,12 +9,10 @@ import Control.Monad (unless)
 import Control.Monad.IO.Class (liftIO)
 import Control.Exception
 import Data.String.Conversions (cs)
-import Data.List.Split (splitOn)
 import Network.Wai.Middleware.Cors (cors)
 import Network.Wai.Handler.Warp hiding (Connection)
 import Network.Wai.Middleware.Gzip (gzip, def)
 import Network.Wai.Middleware.Static (staticPolicy, only)
-import Network.URI (URI(..), URIAuth(..), parseURI)
 import Data.List (intercalate)
 import Data.Version (versionBranch)
 import qualified Hasql as H
@@ -32,12 +30,8 @@ main = do
     putStrLn "WARNING, running in insecure mode, auth will be in plaintext"
   Prelude.putStrLn $ "Listening on port " ++ (show $ configPort conf :: String)
 
-  let Just uri     = parseURI $ configDbUri conf
-      Just auth    = uriAuthority uri
-      userpass     = uriUserInfo auth
-      [user, pass] = splitOn ":" $ init userpass
-      pgSettings   = H.Postgres (cs $ uriRegName auth) (fromIntegral $ configPort conf)
-                       (cs user) (cs pass) (cs . tail $ uriPath uri)
+  let pgSettings = H.Postgres (cs $ configDbHost conf) (fromIntegral $ configDbPort conf)
+                     (cs $ configDbUser conf) (cs $ configDbPass conf) (cs $ configDbName conf)
 
   sessSettings <- maybe (fail "Improper session settings") return $
                     H.sessionSettings (fromIntegral $ configPool conf) 30