diff --git a/apibase/settings.py b/apibase/settings.py
index 5530f46..a9bc9ca 100644
--- a/apibase/settings.py
+++ b/apibase/settings.py
@@ -137,11 +137,11 @@ if not DEBUG:
 DATABASES = {
     "default": {
         "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.postgresql",
-        "NAME": env("POSTGRES_DATABASE"),
-        "USER": env("POSTGRES_USER"),
-        "PASSWORD": env("POSTGRES_PASSWORD"),
-        "HOST": env("POSTGRES_HOST"),
-        "PORT": env("POSTGRES_PORT"),
+        "NAME": env("POSTGRES_DATABASE", default="mydb"),  # type: ignore
+        "USER": env("POSTGRES_USER", default="postgres"),  # type: ignore
+        "PASSWORD": env("POSTGRES_PASSWORD", default="testpass123"),  # type: ignore
+        "HOST": env("POSTGRES_HOST", default="localhost"),  # type: ignore
+        "PORT": env("POSTGRES_PORT", default="6500"),  # type: ignore
     }
 }