diff --git a/knockoutwhistweb/app/di/EntityManagerProvider.scala b/knockoutwhistweb/app/di/EntityManagerProvider.scala
index 9b86bb1..4a360ce 100644
--- a/knockoutwhistweb/app/di/EntityManagerProvider.scala
+++ b/knockoutwhistweb/app/di/EntityManagerProvider.scala
@@ -2,13 +2,25 @@ package di
 
 import com.google.inject.Provider
 import com.google.inject.Inject
+import play.api.Configuration
 import jakarta.inject.Singleton
 import jakarta.persistence.{EntityManager, EntityManagerFactory, Persistence}
 
 @Singleton
-class EntityManagerProvider @Inject()() extends Provider[EntityManager] {
+class EntityManagerProvider @Inject()(config: Configuration) extends Provider[EntityManager] {
 
-  private val emf: EntityManagerFactory = Persistence.createEntityManagerFactory("defaultPersistenceUnit")
+  private val emf: EntityManagerFactory = {
+    val dbConfig = config.get[Configuration]("db.default")
+    val props = new java.util.HashMap[String, Object]()
+    
+    // Map Play configuration to Jakarta Persistence properties
+    props.put("jakarta.persistence.jdbc.driver", dbConfig.get[String]("driver"))
+    props.put("jakarta.persistence.jdbc.url", dbConfig.get[String]("url"))
+    props.put("jakarta.persistence.jdbc.user", dbConfig.get[String]("username"))
+    props.put("jakarta.persistence.jdbc.password", dbConfig.get[String]("password"))
+
+    Persistence.createEntityManagerFactory("defaultPersistenceUnit", props)
+  }
 
   override def get(): EntityManager = {
     emf.createEntityManager()
diff --git a/knockoutwhistweb/conf/META-INF/persistence.xml b/knockoutwhistweb/conf/META-INF/persistence.xml
index cbe047a..de56d10 100644
--- a/knockoutwhistweb/conf/META-INF/persistence.xml
+++ b/knockoutwhistweb/conf/META-INF/persistence.xml
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@
         <provider>org.hibernate.jpa.HibernatePersistenceProvider</provider>
         
         <properties>
-            <!-- Database connection settings -->
+            <!-- Database connection settings (Overridden by EntityManagerProvider) -->
             <property name="jakarta.persistence.jdbc.driver" value="org.postgresql.Driver"/>
-            <property name="jakarta.persistence.jdbc.url" value="${DATABASE_URL}"/>
-            <property name="jakarta.persistence.jdbc.user" value="${DB_USER}"/>
-            <property name="jakarta.persistence.jdbc.password" value="${DB_PASSWORD}"/>
+            <property name="jakarta.persistence.jdbc.url" value="jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/knockoutwhist"/>
+            <property name="jakarta.persistence.jdbc.user" value="kw_user"/>
+            <property name="jakarta.persistence.jdbc.password" value="postgres"/>
             
             <!-- Hibernate specific settings -->
             <property name="hibernate.dialect" value="org.hibernate.dialect.PostgreSQLDialect"/>