diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 757c4fa..e80f2e9 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ ruby "3.1.2"
 # Bundle edge Rails instead: gem "rails", github: "rails/rails", branch: "main"
 gem "rails", "~> 7.0.3", ">= 7.0.3.1"
 
-# Use mysql as the database for Active Record
-gem "mysql2", "~> 0.5", "> 0.5.5"
+# Use Postgres as the database for Active Record
+gem "pg", "~> 1.5.6"
 
 # Use the Puma web server [https://github.com/puma/puma]
 gem "puma", "~> 5.0"
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index c1fe9b1..902feb1 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -119,7 +119,10 @@ GEM
     minitest (5.18.0)
     msgpack (1.5.6)
     multi_json (1.15.0)
+<<<<<<< HEAD
     mysql2 (0.5.6)
+=======
+>>>>>>> b4f1356 (Move to psql)
     net-imap (0.2.3)
       digest
       net-protocol
@@ -150,6 +153,7 @@ GEM
     parallel (1.22.1)
     parser (3.1.2.1)
       ast (~> 2.4.1)
+    pg (1.5.6)
     public_suffix (5.0.0)
     puma (5.6.5)
       nio4r (~> 2.0)
@@ -253,9 +257,9 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   debug
   jbuilder
   multi_json (~> 1.15.0)
-  mysql2 (~> 0.5, > 0.5.5)
   octokit (~> 5.4)
   oj (~> 3.13)
+  pg (~> 1.5.6)
   puma (~> 5.0)
   rails (~> 7.0.3, >= 7.0.3.1)
   rails-controller-testing (~> 1.0)
diff --git a/config/database.yml b/config/database.yml
index 06f9ee6..85ef32e 100644
--- a/config/database.yml
+++ b/config/database.yml
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 default: &default
-  adapter: mysql2
+  adapter: postgresql
   username: root
-  password: unipept
+  password: root
   pool: <%= ENV.fetch("RAILS_MAX_THREADS") { 5 } %>
 
 development:
   <<: *default
-  username: unipept
-  database: unipept
+  username: root
+  database: postgres
   # setup local port forwarding for this to work
   host: 127.0.0.1
-  port: 3306
+  port: 5432
+  schema_search_path: "unipept"
 
 # Warning: The database defined as "test" will be erased and
 # re-generated from your development database when you run "rake".