diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index eccdd84..6ea111d 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -2,30 +2,10 @@ source 'http://rubygems.org'
 
 gem 'rails', '3.0.4'
 
-# Bundle edge Rails instead:
-# gem 'rails', :git => 'git://github.com/rails/rails.git'
+group :development do
+  gem 'pg'
+end
 
-gem 'sqlite3'
-
-# Use unicorn as the web server
-# gem 'unicorn'
-
-# Deploy with Capistrano
-# gem 'capistrano'
-
-# To use debugger (ruby-debug for Ruby 1.8.7+, ruby-debug19 for Ruby 1.9.2+)
-# gem 'ruby-debug'
-# gem 'ruby-debug19'
-
-# Bundle the extra gems:
-# gem 'bj'
-# gem 'nokogiri'
-# gem 'sqlite3-ruby', :require => 'sqlite3'
-# gem 'aws-s3', :require => 'aws/s3'
-
-# Bundle gems for the local environment. Make sure to
-# put test-only gems in this group so their generators
-# and rake tasks are available in development mode:
-# group :development, :test do
-#   gem 'webrat'
-# end
+group :test do
+  gem 'sqlite3'
+end
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 776d849..6aae4f7 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ GEM
       mime-types (~> 1.16)
       treetop (~> 1.4.8)
     mime-types (1.16)
+    pg (0.10.1)
     polyglot (0.3.1)
     rack (1.2.1)
     rack-mount (0.6.13)
@@ -69,5 +70,6 @@ PLATFORMS
   ruby
 
 DEPENDENCIES
+  pg
   rails (= 3.0.4)
   sqlite3
diff --git a/config/database.yml b/config/database.yml
index 90d87cc..f683259 100644
--- a/config/database.yml
+++ b/config/database.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
-# SQLite version 3.x
-#   gem install sqlite3
 development:
-  adapter: sqlite3
-  database: db/development.sqlite3
-  pool: 5
-  timeout: 5000
+  adapter: postgresql
+  database: adopt-a-hydrant
+  username: postgres
+  password:
 
 # Warning: The database defined as "test" will be erased and
 # re-generated from your development database when you run "rake".