diff --git a/src/config/settings.py b/src/config/settings.py
index 9b42d5a..519a5ce 100644
--- a/src/config/settings.py
+++ b/src/config/settings.py
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 """
 Django settings for PDA-New
 
-Generated by 'django-admin startproject' using Django 5.2.5.
-
+Originally generated by 'django-admin startproject' using Django 5.2.5.
 """
 
 import os
@@ -73,22 +72,22 @@ TEMPLATES = [
 
 WSGI_APPLICATION = "config.wsgi.application"
 
-DB_ENGINE=os.environ.get('DB_ENGINE', default='sqlite3')
+DB_ENGINE=env('DB_ENGINE', default='sqlite3')
 DEFAULT_DB = {
     'ENGINE': f"django.db.backends.{DB_ENGINE}",
 }
 if DB_ENGINE=='sqlite3':
     DEFAULT_DB['NAME'] = os.path.join('BASE_DIR',
-                            os.environ.get('DB_NAME', default='urania.sqlite3'))
+                            env('DB_NAME', default='pdanext.sqlite3'))
 else:
-    DEFAULT_DB['NAME'] = os.environ.get('DB_NAME')
-    DEFAULT_DB['USER'] = os.environ.get('DB_USER')
-    DEFAULT_DB['PASSWORD'] = os.environ.get('DB_PASSWORD')
-    DEFAULT_DB['HOST'] = os.environ.get('DB_HOST')
+    DEFAULT_DB['NAME'] = env('DB_NAME')
+    DEFAULT_DB['USER'] = env('DB_USER')
+    DEFAULT_DB['PASSWORD'] = env('DB_PASSWORD')
+    DEFAULT_DB['HOST'] = env('DB_HOST')
     if DB_ENGINE=='postgresql':
-        DEFAULT_DB['PORT'] = os.environ.get('DB_PORT', default=5432)
+        DEFAULT_DB['PORT'] = env('DB_PORT', default=5432)
     elif DB_ENGINE=='mysql':
-        DEFAULT_DB['PORT'] = os.environ.get('DB_PORT', default=3306)
+        DEFAULT_DB['PORT'] = env('DB_PORT', default=3306)
 
 DATABASES = {
     'default': DEFAULT_DB,
@@ -109,14 +108,10 @@ AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
     },
 ]
 
-LANGUAGE_CODE = "en-us"
-
-TIME_ZONE = "UTC"
-
-USE_I18N = True
-
-USE_TZ = True
+LANGUAGE_CODE = env('DJANGO_LANGUAGE_CODE', default="en-us")
+TIME_ZONE = env("DJANGO_TIME_ZONE", default="UTC")
+USE_I18N = env.bool('DJANGO_USE_I18N', default=True)
+USE_TZ = env.bool('DJANGO_USE_TZ', default=True)
 
 STATIC_URL = "static/"
-
 DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = "django.db.models.BigAutoField"