diff --git a/src/settings/database.py b/src/settings/database.py
index c4927d5..9d85a4b 100644
--- a/src/settings/database.py
+++ b/src/settings/database.py
@@ -4,10 +4,16 @@
 from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker, declarative_base
 
 SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL = os.getenv("DATABASE_URL")
-
-engine = create_engine(
-    SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL, connect_args={"check_same_thread": False}
-)
+ENVIRONMENT = os.getenv("ENVIRONMENT")
+
+if ENVIRONMENT == "development":
+    engine = create_engine(
+        SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL, connect_args={"check_same_thread": False}
+    )
+else:
+    engine = create_engine(
+        SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL,
+    )
 SessionLocal = sessionmaker(autocommit=False, autoflush=False, bind=engine)
 
 Base = declarative_base()