diff --git a/dbsettings.py b/dbsettings.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b509e1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dbsettings.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+DATABASE_ENGINE = 'sqlite3'           # 'postgresql_psycopg2', 'postgresql', 'mysql', 'sqlite3' or 'oracle'.
+DATABASE_NAME = 'dreddit_sso.db'             # Or path to database file if using sqlite3.
+DATABASE_USER = ''             # Not used with sqlite3.
+DATABASE_PASSWORD = ''         # Not used with sqlite3.
+DATABASE_HOST = ''             # Set to empty string for localhost. Not used with sqlite3.
+DATABASE_PORT = ''             # Set to empty string for default. Not used with sqlite3.
diff --git a/settings.py b/settings.py
index 66453fd..1c07e09 100644
--- a/settings.py
+++ b/settings.py
@@ -11,12 +11,8 @@ ADMINS = (
 
 MANAGERS = ADMINS
 
-DATABASE_ENGINE = 'mysql'           # 'postgresql_psycopg2', 'postgresql', 'mysql', 'sqlite3' or 'oracle'.
-DATABASE_NAME = 'dreddit_sso'             # Or path to database file if using sqlite3.
-DATABASE_USER = 'dreddit_sso'             # Not used with sqlite3.
-DATABASE_PASSWORD = 'bf6431670c657b9b62f08353d61047c4552ed3d4'         # Not used with sqlite3.
-DATABASE_HOST = ''             # Set to empty string for localhost. Not used with sqlite3.
-DATABASE_PORT = ''             # Set to empty string for default. Not used with sqlite3.
+# Import db settings from dbsettings.py
+from dbsettings import *
 
 # Local time zone for this installation. Choices can be found here:
 # http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_zones_by_name