diff --git a/config.yaml b/config.yaml
index 44f823d..01d3a33 100644
--- a/config.yaml
+++ b/config.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 DatabaseURI: "/Users/paul/Develop/weesvc-gorilla/gorm.db"
+# Specify dialect as "postgres" or "sqlite3". "sqlite3" is default.
+#Dialect: sqlite3
 #Verbose: true
diff --git a/db/config.go b/db/config.go
index f6e1c0c..d59358c 100644
--- a/db/config.go
+++ b/db/config.go
@@ -8,13 +8,16 @@ import (
 
 // Config provides database connection information.
 type Config struct {
+	Dialect     string
 	DatabaseURI string
 	Verbose     bool
 }
 
 // InitConfig initializes the database configuration from external settings.
 func InitConfig() (*Config, error) {
+	viper.SetDefault("Dialect", "sqlite3")
 	config := &Config{
+		Dialect:     viper.GetString("Dialect"),
 		DatabaseURI: viper.GetString("DatabaseURI"),
 		Verbose:     viper.GetBool("Verbose"),
 	}
diff --git a/db/db.go b/db/db.go
index fa157ca..95377f3 100644
--- a/db/db.go
+++ b/db/db.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package db
 
 import (
 	"github.com/jinzhu/gorm"
-	// Notes the database dialect to be used
+	_ "github.com/jinzhu/gorm/dialects/postgres"
 	_ "github.com/jinzhu/gorm/dialects/sqlite"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ type Database struct {
 
 // New creates a new instance of the data access object given configuration settings.
 func New(config *Config) (*Database, error) {
-	db, err := gorm.Open("sqlite3", config.DatabaseURI)
+	db, err := gorm.Open(config.Dialect, config.DatabaseURI)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "unable to connect to database")
+		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "unable to connect to %s database", config.Dialect)
 	}
 
 	db.LogMode(config.Verbose)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7d57c34..37e3498 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/hashicorp/hcl v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/jinzhu/inflection v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/lib/pq v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.7 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v2.0.3+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.5.0 // indirect