diff --git a/config.php b/config.php
index 4f538aa..22b1275 100644
--- a/config.php
+++ b/config.php
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ ini_set('display_errors', 0); // Keep disabled in production so errors don't cor
 // 2. DATABASE CONFIGURATION (Aiven Cloud Connection Matrix)
 // ====================================================================
 // Fall back to standard local development values if variables aren't injected by Vercel
-$db_host = getenv('DB_HOST') ?: 'nostolgagram-nostolgagram.i.aivencloud.com';
-$db_port = getenv('DB_PORT') ?: '3306'; // Default MySQL port (Aiven will overwrite this with 23006 via Vercel)
-$db_user = getenv('DB_USER') ?: 'avnadmin';
+$db_host = getenv('DB_HOST') ?: '127.0.0.1';
+$db_port = getenv('DB_PORT') ?: '3306'; 
+$db_user = getenv('DB_USER') ?: 'root';
 $db_pass = getenv('DB_PASS') ?: '';
-$db_name = 'defaultdb'; // Aiven's default workspace name
+$db_name = 'defaultdb';
 
 try {
     // Open a secure database link using the fast, modern PHP Data Objects (PDO) framework