diff --git a/k8s/twoge-configmap.yml b/k8s/twoge-configmap.yml
index 8c105cd..7a0a510 100644
--- a/k8s/twoge-configmap.yml
+++ b/k8s/twoge-configmap.yml
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ data:
   DB_USER: "twoge"
   DB_HOST: "twoge-db"
   DB_PORT: "5432"
-  DB_NAME: "twoge"
\ No newline at end of file
+  DB_NAME: "twoge"
+  DB_TYPE: "postgresql"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/k8s/twoge-deployment.yml b/k8s/twoge-deployment.yml
index cb773e0..394cb4a 100644
--- a/k8s/twoge-deployment.yml
+++ b/k8s/twoge-deployment.yml
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ spec:
             configMapKeyRef:
               name: twoge-config-map
               key: DB_NAME
+        - name: DATABASE_TYPE
+          valueFrom:
+            configMapKeyRef:
+              name: twoge-config-map
+              key: DB_TYPE
         ports:
         - containerPort: 80
         readinessProbe: # readiness Checks if the pod is ready to serve traffic.