diff --git a/.env b/.env
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..45d5b9539
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+# The settings here, if defined, override the settings in config/database.yml,
+# config/unicorn/unicorn.rb, config/danbooru_local_config.rb, and
+# ~/.danbooru/{secret_token,session_secret_key}.
+#
+# `.env.$RAILS_ENV` takes precedence over .env, and .env.local takes
+# precedence over .env and `.env.$RAILS_ENV`.
+#
+# In other words: put your shared config in .env.local, and your put
+# environment-specific config in .env.development / .env.production / .env.test.
+
+#
+# Unicorn
+#
+
+# These settings only take effect when running with `bundle exec unicorn -c config/unicorn/unicorn.rb`.
+
+# export UNICORN_ROOT="$(pwd)"
+# export UNICORN_LISTEN=127.0.0.1:9000
+# export UNICORN_PROCESSES=1
+# export UNICORN_TIMEOUT=90
+# export UNICORN_LOG="log/unicorn-${UNICORN_LISTEN}.log"
+# export UNICORN_PIDFILE="$UNICORN_ROOT/tmp/pids/unicorn-${UNICORN_LISTEN}.pid"
+
+# These only take effect if you're running unicorn as root in order to bind to
+# port 80 and need to drop privileges. Reverse proxying behind nginx is a better idea.
+# export UNICORN_USER=danbooru
+# export UNICORN_GROUP=danbooru
+
+#
+# Database
+#
+
+# DATABASE_URL takes precedence over config/database.yml if defined.
+
+# Put these in .env.production or .env.development to define your dev/prod
+# databases. Do not define it in .env or .env.local! It will be taken as your
+# test database too, and rails will wipe it if you run the test suite.
+# export DATABASE_URL="postgresql://localhost/danbooru2"
+# export ARCHIVE_DATABASE_URL="postgresql://localhost/archive_development"
+# export RO_DATABASE_URL="$DATABASE_URL"
+
+# Put these in .env.test to define your test database.
+# export DATABASE_URL="postgresql://localhost/danbooru2_test"
+# export RO_DATABASE_URL="postgresql://localhost/danbooru2_test"
+# export ARCHIVE_DATABASE_URL="postgresql://localhost/danbooru2_archive_test"
+
+#
+# Rails
+#
+
+# These take precedence over ~/.danbooru/{secret_token,session_secret_key}.
+# export SECRET_TOKEN=
+# export SESSION_SECRET_KEY=
+
+# Override the normal Gemfile with another file.
+# export BUNDLE_GEMFILE=
+
+# Logs a stacktrace for each SQL query.
+# export QUERY_TRACE=
+
+#
+# Danbooru
+#
+
+# These take precedence over config/danbooru_local_config.rb. Any setting in
+# danbooru_default_config.rb can be defined here by prefixing it with `DANBOORU_`.
+
+# export DANBOORU_APP_NAME=
+# export DANBOORU_VERSION=
+# export DANBOORU_HOSTNAME=
+# export DANBOORU_PIXIV_LOGIN=
+# export DANBOORU_PIXIV_PASSWORD=
+# export DANBOORU_TWITTER_API_KEY=
+# export DANBOORU_TWITTER_API_SECRET=
+# export DANBOORU_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=
+# export DANBOORU_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=
+# export DANBOORU_AWS_SQS_REGION=
+# export DANBOORU_IQDBS_AUTH_KEY=
+# export DANBOORU_IQDBS_SERVER=
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ca9a5714d..6b05cc066 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+.env.*
 .bundle
 config/database.yml
 config/danbooru_local_config.rb
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index cd8e257f0..dfa7d4cd0 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 source 'https://rubygems.org/'
 
+gem 'dotenv-rails', :require => "dotenv/rails-now"
+
 group :test do
   gem "shoulda"
   gem "factory_girl"
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 0c9f63164..48dd65240 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -127,6 +127,10 @@ GEM
     docile (1.1.5)
     domain_name (0.5.24)
       unf (>= 0.0.5, < 1.0.0)
+    dotenv (2.1.2)
+    dotenv-rails (2.1.2)
+      dotenv (= 2.1.2)
+      railties (>= 3.2, < 5.1)
     equalizer (0.0.11)
     erubis (2.7.0)
     execjs (2.6.0)
@@ -434,6 +438,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   delayed_job
   delayed_job_active_record
   diff-lcs!
+  dotenv-rails
   dtext_rb!
   factory_girl
   fakeweb
diff --git a/Procfile b/Procfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0fe2ce1c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Procfile
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+unicorn: bundle exec unicorn -c config/unicorn/unicorn.rb
+jobs: bundle exec script/delayed_job run
diff --git a/app/models/pool_archive.rb b/app/models/pool_archive.rb
index 062fc047b..ff38de4f9 100644
--- a/app/models/pool_archive.rb
+++ b/app/models/pool_archive.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ class PoolArchive < ActiveRecord::Base
     Danbooru.config.aws_sqs_archives_url.present?
   end
 
-  establish_connection "archive_#{Rails.env}".to_sym if enabled?
+  establish_connection (ENV["ARCHIVE_DATABASE_URL"] || "archive_#{Rails.env}".to_sym) if enabled?
   self.table_name = "pool_versions"
 
   module SearchMethods
diff --git a/app/models/post_archive.rb b/app/models/post_archive.rb
index bb1315670..711e51ff1 100644
--- a/app/models/post_archive.rb
+++ b/app/models/post_archive.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ class PostArchive < ActiveRecord::Base
     Danbooru.config.aws_sqs_archives_url.present?
   end
 
-  establish_connection "archive_#{Rails.env}".to_sym if enabled?
+  establish_connection (ENV["ARCHIVE_DATABASE_URL"] || "archive_#{Rails.env}".to_sym) if enabled?
   self.table_name = "post_versions"
 
   def self.calculate_version(post_id, updated_at, version_id)
diff --git a/app/models/post_read_only.rb b/app/models/post_read_only.rb
index 3307e8472..96d0a1f3d 100644
--- a/app/models/post_read_only.rb
+++ b/app/models/post_read_only.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class PostReadOnly < Post
-  establish_connection "ro_#{Rails.env}".to_sym
+  establish_connection (ENV["RO_DATABASE_URL"] || "ro_#{Rails.env}".to_sym)
   attr_readonly *column_names
 
   def with_timeout(n, default_value = nil)
diff --git a/config/danbooru_default_config.rb b/config/danbooru_default_config.rb
index 1b623381a..f6093284c 100644
--- a/config/danbooru_default_config.rb
+++ b/config/danbooru_default_config.rb
@@ -502,4 +502,16 @@ module Danbooru
     def aws_sqs_archives_url
     end
   end
+
+  class EnvironmentConfiguration
+    def method_missing(method, *args)
+      var = ENV["DANBOORU_#{method.to_s.upcase}"]
+
+      if var.present?
+        var
+      else
+        CustomConfiguration.new.send(method, *args)
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/config/initializers/danbooru_config.rb b/config/initializers/danbooru_config.rb
index b4a0ff385..78a505bae 100644
--- a/config/initializers/danbooru_config.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/danbooru_config.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ require "#{Rails.root}/config/danbooru_local_config"
 
 module Danbooru
   def config
-    @configuration ||= CustomConfiguration.new
+    @configuration ||= EnvironmentConfiguration.new
   end
 
   module_function :config
diff --git a/config/initializers/secret_token.rb b/config/initializers/secret_token.rb
index e44bc013b..2a5a73b82 100644
--- a/config/initializers/secret_token.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/secret_token.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 require File.expand_path('../../state_checker', __FILE__)
 
-StateChecker.new.check!
+StateChecker.check!
 
 Rails.application.config.action_dispatch.session = {
   :key    => '_danbooru2_session',
-  :secret => File.read(File.expand_path("~/.danbooru/session_secret_key"))
+  :secret => StateChecker.session_secret_key
 }
-Rails.application.config.secret_token = File.read(File.expand_path("~/.danbooru/secret_token"))
+Rails.application.config.secret_token = StateChecker.secret_token
diff --git a/config/state_checker.rb b/config/state_checker.rb
index 8a1be76f8..a3286a143 100644
--- a/config/state_checker.rb
+++ b/config/state_checker.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,17 @@
-class StateChecker
+module StateChecker
+  module_function
+
   def check!
-    check_secret_token
-    check_session_secret_key
+    ENV["SECRET_TOKEN"].present? || check_secret_token
+    ENV["SESSION_SECRET_KEY"].present? || check_session_secret_key
+  end
+
+  def secret_token
+    ENV["SECRET_TOKEN"] || File.read(secret_token_path)
+  end
+
+  def session_secret_key
+    ENV["SESSION_SECRET_KEY"] || File.read(session_secret_key_path)
   end
 
 private
diff --git a/config/unicorn/unicorn.rb b/config/unicorn/unicorn.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..755b80484
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/unicorn/unicorn.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+require "dotenv"
+
+rails_env = ENV['RAILS_ENV'] || ENV['RACK_ENV'] || 'development'
+Dotenv.load(".env.local", ".env.#{rails_env}", ".env")
+
+addr = ENV["UNICORN_LISTEN"] || "127.0.0.1:9000"
+app_path = ENV["UNICORN_ROOT"] || Dir.pwd
+instance = "unicorn-#{addr}"
+
+listen addr
+worker_processes ENV["UNICORN_PROCESSES"].to_i || 1
+timeout ENV["UNICORN_TIMEOUT"].to_i || 90
+
+user = ENV["UNICORN_USER"] || "danbooru"
+group = ENV["UNICORN_GROUP"] || "danbooru"
+
+stderr_path ENV["UNICORN_LOG"] || "log/#{instance}.log"
+stdout_path ENV["UNICORN_LOG"] || "log/#{instance}.log"
+
+working_directory app_path
+pid ENV["UNICORN_PIDFILE"] || "#{app_path}/tmp/pids/#{instance}.pid"
+
+if rails_env == "production"
+  preload_app true
+
+  before_fork do |server, worker|
+    ActiveRecord::Base.connection.disconnect! if defined?(ActiveRecord::Base)
+
+    # Throttle the master from forking too quickly by sleeping.  Due
+    # to the implementation of standard Unix signal handlers, this
+    # helps (but does not completely) prevent identical, repeated signals
+    # from being lost when the receiving process is busy.
+    sleep 1
+  end
+
+  after_fork do |server, worker|
+    ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection if defined?(ActiveRecord::Base)
+  end
+else
+  preload_app false
+end
diff --git a/script/install/database.yml.templ b/script/install/database.yml.templ
index 91e7e4312..5caf077ef 100755
--- a/script/install/database.yml.templ
+++ b/script/install/database.yml.templ
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ development:
   database: danbooru2
   pool: 5
   timeout: 5000
+  url: <%= ENV['DATABASE_URL'] %>
 
 # Warning: The database defined as "test" will be erased and
 # re-generated from your development database when you run "rake".
@@ -14,42 +15,52 @@ test:
   database: danbooru2_test
   pool: 5
   timeout: 5000
+  url: <%= ENV['DATABASE_URL'] %>
 
 production:
   adapter: postgresql
   database: danbooru2
   pool: 5
   timeout: 5000
+  url: <%= ENV['DATABASE_URL'] %>
 
 # read only databases, just point to local copies if you have no need
 ro_development:
   adapter: postgresql
   database: danbooru2
+  url: <%= ENV['RO_DATABASE_URL'] %>
 
 ro_test:
   adapter: postgresql
   database: danbooru2_test
+  url: <%= ENV['RO_DATABASE_URL'] %>
 
 ro_production:
   adapter: postgresql
   database: danbooru2
+  url: <%= ENV['RO_DATABASE_URL'] %>
 
 ro_staging:
   adapter: postgresql
   database: danbooru2
+  url: <%= ENV['RO_DATABASE_URL'] %>
 
 archive_development:
   adapter: postgresql
   database: archive_development
+  url: <%= ENV['ARCHIVE_DATABASE_URL'] %>
 
 archive_test:
   adapter: postgresql
   database: archive_test
+  url: <%= ENV['ARCHIVE_DATABASE_URL'] %>
 
 archive_production:
   adapter: postgresql
   database: archive_development
+  url: <%= ENV['ARCHIVE_DATABASE_URL'] %>
 
 archive_staging:
   adapter: postgresql
-  database: archive_development
\ No newline at end of file
+  database: archive_development
+  url: <%= ENV['ARCHIVE_DATABASE_URL'] %>