diff --git a/README.rdoc b/README.rdoc
index 5f40e2f..5ad7542 100644
--- a/README.rdoc
+++ b/README.rdoc
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ Things you may want to cover:
 
 * ...
 
+== One time setup for project
+
+Create two ENV variables for ENV["ADMIN_PASS"] and ENV["ADMIN_USER"] for username and password for admin user
 
 == Before committing/pushing code
 
diff --git a/config/database.yml b/config/database.yml
index 8dffb08..8158ab0 100644
--- a/config/database.yml
+++ b/config/database.yml
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ default: &default
   host: localhost
   adapter: postgresql
   encoding: unicode
-  user: <%= Rails.application.secrets[:database]["username"] %>
-  password: <%= Rails.application.secrets[:database]["password"] %>
+  user: <%= Rails.application.secrets[:database][:username] %>
+  password: <%= Rails.application.secrets[:database][:password] %>
   pool: 5
   encoding: utf8