diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 3f2af16f..9430fb58 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
     npm \
     nginx \
     curl \
-    redis-server
+    redis-server \
+    default-libmysqlclient-dev \
+    build-essential \
+    pkg-config
 
 # Create a working directory
 WORKDIR /app  
diff --git a/Dockerfile.dev b/Dockerfile.dev
index 664eb16a..1659ad9b 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.dev
+++ b/Dockerfile.dev
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
   npm \
   nginx \
   curl \
-  redis-server
+  redis-server \
+  default-libmysqlclient-dev \
+  build-essential \
+  pkg-config
 
 # Change working directory
 WORKDIR /app
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index fd92fa8b..871db042 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ services:
       - CUSTOM_LLM_API_KEY=${CUSTOM_LLM_API_KEY}
       - CUSTOM_MODEL=${CUSTOM_MODEL}
       - PEXELS_API_KEY=${PEXELS_API_KEY}
+      - SQL_URL=${SQL_URL}
 
   production-gpu:
     # image: ghcr.io/presenton/presenton:latest
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ services:
       - CUSTOM_LLM_API_KEY=${CUSTOM_LLM_API_KEY}
       - CUSTOM_MODEL=${CUSTOM_MODEL}
       - PEXELS_API_KEY=${PEXELS_API_KEY}
+      - SQL_URL=${SQL_URL}
 
   development:
     build:
@@ -72,6 +74,7 @@ services:
       - CUSTOM_LLM_API_KEY=${CUSTOM_LLM_API_KEY}
       - CUSTOM_MODEL=${CUSTOM_MODEL}
       - PEXELS_API_KEY=${PEXELS_API_KEY}
+      - SQL_URL=${SQL_URL}
 
   development-gpu:
     build:
@@ -101,4 +104,5 @@ services:
       - CUSTOM_LLM_URL=${CUSTOM_LLM_URL}
       - CUSTOM_LLM_API_KEY=${CUSTOM_LLM_API_KEY}
       - CUSTOM_MODEL=${CUSTOM_MODEL}
-      - PEXELS_API_KEY=${PEXELS_API_KEY}
\ No newline at end of file
+      - PEXELS_API_KEY=${PEXELS_API_KEY}
+      - SQL_URL=${SQL_URL}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/servers/fastapi/api/services/database.py b/servers/fastapi/api/services/database.py
index 114610cd..ea9f3cd1 100644
--- a/servers/fastapi/api/services/database.py
+++ b/servers/fastapi/api/services/database.py
@@ -4,8 +4,14 @@ from sqlalchemy import create_engine
 from sqlmodel import Session
 
 
-sql_url = "sqlite:///" + os.path.join(os.getenv("APP_DATA_DIRECTORY"), "fastapi.db")
-sql_engine = create_engine(sql_url, connect_args={"check_same_thread": False})
+sql_url = os.getenv("SQL_URL") or "sqlite:///" + os.path.join(
+    os.getenv("APP_DATA_DIRECTORY"), "fastapi.db"
+)
+connect_args = {}
+if "sqlite" in sql_url:
+    connect_args["check_same_thread"] = False
+
+sql_engine = create_engine(sql_url, connect_args=connect_args)
 
 
 @contextmanager
diff --git a/servers/fastapi/requirements.txt b/servers/fastapi/requirements.txt
index c78d19e0..7b92550b 100644
--- a/servers/fastapi/requirements.txt
+++ b/servers/fastapi/requirements.txt
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ mmh3==5.1.0
 mpmath==1.3.0
 multidict==6.4.3
 mypy_extensions==1.1.0
+mysqlclient==2.2.7
 numpy==2.2.5
 ollama==0.5.1
 onnxruntime==1.22.0
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ pillow==11.3.0
 propcache==0.3.1
 proto-plus==1.26.1
 protobuf==6.31.1
+psycopg2-binary==2.9.10
 py_rust_stemmers==0.1.5
 pyasn1==0.6.1
 pyasn1_modules==0.4.2