diff --git a/databaseConfig.go b/databaseConfig.go
index 49753eb..21cc6b3 100644
--- a/databaseConfig.go
+++ b/databaseConfig.go
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ type DatabaseConfig struct {
 	DatabaseUser string
 	DatabasePass string
 	DatabaseName string
+	DisableSSL   bool
 }
diff --git a/getDatabaseConnectionString.go b/getDatabaseConnectionString.go
index 3bee46c..b12e35d 100644
--- a/getDatabaseConnectionString.go
+++ b/getDatabaseConnectionString.go
@@ -5,5 +5,9 @@ import "fmt"
 // GetDatabaseConnectionString constructs and returns a PostgreSQL connection string
 // based on the current active database configuration.
 func GetDatabaseConnectionString() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("postgres://%s:%s@%s:%d/%s", activeConfig.DatabaseUser, activeConfig.DatabasePass, activeConfig.DatabaseHost, activeConfig.DatabasePort, activeConfig.DatabaseName)
+	dbString := fmt.Sprintf("postgres://%s:%s@%s:%d/%s", activeConfig.DatabaseUser, activeConfig.DatabasePass, activeConfig.DatabaseHost, activeConfig.DatabasePort, activeConfig.DatabaseName)
+	if activeConfig.DisableSSL {
+		dbString += "?sslmode=disable"
+	}
+	return dbString
 }
diff --git a/loadConfig.go b/loadConfig.go
index a82c584..8ddac32 100644
--- a/loadConfig.go
+++ b/loadConfig.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ func LoadConfig() error {
 	loadedConfig.DatabaseUser = os.Getenv("DATABASE_CONFIG_DB_USER")
 	loadedConfig.DatabasePass = os.Getenv("DATABASE_CONFIG_DB_PASS")
 	loadedConfig.DatabaseName = os.Getenv("DATABASE_CONFIG_DB_NAME")
+	loadedConfig.DisableSSL = os.Getenv("DATABASE_CONFIG_DISABLE_SSL") == "true"
 
 	if loadedConfig.DatabasePort == 0 {
 		loadedConfig.DatabasePort = 5432 // default port