diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index a967b50..39b5b62 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ENV=prod
-WAKAPI_DB_TYPE=mysql
+WAKAPI_DB_TYPE=mysql        # mysql, postgres, sqlite3
+WAKAPI_DB_NAME=wakapi_db    # file path for sqlite, e.g. /tmp/wakapi.db
 WAKAPI_DB_USER=myuser
-WAKAPI_DB_PASSWORD=mysecretpassword
+WAKAPI_DB_PASSWORD=shhh
 WAKAPI_DB_HOST=localhost
 WAKAPI_DB_PORT=3306
-WAKAPI_DB_NAME=wakapi_db
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d7ea0cc..5a489c3 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ github.com/kr/pty v1.1.1/go.mod h1:pFQYn66WHrOpPYNljwOMqo10TkYh1fy3cYio2l3bCsQ=
 github.com/kr/text v0.1.0/go.mod h1:4Jbv+DJW3UT/LiOwJeYQe1efqtUx/iVham/4vfdArNI=
 github.com/lib/pq v1.1.1 h1:sJZmqHoEaY7f+NPP8pgLB/WxulyR3fewgCM2qaSlBb4=
 github.com/lib/pq v1.1.1/go.mod h1:5WUZQaWbwv1U+lTReE5YruASi9Al49XbQIvNi/34Woo=
+github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.11.0 h1:LDdKkqtYlom37fkvqs8rMPFKAMe8+SgjbwZ6ex1/A/Q=
 github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.11.0/go.mod h1:FPy6KqzDD04eiIsT53CuJW3U88zkxoIYsOqkbpncsNc=
 github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.1/go.mod h1:D8He9yQNgCq6Z5Ld7szi9bcBfOoFv/3dc6xSMkL2PC0=
 github.com/mwitkow/go-conntrack v0.0.0-20161129095857-cc309e4a2223/go.mod h1:qRWi+5nqEBWmkhHvq77mSJWrCKwh8bxhgT7d/eI7P4U=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index fa2df84..eea5a4e 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 
 	_ "github.com/jinzhu/gorm/dialects/mysql"
 	_ "github.com/jinzhu/gorm/dialects/postgres"
+	_ "github.com/jinzhu/gorm/dialects/sqlite"
 )
 
 // TODO: Refactor entire project to be structured after business domains
diff --git a/utils/common.go b/utils/common.go
index ef5595f..86f2e94 100644
--- a/utils/common.go
+++ b/utils/common.go
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ func MakeConnectionString(config *models.Config) string {
 		return mySqlConnectionString(config)
 	case "postgres":
 		return postgresConnectionString(config)
+	case "sqlite3":
+		return sqliteConnectionString(config)
 	}
 	return ""
 }
@@ -62,3 +64,7 @@ func postgresConnectionString(config *models.Config) string {
 		config.DbPassword,
 	)
 }
+
+func sqliteConnectionString(config *models.Config) string {
+	return config.DbName
+}