diff --git a/data/database.js b/data/database.js
index 0a013e4..d0c5797 100644
--- a/data/database.js
+++ b/data/database.js
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 import { MongoClient } from 'mongodb';
 
-const connectionProtocol = process.env.MONGODB_CONNECTION_PROTOCOL;
 const clusterAddress = process.env.MONGODB_CLUSTER_ADDRESS;
 const dbUser = process.env.MONGODB_USERNAME;
 const dbPassword = process.env.MONGODB_PASSWORD;
 const dbName = process.env.MONGODB_DB_NAME;
 
-const uri = `${connectionProtocol}://${dbUser}:${dbPassword}@${clusterAddress}/?retryWrites=true&w=majority`;
+const uri = `mongodb+srv://${dbUser}:${dbPassword}@${clusterAddress}/?retryWrites=true&w=majority`;
 const client = new MongoClient(uri);
 
 console.log('Trying to connect to db');