diff --git a/routes/dbconn.js b/routes/dbconn.js
index df6b99212a18647cc14affac546078ca792b74e9..96d73f2a3ad6e98be1fb1055496e25e99de91ac1 100644
--- a/routes/dbconn.js
+++ b/routes/dbconn.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const mysql = require('mysql')
 
-var env = process.env.NODE_ENV || 'testing';
+var env = process.env.NODE_ENV || 'production';
 const config = require('../config/config')[env]
 
 // ==== USER ACOOUNT DB CONNECTION ====