diff --git a/Procfile b/Procfile
index 06a286c80..44b8143bb 100644
--- a/Procfile
+++ b/Procfile
@@ -1 +1 @@
-web: python runserver.py
\ No newline at end of file
+web: gunicorn runserver:app -w 3
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/api/db.py b/api/db.py
index d2ad14430..9af1758b7 100644
--- a/api/db.py
+++ b/api/db.py
@@ -17,5 +17,6 @@ from mongoengine import connect
 from flask.ext.mongoengine import MongoEngine
 
 if 'MONGODB_URI' in app.config:
-    connect(app.config['MONGODB_DB'], host=app.config['MONGODB_URI'])
+    MONGODB_DB = app.config['MONGODB_URI'].split('/')[-1]
+    connect(MONGODB_DB, host=app.config['MONGODB_URI'])
 db = MongoEngine(app)