diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 853069d..a6d40d9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ tomcat.5000
 # Gradle generated files
 .gradle
 app/build
-.settings
 
 # IntelliJ Idea project files
 .idea
diff --git a/app/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs b/app/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..12b4a91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#
+#Thu Feb 08 14:14:29 CET 2024
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.inlineJsrBytecode=enabled
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.assertIdentifier=error
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform=21
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=21
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.debug.localVariable=generate
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.unusedLocal=preserve
+eclipse.preferences.version=1
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.enumIdentifier=error
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.debug.lineNumber=generate
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance=21
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.debug.sourceFile=generate
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/servlet/Database.java b/app/src/main/java/servlet/Database.java
index e9a3283..eb89056 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/servlet/Database.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/servlet/Database.java
@@ -6,16 +6,29 @@ import java.sql.*;
  */
 public class Database implements AutoCloseable {
 	
-	// The connection to the database
+	// If you have the mysql server on your own computer use "localhost" as server address.
+	private static String databaseServerAddress = "vm26.cs.lth.se";
+	private static String databaseUser = "<your databse user on vm26>";             // database login user
+	private static String databasePassword = "<your password>";          // database login password
+	private static String database = "<your database, normally the same as database user>";             // the database to use, i.e. default schema
 	private Connection conn = null;
 	
 	public Database() {
-		// Connect to sqlite
-		try {
-			Class.forName("org.sqlite.JDBC");
-			conn = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:sqlite:database.db");
-			System.out.println("Opened database successfully");
-		} catch (Exception e) {
+		try{
+			conn = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://" + databaseServerAddress + "/" + 
+                    database, databaseUser, databasePassword);
+			
+			// Display the contents of the database in the console. 
+			// This should be removed in the final version
+			try(Statement stmt = conn.createStatement()) {
+				ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery("select * from Respondents"); 
+				while (rs.next()) {
+					String name = rs.getString("name"); 
+					System.out.println(name);
+				}
+			}
+			
+		} catch (SQLException e) {
 			throw new RuntimeException(e);
 		}
 	}