diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index d40afd2..4ac4f73 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+pg_pass := "password"
+pg_user := "postgres"
+pg_container := "postgres"
+pg_port := "5432"
+network := "fb_network"
+db_name := "frostbyte"
+
+conn_string := "postgres://" + pg_user + ":" + pg_pass + "@" + pg_container + ":" + pg_port / db_name
+conn_local := "postgres://" + pg_user + ":" + pg_pass + "@" + "localhost" + ":" + pg_port / db_name
+env_string := "DATABASE_URL=" + conn_string
+env_local := "DATABASE_URL=" + conn_local
+
 # Builds a debug container and runs it
 dev: start-debug
     @echo "Cd into client and run 'npm run dev' to start the client in dev mode."
@@ -10,8 +22,8 @@ build-container-server-debug:
 # Builds a debug container and runs it
 [private]
 start-debug: start-postgres-dev clean-podman init-sqlx build-container-server-debug 
-    podman network create fb_network --ignore
-    podman run -d --network fb_network -e DATABASE_URL=postgres://postgres:password@postgres:5432/frostbyte -p 8080:8080 --name frostbyte-debug fb-server-debug
+    podman network create {{network}} --ignore
+    podman run -d --network {{network}} -e {{env_string}} -p 8080:8080 --name frostbyte-debug fb-server-debug
     @echo "Debug server started."
 
 # Builds a release container
@@ -21,12 +33,12 @@ build-container-release:
 
 # Builds a release container and runs it
 start-release: start-postgres-dev clean-podman init-sqlx build-container-release 
-    podman network create fb_network --ignore
-    podman run -d --network fb_network -e DATABASE_URL=postgres://postgres:password@postgres:5432/frostbyte -p 8080:8080 --name frostbyte fb-server
+    podman network create {{network}} --ignore
+    podman run -d --network {{network}} -e {{env_string}} -p 8080:8080 --name frostbyte fb-server
 
 # Initializes the database, runs migrations and then prepares sqlx
 init-sqlx:
-    echo "DATABASE_URL=postgres://postgres:password@localhost:5432/frostbyte" > server/.env
+    echo {{env_local}} > server/.env
     cd server && sqlx database create --connect-timeout 40 # Postgres takes a while to start up
     cd server && sqlx migrate run --source migrations_pg
     cd server && cargo sqlx prepare
@@ -34,8 +46,8 @@ init-sqlx:
 # Starts a postgres container for development
 [private]
 start-postgres-dev:
-    podman rm -f postgres
-    podman run --network fb_network --name postgres -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password -d -p 5432:5432 docker.io/postgres:16.1-alpine
+    podman rm -f {{pg_container}}
+    podman run --network {{network}} --name {{pg_container}} -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD={{pg_pass}} -d -p {{pg_port}}:5432 docker.io/postgres:16.1-alpine
 
 # Forcefully stops and removes the frostbyte container
 [private]