diff --git a/app/api/news/route.ts b/app/api/news/route.ts
index 7e11dc1..36b17dc 100644
--- a/app/api/news/route.ts
+++ b/app/api/news/route.ts
@@ -2,20 +2,13 @@ import { NextResponse } from 'next/server';
 import { Pool } from 'pg';
 
 // Get database configuration from environment variables
-const DB_HOST = process.env.DB_HOST || 'cube.governance-labs.com';
+const DB_HOST = process.env.DB_HOST || '172.16.0.104';
 const DB_PORT = process.env.DB_PORT || '5432';
 const DB_USER = process.env.DB_USER || 'alma';
-const DB_PASSWORD = process.env.DB_PASSWORD;
 const DB_NAME = process.env.DB_NAME || 'rivacube';
 
-// Validate required environment variables
-if (!DB_PASSWORD) {
-  console.error('DB_PASSWORD environment variable is not set');
-  throw new Error('Database password is not configured');
-}
-
 // Construct connection string from components
-const connectionString = `postgresql://${DB_USER}:${DB_PASSWORD}@${DB_HOST}:${DB_PORT}/${DB_NAME}`;
+const connectionString = `postgresql://${DB_USER}@${DB_HOST}:${DB_PORT}/${DB_NAME}`;
 
 // Log the connection string (with password masked for security)
 const maskedConnectionString = connectionString.replace(/\/\/[^:]+:[^@]+@/, '//***:***@');
@@ -23,7 +16,6 @@ console.log('Using connection string:', maskedConnectionString);
 
 const pool = new Pool({
   connectionString,
-  // Remove SSL configuration since the server doesn't support it
   // Add connection timeout
   connectionTimeoutMillis: 5000,
   // Add query timeout