diff --git a/pytest_django_testing_postgresql.py b/pytest_django_testing_postgresql.py
index 4838f3797c4609d7a1145a754350a07dd4d15b93..38913362ea72ddafbce047bd934d4b27ccb81f3d 100644
--- a/pytest_django_testing_postgresql.py
+++ b/pytest_django_testing_postgresql.py
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-print('importing')
+from dj_database_url import parse
+from django.conf import settings
+from testing.postgresql import Postgresql
 
-def pytest_configure(config):
-    print('configuring')
+_postgresql = Postgresql()
+
+django.settings.DATABASES['default'] = parse(_postgresql.url())
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b32d692f2f03c80f13294b4650e97a42a311f693..64e72e8affb3b09c9ccedac4c5f6a61e136141f8 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ setup(
     url='https://edugit.org/nik/pytest-django-testing-postgresql',
 
     py_modules=['pytest_django_testing_postgresql'],
-    install_requires=['testing.postgresql'],
+    install_requires=['dj-database-url', 'testing.postgresql'],
 
     entry_points = {
         'pytest11': [