diff --git a/src/murfey/server/murfey_db.py b/src/murfey/server/murfey_db.py
index 2d0d52cf..2afdb854 100644
--- a/src/murfey/server/murfey_db.py
+++ b/src/murfey/server/murfey_db.py
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ def url(security_config: Security | None = None) -> str:
     security_config = security_config or get_security_config()
     with open(security_config.murfey_db_credentials, "r") as stream:
         creds = yaml.safe_load(stream)
+    if security_config.db == "sqlite":
+        return f"sqlite:///{creds['database']}"
     f = Fernet(security_config.crypto_key.encode("ascii"))
     p = f.decrypt(creds["password"].encode("ascii"))
     return f"postgresql+psycopg2://{creds['username']}:{p.decode()}@{creds['host']}:{creds['port']}/{creds['database']}"
diff --git a/src/murfey/util/config.py b/src/murfey/util/config.py
index 6280bb7e..c0d62beb 100644
--- a/src/murfey/util/config.py
+++ b/src/murfey/util/config.py
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ class Security(BaseModel):
     # Murfey database settings
     murfey_db_credentials: Path
     crypto_key: str
+    db: str = "postgres"
     sqlalchemy_pooling: bool = True
 
     # ISPyB settings