diff --git a/sample-applications/vehicle-dealership-sample-app/ImageServiceApp/ImageServiceApp/settings.py b/sample-applications/vehicle-dealership-sample-app/ImageServiceApp/ImageServiceApp/settings.py
index 2d920fbb4..cb2b3833c 100644
--- a/sample-applications/vehicle-dealership-sample-app/ImageServiceApp/ImageServiceApp/settings.py
+++ b/sample-applications/vehicle-dealership-sample-app/ImageServiceApp/ImageServiceApp/settings.py
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@
 import os
 from pathlib import Path
 
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+
+load_dotenv()
+
 # Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
 BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
 
@@ -78,8 +82,12 @@
 
 DATABASES = {
     "default": {
-        "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.sqlite3",
-        "NAME": BASE_DIR / "db.sqlite3",
+        "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.postgresql",
+        "USER": os.environ.get("POSTGRES_USER"),
+        "NAME": os.environ.get("POSTGRES_DATABASE"),
+        "PASSWORD": os.environ.get("POSTGRES_PASSWORD"),
+        "HOST": os.environ.get("DB_SERVICE_HOST"),
+        "PORT": os.environ.get("DB_SERVICE_PORT"),
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/sample-applications/vehicle-dealership-sample-app/ImageServiceApp/requirements.txt b/sample-applications/vehicle-dealership-sample-app/ImageServiceApp/requirements.txt
index e5d1a2059..b329cbad0 100644
--- a/sample-applications/vehicle-dealership-sample-app/ImageServiceApp/requirements.txt
+++ b/sample-applications/vehicle-dealership-sample-app/ImageServiceApp/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 Django~=5.0
 requests~=2.31.0
 boto3~=1.34.14
-python-dotenv~=1.0.0
\ No newline at end of file
+python-dotenv~=1.0.0
+psycopg2~=2.9.9
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sample-applications/vehicle-dealership-sample-app/README.md b/sample-applications/vehicle-dealership-sample-app/README.md
index f123a7956..dcdbf8a83 100644
--- a/sample-applications/vehicle-dealership-sample-app/README.md
+++ b/sample-applications/vehicle-dealership-sample-app/README.md
@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ IMAGE_BACKEND_SERVICE_PORT=8000
 
 python3.11 manage.py migrate --noinput && python3.11 manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8001
 ```
-7. Connect to the `image-service` EC2 instance and run the following:
+7. Go to the EC2 console and select the `image-service`, Go Actions -> Networking -> Connect RDS database.
+8. Connect to the `image-service` EC2 instance and run the following:
 ```
 sudo dnf install python3.11
 sudo dnf install python3.11-pip
diff --git a/sample-applications/vehicle-dealership-sample-app/docker-compose.yaml b/sample-applications/vehicle-dealership-sample-app/docker-compose.yaml
index 89cd3a07c..0de46070c 100644
--- a/sample-applications/vehicle-dealership-sample-app/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/sample-applications/vehicle-dealership-sample-app/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ services:
       - $HOME/.aws/credentials:/home/app/.aws/credentials:ro
     ports:
       - "8000:8000"
+    depends_on:
+       db:
+          condition: service_healthy
+          
 volumes:
   data:
 
diff --git a/sample-applications/vehicle-dealership-sample-app/eks/image-backend-deployment.yaml b/sample-applications/vehicle-dealership-sample-app/eks/image-backend-deployment.yaml
index 7e2321bb6..2e623731a 100644
--- a/sample-applications/vehicle-dealership-sample-app/eks/image-backend-deployment.yaml
+++ b/sample-applications/vehicle-dealership-sample-app/eks/image-backend-deployment.yaml
@@ -43,5 +43,11 @@ spec:
           env:
             - name: S3_BUCKET
               value: ${S3_BUCKET}
+            - name: POSTGRES_DATABASE
+              value: vehicle_inventory
+            - name: POSTGRES_PASSWORD
+              value: ${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}
+            - name: POSTGRES_USER
+              value: djangouser
       restartPolicy: Always
 status: {}
diff --git a/sample-applications/vehicle-dealership-sample-app/local_script.sh b/sample-applications/vehicle-dealership-sample-app/local_script.sh
index 0f1625ffc..12e4de963 100644
--- a/sample-applications/vehicle-dealership-sample-app/local_script.sh
+++ b/sample-applications/vehicle-dealership-sample-app/local_script.sh
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ echo "DB_SERVICE_PORT=5432" >> VehicleInventoryApp/.env
 echo "IMAGE_BACKEND_SERVICE_HOST=image-service-backend" >> VehicleInventoryApp/.env
 echo "IMAGE_BACKEND_SERVICE_PORT=8000" >> VehicleInventoryApp/.env
 
+echo "POSTGRES_DATABASE=vehicle_inventory" >> ImageServiceApp/.env
+echo "POSTGRES_USER=djangouser" >> ImageServiceApp/.env
+echo "POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${password}" >> ImageServiceApp/.env
+echo "DB_SERVICE_HOST=db" >> ImageServiceApp/.env
+echo "DB_SERVICE_PORT=5432" >> ImageServiceApp/.env
 echo "AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=${AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID}" >> ImageServiceApp/.env
 echo "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=${AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY}" >> ImageServiceApp/.env
 echo "AWS_SESSION_TOKEN=${AWS_SESSION_TOKEN}" >> ImageServiceApp/.env