diff --git a/bin/heroku b/bin/heroku
index 908ea4eb4..2bb49fbe9 100755
--- a/bin/heroku
+++ b/bin/heroku
@@ -6,6 +6,16 @@ cat << EOF > config.json
 
 {
   "production": {
+    "db": {
+      "dialect": "postgres",
+      "protocol": "postgres",
+      "dialectOptions": {
+        "ssl": {
+           "require": true,
+           "rejectUnauthorized": false
+        }
+      }
+    }
   }
 }