diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 6cc16f9..58b29b7 100755
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ gem 'rails', '3.2.9'
 
 # Bundle edge Rails instead:
 # gem 'rails', :git => 'git://github.com/rails/rails.git'
-
+  gem 'mysql2'
   gem 'sqlite3'
   gem 'execjs', '~>1.4.0' 
 
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index c4d9168..5024fab 100755
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ GEM
     mime-types (1.21)
     multi_json (1.5.1)
     multipart-post (1.2.0)
+    mysql2 (0.3.13)
     net-ldap (0.2.2)
     oauth2 (0.8.1)
       faraday (~> 0.8)
@@ -227,6 +228,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   haml
   jquery-fileupload-rails
   jquery-rails
+  mysql2
   omniauth
   omniauth-facebook
   omniauth-ldap
diff --git a/config/database.yml b/config/database.yml
index 51a4dd4..e7882ce 100755
--- a/config/database.yml
+++ b/config/database.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,11 @@ test:
   timeout: 5000
 
 production:
-  adapter: sqlite3
-  database: db/production.sqlite3
+  adapter: mysql2
+  encoding: utf8
+  database: test1production
   pool: 5
+  username: root
+  password: changeme
+  socket: /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
   timeout: 5000