diff --git a/dev-env.sh b/dev-env.sh
index 676437600ad622af03f80ad2f5fb6345e2a2fdda..1e8d193660c36f15fcabb77fdbacbe56354fdc2a 100644
--- a/dev-env.sh
+++ b/dev-env.sh
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 export DJANGO_SECRET_KEY=`uuidgen -r`
 export STRIPE_PUBLIC_KEY=`uuidgen -r`
 export STRIPE_SECRET_KEY=`uuidgen -r`
+export DATABASE_URL='sqlite:////tmp/symposion.sqlite'