my $pg_login_db =
                        PgCommitFest::DB->connect(defined $ENV{'PGCOMMITFEST_LOGIN_DB'} ?
                                $ENV{'PGCOMMITFEST_LOGIN_DB'}
-                       : 'dbi:Pg:dbname=pgcommitfest user=pgcommitfest', '', '');
+                       : 'dbi:Pg:dbname=pgcommitfest user=pgcommitfest',
+                                                 defined $ENV{'PGCOMMITFEST_LOGIN_DB_USERNAME'} ?
+                                                 $ENV{'PGCOMMITFEST_LOGIN_DB_USERNAME'} : '',
+
+                                                 defined $ENV{'PGCOMMITFEST_LOGIN_DB_PASSWORD'} ?
+                                                 $ENV{'PGCOMMITFEST_LOGIN_DB_PASSWORD'} : ''
+                       );
                my $u = $pg_login_db->select_one(<<EOM,
 SELECT userid_p AS userid FROM community_login(?, ?) WHERE success != 0
 EOM