diff --git a/appsettings.Development.json b/appsettings.Development.json
index 0c208ae..6dff811 100644
--- a/appsettings.Development.json
+++ b/appsettings.Development.json
@@ -4,5 +4,8 @@
       "Default": "Information",
       "Microsoft.AspNetCore": "Warning"
     }
+  },
+  "ConnectionStrings": {
+    "MongoDBURI": "mongodb+srv://<username>:<password>@cluster0.abc.mongodb.net/?retryWrites=true&w=majority"
   }
 }
diff --git a/appsettings.json b/appsettings.json
index 10f68b8..c249556 100644
--- a/appsettings.json
+++ b/appsettings.json
@@ -5,5 +5,8 @@
       "Microsoft.AspNetCore": "Warning"
     }
   },
-  "AllowedHosts": "*"
+  "AllowedHosts": "*",
+  "ConnectionStrings": {
+    "MongoDBURI": "mongodb+srv://<username>:<password>@cluster0.abc.mongodb.net/?retryWrites=true&w=majority"
+  }
 }