diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 301c768ba..da1603787 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ A Node app built with MongoDB and Angular. For demonstration purposes and a tuto
 
 Node provides the RESTful API. Angular provides the frontend and accesses the API. MongoDB stores like a hoarder.
 
+[![Deploy to Heroku](https://www.herokucdn.com/deploy/button.png)](https://heroku.com/deploy)
+
 ## Requirements
 
 - [Node and npm](http://nodejs.org)
diff --git a/app.json b/app.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8529392ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+  "name": "Node Todo",
+  "description": "A small todo list app written using Node.js, Angular and MongoDB",
+  "keywords": [
+    "todo",
+    "node",
+    "angular",
+    "mongodb"
+  ],
+  "addons": [
+    "mongohq"
+  ]
+}
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diff --git a/config/database.js b/config/database.js
index ed8735ffa..979786feb 100644
--- a/config/database.js
+++ b/config/database.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module.exports = {
 
 	// the database url to connect
-	url : 'mongodb://node:node@mongo.onmodulus.net:27017/uwO3mypu'
+	url : process.env.MONGOHQ_URL
 }
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4284578e2..509d19e2e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -10,5 +10,8 @@
     "morgan"          : "~1.1.1",
     "body-parser"     : "~1.4.3",
     "method-override" : "~2.1.1"
+  },
+  "engines": {
+    "node": "0.10.x"
   }
 }