diff --git a/bulletin-board-app/backend/db.js b/bulletin-board-app/backend/db.js
index 5b43746..5af7118 100644
--- a/bulletin-board-app/backend/db.js
+++ b/bulletin-board-app/backend/db.js
@@ -5,9 +5,13 @@ var log = require('../log');
 log.Logger.debug('Initializing connection to SQL Server: %s', dbConfig.connection.host);
 
 var sequelize = new Sequelize(dbConfig.connection.dbName, dbConfig.connection.username, dbConfig.connection.password, {
-    dialect: 'mssql',
+    dialect: 'postgres',
     host: dbConfig.connection.host,
     port: dbConfig.connection.port,
+    omitNull: true,
+    define: {
+        timestamps: false
+    },
     pool: {
         max: dbConfig.pool.max
     },
diff --git a/bulletin-board-app/config/dbConfig.js b/bulletin-board-app/config/dbConfig.js
index e4208aa..08719f0 100644
--- a/bulletin-board-app/config/dbConfig.js
+++ b/bulletin-board-app/config/dbConfig.js
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 var dbConfig = module.exports = {};
 
 dbConfig.connection = {
-    username: 'sa',
+    username: 'postgres',
     password: 'DockerCon!!!',
     host: 'bb-db',
-    post: 1433,
-    dbName: 'BulletinBoard'
+    post: 5432,
+    dbName: 'postgres'
 };
 
 dbConfig.pool = {
diff --git a/bulletin-board-app/package.json b/bulletin-board-app/package.json
index a36a40a..2fcdb1f 100644
--- a/bulletin-board-app/package.json
+++ b/bulletin-board-app/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@
     "tedious": "^2.0.1",
     "sequelize": "^4.20.1",
     "prom-client": "^10.2.2",
-    "winston": "3.2.1"
+    "winston": "3.2.1",
+    "pg": "^7.0.0",
+    "pg-hstore": "^2.3.3"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "body-parser": "^1.14.1",
diff --git a/bulletin-board-db/Dockerfile b/bulletin-board-db/Dockerfile
index e5b3c8f..56d6065 100644
--- a/bulletin-board-db/Dockerfile
+++ b/bulletin-board-db/Dockerfile
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
-FROM microsoft/mssql-server-linux:2017-CU13
+FROM postgres:9.6
 
-ENV ACCEPT_EULA=Y \
-    MSSQL_SA_PASSWORD=DockerCon!!!
+ENV MSSQL_SA_PASSWORD=DockerCon!!!
 
-WORKDIR /init
-COPY init-db.* ./
-
-RUN chmod +x ./init-db.sh
-RUN /opt/mssql/bin/sqlservr & ./init-db.sh
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+COPY init-db.sh /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/init-db.sh
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diff --git a/bulletin-board-db/init-db.sql b/bulletin-board-db/init-db.sql
deleted file mode 100644
index 7ea5f58..0000000
--- a/bulletin-board-db/init-db.sql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-CREATE DATABASE BulletinBoard;
-GO
-
-USE BulletinBoard;
-
-CREATE TABLE Events (
-  Id INT IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
-  Title NVARCHAR(50),
-  Detail NVARCHAR(200),
-  [Date] DATETIMEOFFSET,
-  CreatedAt DATETIMEOFFSET NOT NULL, 
-  UpdatedAt DATETIMEOFFSET NOT NULL
-);
-
-INSERT INTO Events (Title, Detail, [Date], CreatedAt, UpdatedAt) VALUES
-(N'Docker for Beginners', N'Introduction to Docker using Node.js', '2017-11-21', GETDATE(), GETDATE()),
-(N'Advanced Orchestration', N'Deep dive into Docker Swarm', '2017-12-25', GETDATE(), GETDATE()),
-(N'Docker on Windows', N'From 101 to production', '2018-01-01', GETDATE(), GETDATE());
-
-SELECT * FROM BulletinBoard.dbo.Events;
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