diff --git a/Services/SciMaterials.Services.Database/Extensions/ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs b/Services/SciMaterials.Services.Database/Extensions/ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
index 16175912..9d4eafb5 100644
--- a/Services/SciMaterials.Services.Database/Extensions/ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
+++ b/Services/SciMaterials.Services.Database/Extensions/ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
+using System.Data.Common;
+
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using SciMaterials.Contracts.Database.Configuration;
 using SciMaterials.Contracts.Database.Initialization;
@@ -15,11 +17,23 @@ public static class ServiceCollectionExtensions
     public static IServiceCollection AddDatabaseProviders(this IServiceCollection services,
         IConfiguration configuration)
     {
-        var dbSettings = configuration.GetSection("DbSettings")
+        var db_settings = configuration.GetSection("DbSettings");
+        var dbSettings = db_settings
             .Get<DbSettings>();
 
         var providerName = dbSettings.GetProviderName();
-        var connectionString = configuration.GetSection("DbSettings").GetConnectionString(dbSettings.DbProvider);
+        var connectionString = db_settings.GetConnectionString(dbSettings.DbProvider);
+
+        var connection_settings = db_settings.GetSection("ConnectionSettings");
+
+        var connection_string_builder = new DbConnectionStringBuilder { ConnectionString = connectionString };
+        foreach (var parameter in connection_settings.GetChildren())
+            if(parameter.Value is { Length: > 0 } value)
+            {
+                connection_string_builder[parameter.Key] = value;
+            }
+
+        connectionString = connection_string_builder.ConnectionString;
 
         switch (providerName.ToLower())
         {
diff --git a/UI/SciMaterials.UI.MVC/appsettings.json b/UI/SciMaterials.UI.MVC/appsettings.json
index 19834909..727e8b8a 100644
--- a/UI/SciMaterials.UI.MVC/appsettings.json
+++ b/UI/SciMaterials.UI.MVC/appsettings.json
@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@
     },
     "DbProvider": "SqlServer.SQLEXPRESS",
     "RemoveAtStart": "true",
-    "UseDataSeeder": "true"
+    "UseDataSeeder": "true",
+    "ConnectionSettings": {
+      "User Id": null,
+      "Password": null
+    }
   },
   "Logging": {
     "LogLevel": {