diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 9c00a46..e3e3461 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-DATABASE_URL=postgres://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/postgres
+DATABASE_URL=mysql://user:password@localhost:3306/database
 
 # Optional logging knobs (defaults are usually fine):
 # LOG_LEVEL=info       # trace|debug|info|warning|error|fatal
 # LOG_FORMAT=pretty    # pretty|json — defaults to TTY ? pretty : json
-# LOG_DB=false         # true to log every Drizzle SQL query
+# LOG_DB=false         # reserved for database query logging if enabled later