diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 800086114..0d307089f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,4 +16,5 @@
 !/log/.keep
 /tmp
 
-/spec/examples.txt
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+/spec/examples.txt
+/config/database.yml
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diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index da69551ab..653824110 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ gem 'acts-as-taggable-on'
 gem "responders"
 gem 'foundation-rails'
 gem 'acts_as_votable'
+gem 'pg'
 
 group :development, :test do
   # Call 'byebug' anywhere in the code to stop execution and get a debugger console
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 601246774..badde51eb 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ GEM
     nokogiri (1.6.6.2)
       mini_portile (~> 0.6.0)
     orm_adapter (0.5.0)
+    pg (0.18.2)
     rack (1.6.4)
     rack-test (0.6.3)
       rack (>= 1.0)
@@ -208,6 +209,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   foundation-rails
   jbuilder (~> 2.0)
   jquery-rails
+  pg
   rails (= 4.2.3)
   responders
   rspec-rails (~> 3.0)
diff --git a/config/database.yml b/config/database.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c1a37ca8..000000000
--- a/config/database.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-# SQLite version 3.x
-#   gem install sqlite3
-#
-#   Ensure the SQLite 3 gem is defined in your Gemfile
-#   gem 'sqlite3'
-#
-default: &default
-  adapter: sqlite3
-  pool: 5
-  timeout: 5000
-
-development:
-  <<: *default
-  database: db/development.sqlite3
-
-# Warning: The database defined as "test" will be erased and
-# re-generated from your development database when you run "rake".
-# Do not set this db to the same as development or production.
-test:
-  <<: *default
-  database: db/test.sqlite3
-
-production:
-  <<: *default
-  database: db/production.sqlite3
diff --git a/config/database.yml.example b/config/database.yml.example
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..55b37c9c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/database.yml.example
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+default: &default
+  adapter: postgresql
+  encoding: unicode
+  database: participacion_development
+  host: localhost
+  pool: 5
+  username:
+  password:
+
+development:
+  <<: *default
+
+test:
+  <<: *default
+  database: participacion_test
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