diff --git a/deployment_script_common b/deployment_script_common
index f01e490..9b771ba 100644
--- a/deployment_script_common
+++ b/deployment_script_common
@@ -39,13 +39,13 @@ echo
 echo "Enter mysql db name:"
 read MYSQL_DB_NAME
 echo $MYSQL_DB_NAME
-export $MYSQL_DB_NAME
+export MYSQL_DB_NAME
 echo "Enter mysql username:"
 read MYSQL_USERNAME
-export $MYSQL_USERNAME
+export MYSQL_USERNAME
 echo "Enter mysql password:"
 read MYSQL_PASSWORD
-export $MYSQL_PASSWORD
+export MYSQL_PASSWORD
 
 echo "Generating python scrapers"
 # Generate the python cgi files
diff --git a/generateCGIScripts.py b/generateCGIScripts.py
index bd89209..1246203 100755
--- a/generateCGIScripts.py
+++ b/generateCGIScripts.py
@@ -48,7 +48,13 @@ csv_reader = csv.DictReader(
 template= open(template_filename).read()
 
 # Get a mysql cursor
-mysql_connection = MySQLdb.connect(db="planning")
+import pdb;pdb.set_trace()
+
+mysql_connection = MySQLdb.connect(
+    db=environ['MYSQL_DB_NAME'],
+    user=environ['MYSQL_USERNAME'],
+    passwd=environ['MYSQL_PASSWORD'],
+    )
 mysql_cursor = mysql_connection.cursor()
 
 python_scraper_location = "/cgi-bin/%s.cgi?day={day}&month={month}&year={year}"