diff --git a/cmd/web/main.go b/cmd/web/main.go
index 672d785..5514791 100644
--- a/cmd/web/main.go
+++ b/cmd/web/main.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"encoding/gob"
+	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"go-udemy-web-1/internal/config"
 	"go-udemy-web-1/internal/driver"
@@ -55,13 +56,29 @@ func run() (*driver.DB, error) {
 	gob.Register(models.Restriction{})
 	gob.Register(map[string]int{})
 
+	// read flags
+	inProduction := flag.Bool("production", true, "Application is in production")
+	useCache := flag.Bool("cache", true, "Use template cache")
+	dbHost := flag.String("dbhost", "localhost", "Database host")
+	dbName := flag.String("dbname", "bookings", "Database name")
+	dbUser := flag.String("dbuser", os.Getenv("PGUSER"), "Database user")
+	dbPass := flag.String("dbpass", os.Getenv("PGPWD"), "Database password")
+	dbPort := flag.String("dbport", "5432", "Database port")
+	dbSSL := flag.String("dbssl", "disable", "Database ssl settings (disable, prefer, require)")
+
+	flag.Parse()
+	if *dbUser == "" {
+		fmt.Println("Missing required flags")
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
 	mailChan := make(chan models.MailData)
 	app.MailChan = mailChan
 
 	listenForMail()
 
 	// change this to true when in production
-	app.InProduction = false
+	app.InProduction = *inProduction
 
 	session = scs.New()
 	session.Lifetime = 24 * time.Hour
@@ -73,7 +90,8 @@ func run() (*driver.DB, error) {
 
 	// connect to database
 	log.Println("Connecting to database...")
-	dsn := fmt.Sprintf("host=localhost port=5432 dbname=bookings user=%s password=%s", os.Getenv("PGUSER"), os.Getenv("PGPWD"))
+	dsn := fmt.Sprintf("host=%s port=%s dbname=%s user=%s password=%s sslmode=%s",
+		*dbHost, *dbPort, *dbName, *dbUser, *dbPass, *dbSSL)
 	db, err := driver.ConnectSQL(dsn)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal("Cannot connect to database! Dying...")
@@ -86,7 +104,7 @@ func run() (*driver.DB, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	app.TemplateCahce = tc
-	app.UseCache = false
+	app.UseCache = *useCache
 
 	infoLog = log.New(os.Stdout, "INFO\t", log.Ldate|log.Ltime)
 	app.InfoLog = infoLog
diff --git a/cmd/web/routes.go b/cmd/web/routes.go
index 4e8e253..faf4cf4 100644
--- a/cmd/web/routes.go
+++ b/cmd/web/routes.go
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ func routes(app *config.AppConfig) http.Handler {
 	mux.Handle("/static/*", http.StripPrefix("/static", fileServer))
 
 	mux.Route("/admin", func(mux chi.Router) {
-		// mux.Use(Auth)
+		if app.InProduction {
+			mux.Use(Auth)
+		}
 		mux.Get("/dashboard", handlers.Repo.AdminDashboard)
 
 		mux.Get("/reservations-new", handlers.Repo.AdminNewReservations)
diff --git a/run.sh b/run.sh
index f89bd7b..5db9958 100755
--- a/run.sh
+++ b/run.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-go build -o bookings cmd/web/*go && ./bookings
+go build -o bookings cmd/web/*go && ./bookings -cache=false -production=false