diff --git a/packages/database/src/index.ts b/packages/database/src/index.ts
index ada4e28..b4a75d4 100644
--- a/packages/database/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/database/src/index.ts
@@ -1,19 +1,25 @@
 import * as entities from "./entities";
-import { readFile } from "fs/promises";
 import { createConnection } from "typeorm";
 
-export async function connectToDatabase() {
-	// Fetch the database password from the secret file
-	let password = (await readFile(<string>process.env["DB_PASSWORD_FILE"])).toString().trim();
+/**
+ * Export the entities
+ */
+export * from "./entities";
 
+/**
+ * A convenience function to connect to the database
+ */
+export default async function connectToDatabase(host: string, port: number, username: string,
+                                        password: string, database: string)
+{
 	// Create the database connection
-	await createConnection({
-		type       : <"mysql" | "mariadb">process.env["DB_TYPE"],
-		host       : process.env["DB_HOST"],
-		port       : parseInt(<string>process.env["DB_PORT"]),
-		username   : process.env["DB_USER"],
+	return await createConnection({
+		type       : "mysql",
+		host       : host,
+		port       : port,
+		username   : username,
 		password   : password,
-		database   : process.env["DB_DATABASE"],
+		database   : database,
 		// synchronize: process.env["NODE_ENV"] != "production",
 		synchronize: true, // Seems stable enough for my liking
 		entities   : Object.values(entities),