diff --git a/StaffDBServer/appsettings.json b/StaffDBServer/appsettings.json
index 2c76848..e40e88e 100644
--- a/StaffDBServer/appsettings.json
+++ b/StaffDBServer/appsettings.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     }
   },
   "ConnectionStrings": {
-    "sqlConnection": "Data Source=local.db"
+    "sqlConnection": "Data Source=(localdb)\\MSSQLLocalDB;Initial Catalog=dev_db;Integrated Security=True;Connect Timeout=30;Encrypt=False;Trust Server Certificate=False;Application Intent=ReadWrite;Multi Subnet Failover=False"
   },
   "AppConfig": {
     "LDAP_WebAppGroup_Is_Live": "false",