diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/stats_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/stats_controller.rb
index 0d0cfae..a8f7af4 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/stats_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/stats_controller.rb
@@ -34,10 +34,6 @@ class Api::V1::StatsController < ApplicationController
 
     return render json: { error: "User not found" }, status: :not_found unless @user.present?
 
-    if !@user.allow_public_stats_lookup && (!current_user || current_user != @user)
-      return render json: { error: "user has disabled public stats" }, status: :forbidden
-    end
-
     start_date = params[:start_date].to_datetime if params[:start_date].present?
     start_date ||= 10.years.ago
     end_date = params[:end_date].to_datetime if params[:end_date].present?
diff --git a/config/database.yml b/config/database.yml
index 41b28ce..fd2ff96 100644
--- a/config/database.yml
+++ b/config/database.yml
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ development:
     adapter: postgresql
     encoding: unicode
     pool: <%= ENV.fetch("RAILS_MAX_THREADS") { 5 } %>
-    url: <%= ENV['DATABASE_URL'] %>
+    url: <%= ENV['PROD_DATABASE_URL'] %>
   primary_direct:
-    url: <%= ENV['DATABASE_URL'] %>
+    url: <%= ENV['PROD_DATABASE_URL'] %>
     adapter: postgresql
     encoding: unicode
     database_tasks: false
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ test:
     password: postgres
     replica: true
 
-
 # Store production database in the storage/ directory, which by default
 # is mounted as a persistent Docker volume in config/deploy.yml.
 production: