diff --git a/config/database.js b/config/database.js
index 00be5bd..a2c19bc 100644
--- a/config/database.js
+++ b/config/database.js
@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@
 const mongoose = require('mongoose');
 const path = require('path');
 const createPermissions = require('../utils/createPermissions');
+const fs = require('fs').promises;
+
 mongoose.Promise = global.Promise;
 
-// let tscFile = path.dirname('./global-bundle.pem');
-let tlsCAFile = path.join(__dirname, './global-bundle.pem');
+const tlsCAFile = path.join(__dirname, './global-bundle.pem');
+const USERNAME = process.env.MONGO_USERNAME;
+const PASSWORD = process.env.MONGO_PASSWORD;
 
-// MONGO_URI = process.env.MONGO_URI + tlsCAFile
 const connect = mongoose.connection;
+
 const connectDB = async () => {
   connect.on('connected', async () => {
     console.log('MongoDB Connection Established');
-
-    // Call the function to create Admin Permissions
     createPermissions();
   });
 
@@ -26,7 +27,16 @@ const connectDB = async () => {
 
     setTimeout(() => {
       mongoose.connect(process.env.MONGO_URI, {
-        tlsCAFile: require('fs').readFileSync(tlsCAFile),
+        tlsCAFile: tlsCAFile,
+        tls: process.env.MONGO_REPLSET ? true : false,
+        replicaSet: process.env.MONGO_REPLSET,
+        readPreference: process.env.MONGO_READ_PREFERENCE,
+        retryWrites: false,
+
+        //required for the certificate shit
+        authMechanism: 'MONGODB-X509',
+        auth: { username: USERNAME, password: PASSWORD },
+
         useNewUrlParser: true,
         useUnifiedTopology: true,
         keepAlive: true,
@@ -39,17 +49,28 @@ const connectDB = async () => {
   connect.on('close', () => {
     console.log('Mongo Connection Closed');
   });
+
   connect.on('error', (error) => {
     console.log('Mongo Connection ERROR: ' + error);
   });
 
-  await mongoose
-    .connect(process.env.MONGO_URI, {
-      tlsCAFile: require('fs').readFileSync(tlsCAFile),
+  try {
+    await mongoose.connect(process.env.MONGO_URI, {
+      tlsCAFile: tlsCAFile,
+      tls: process.env.MONGO_REPLSET ? true : false,
+      replicaSet: process.env.MONGO_REPLSET,
+      readPreference: process.env.MONGO_READ_PREFERENCE,
+      retryWrites: false,
+      //required for the certificate shit
+      authMechanism: 'MONGODB-X509',
+      auth: { username: USERNAME, password: PASSWORD },
+
       useNewUrlParser: true,
       useUnifiedTopology: true
-    })
-    .catch((error) => console.log(error));
+    });
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.log(error);
+  }
 };
 
 module.exports = { connectDB, connect };