diff --git a/settings.py b/settings.py
index 25fbcb2563cf24a69a0904ba9d952710a9f3920a..ba2ac4fb3d417deb437f0c2683583a5667ae79da 100644
--- a/settings.py
+++ b/settings.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ SOUTH_DATABASE_ADAPTERS = {'default':'south.db.postgresql_psycopg2'}
 if get_from_env('DATABASE_URL', None):
     import dj_database_url
     DATABASES['default'] =  dj_database_url.config()
-    DATABASES['default']['ENGINE'] = 'dbpool.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2'
+    DATABASES['default']['ENGINE'] = 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2'
     DATABASES['default']['OPTIONS'] = {'MAX_CONNS': 1}
 
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