diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c017551..e33176a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ djangorestframework==3.9.2
 # Packages needed for running the tests. Needed by contributors.
 # ==============================================================
 factory-boy==2.11.1
+python-environ==0.4.54
diff --git a/tinylinks/management/commands/_config.py b/tinylinks/management/commands/_config.py
index 96b7551..6f24106 100644
--- a/tinylinks/management/commands/_config.py
+++ b/tinylinks/management/commands/_config.py
@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
-user = ""
-password = ""
-host = "127.0.0.1"
-database = ""
-raise_on_warnings = True
+import environ
+env = environ.Env()
+env.read_env(".env")
 
 config = {
-    "user": user,
-    "password": password,
-    "host": host,
-    "database": database,
-    "raise_on_warnings": raise_on_warnings,
+    "user": env.str("MYSQL_USER", ""),
+    "password": env.str("MYSQL_PASSWORD", ""),
+    "host": env.str("MYSQL_HOSTNAME", ""),
+    "database": env.str("MYSQL_DATABASE", ""),
+    "raise_on_warnings": env.bool("MYSQL_RAISE_ON_WARNING", ""),
 }
 
 
diff --git a/tinylinks/views.py b/tinylinks/views.py
index 60c5ca6..38fb69c 100644
--- a/tinylinks/views.py
+++ b/tinylinks/views.py
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ def create(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         headers = self.get_success_headers(serializer.data)
         data = {
             "id": instance.id,
-            "short_url": request.build_absolute_uri("/%s" % instance.short_url),
+            "short_url": request.build_absolute_uri("/%s" % instance.get_short_url()),
             "long_url": instance.long_url,
         }