diff --git a/dbSettings.d.ts b/dbSettings.d.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 473a57c..0000000
--- a/dbSettings.d.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-export const host: string;
-export const user: string;
-export const password: string;
-export const database: string;
diff --git a/src/database/database.ts b/src/database/database.ts
index f065853..fd781a4 100644
--- a/src/database/database.ts
+++ b/src/database/database.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import * as mysql from 'mysql';
-import * as dbSettings from '../../dbSettings';
+import IDatabaseSettings from '../interfaces/IDatabaseSettings';
 
-const connection = mysql.createConnection(dbSettings);
+let connection: mysql.Connection;
+
+export function init(dbSettings: IDatabaseSettings) {
+  connection = mysql.createConnection(dbSettings);
 
-export function init() {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     connection.connect(function(err) {
       if (err) {
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index ed9a081..fac3d4a 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ import init from './init';
 //Exports various functions as endpoints
 export default Object.freeze({
   getManifest,
+  init,
   productList,
-  ready: init(),
 });
diff --git a/src/init.ts b/src/init.ts
index 5a12937..b417448 100644
--- a/src/init.ts
+++ b/src/init.ts
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@ import createStatement from './database/createStatement';
 import * as database from './database/database';
 import products from './exports/productList';
 import IDatabaseRow from './interfaces/IDatabaseRow';
+import IDatabaseSettings from './interfaces/IDatabaseSettings';
 import IProductData from './interfaces/IProductData';
 import writeLog from './logger/writeLog';
 
-export default async function init(): Promise<{ [key in Product]?: IProductData }> {
+export default async function init(dbSettings: IDatabaseSettings): Promise<{ [key in Product]?: IProductData }> {
   const output: { [key in Product]?: IProductData } = {};
 
-  await database.init();
+  await database.init(dbSettings);
 
   //Only create table if it does not exist yet
   const createIfNotExists = createStatement.replace(/^CREATE TABLE/, 'CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS');
diff --git a/src/interfaces/IDatabaseSettings.ts b/src/interfaces/IDatabaseSettings.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac367c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/interfaces/IDatabaseSettings.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+export default interface IDatabaseSettings {
+  host: string;
+  user: string;
+  password: string;
+  database: string;
+}