diff --git a/src/util/heroku-utils.lisp b/src/util/heroku-utils.lisp
index 9ae30de..91d404e 100644
--- a/src/util/heroku-utils.lisp
+++ b/src/util/heroku-utils.lisp
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@
       (let* ((url (second (cl-ppcre:split "//" *database-url*)))
 	     (user (first (cl-ppcre:split ":" (first (cl-ppcre:split "@" url)))))
 	     (password (second (cl-ppcre:split ":" (first (cl-ppcre:split "@" url)))))
-	     (host (first (cl-ppcre:split "/" (second (cl-ppcre:split "@" url)))))
+	     (host (first (cl-ppcre:split ":" (second (cl-ppcre:split "@" url)))))
 	     (database (second (cl-ppcre:split "/" (second (cl-ppcre:split "@" url))))))
 	(list database user password host))
       *local-db-params*))
-	    
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