diff --git a/postgres/v2/config.go b/postgres/v2/config.go
index 296f706c..e00cb5b4 100644
--- a/postgres/v2/config.go
+++ b/postgres/v2/config.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package v2
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgxpool"
@@ -8,10 +9,40 @@ import (
 
 // Config defines the config for storage.
 type Config struct {
-	// Db pgxpool.Pool object
+	// DB pgxpool.Pool object will override connection uri and other connection fields
 	//
-	// Required
-	Db pgxpool.Pool
+	// Optional. Default is nil
+	DB *pgxpool.Pool
+
+	// Connection string to use for DB. Will override all other authentication values if used
+	//
+	// Optional. Default is ""
+	ConnectionURI string
+
+	// Host name where the DB is hosted
+	//
+	// Optional. Default is "127.0.0.1"
+	Host string
+
+	// Port where the DB is listening on
+	//
+	// Optional. Default is 5432
+	Port int
+
+	// Server username
+	//
+	// Optional. Default is ""
+	Username string
+
+	// Server password
+	//
+	// Optional. Default is ""
+	Password string
+
+	// Database name
+	//
+	// Optional. Default is "fiber"
+	Database string
 
 	// Table name
 	//
@@ -31,9 +62,20 @@ type Config struct {
 
 // ConfigDefault is the default config
 var ConfigDefault = Config{
-	Table:      "fiber_storage",
-	Reset:      false,
-	GCInterval: 10 * time.Second,
+	ConnectionURI: "",
+	Host:          "127.0.0.1",
+	Port:          3306,
+	Database:      "fiber",
+	Table:         "fiber_storage",
+	Reset:         false,
+	GCInterval:    10 * time.Second,
+}
+
+func (c Config) dsn() string {
+	if c.ConnectionURI != "" {
+		return c.ConnectionURI
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("postgres://%s:%s@%s:%d/%s", c.Username, c.Password, c.Host, c.Port, c.Database)
 }
 
 // Helper function to set default values
@@ -46,6 +88,18 @@ func configDefault(config ...Config) Config {
 	cfg := config[0]
 
 	// Set default values
+	if cfg.Host == "" {
+		cfg.Host = ConfigDefault.Host
+	}
+	if cfg.Port <= 0 {
+		cfg.Port = ConfigDefault.Port
+	}
+	if cfg.Database == "" {
+		cfg.Database = ConfigDefault.Database
+	}
+	if cfg.Table == "" {
+		cfg.Table = ConfigDefault.Table
+	}
 	if cfg.Table == "" {
 		cfg.Table = ConfigDefault.Table
 	}
diff --git a/postgres/v2/postgres.go b/postgres/v2/postgres.go
index ab1afed5..e19da885 100644
--- a/postgres/v2/postgres.go
+++ b/postgres/v2/postgres.go
@@ -3,17 +3,17 @@ package v2
 import (
 	"context"
 	"database/sql"
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgxpool"
-	"reflect"
+	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgxpool"
 )
 
 // Storage interface that is implemented by storage providers
 type Storage struct {
-	db         pgxpool.Pool
+	db         *pgxpool.Pool
 	gcInterval time.Duration
 	done       chan struct{}
 
@@ -45,10 +45,14 @@ func New(config ...Config) *Storage {
 	// Set default config
 	cfg := configDefault(config...)
 
-	db := cfg.Db
-
-	if reflect.ValueOf(db).IsNil() {
-		panic(errors.New("db pool instance must be passed into the config"))
+	// Select db connection
+	var err error
+	db := cfg.DB
+	if db == nil {
+		db, err = pgxpool.New(context.Background(), cfg.dsn())
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Unable to create connection pool: %v\n", err)
+		}
 	}
 
 	// Ping database