diff --git a/config/autoload/entity-manager.global.php b/config/autoload/entity-manager.global.php
index 87f99215..6bdcae77 100644
--- a/config/autoload/entity-manager.global.php
+++ b/config/autoload/entity-manager.global.php
@@ -6,14 +6,10 @@ return [
             'proxies_dir' => 'data/proxies',
         ],
         'connection' => [
-            'driver' => 'pdo_mysql',
             'user' => env('DB_USER'),
             'password' => env('DB_PASSWORD'),
             'dbname' => env('DB_NAME', 'shlink'),
             'charset' => 'utf8',
-            'driverOptions' => [
-                PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_INIT_COMMAND => 'SET NAMES utf8',
-            ],
         ],
     ],
 
diff --git a/config/autoload/entity-manager.local.php.dist b/config/autoload/entity-manager.local.php.dist
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cb53a6ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/autoload/entity-manager.local.php.dist
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<?php
+return [
+
+    'entity_manager' => [
+        'connection' => [
+            'driver' => 'pdo_mysql',
+            'host' => 'shlink_db',
+            'driverOptions' => [
+                PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_INIT_COMMAND => 'SET NAMES utf8',
+            ],
+        ],
+    ],
+
+];