diff --git a/scripts/overview.php b/scripts/overview.php
index c6e5754..b583760 100644
--- a/scripts/overview.php
+++ b/scripts/overview.php
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
 <?php
 header("refresh: 300;");
 $myDate = date('d-m-Y');
-$user = 'birder';
-$password = 'databasepassword';
-$database = 'birds';
-$servername='localhost';
-$mysqli = new mysqli($servername, $user, $password, $database);
+$mysqli = mysqli_connect();
+$mysqli->select_db('birds');
 
 if ($mysqli->connect_error) {
   die('Connect Error (' .
diff --git a/scripts/viewday.php b/scripts/viewday.php
index 50c1c63..4b4cd2d 100644
--- a/scripts/viewday.php
+++ b/scripts/viewday.php
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
 <?php
 header("refresh: 300;");
 $myDate = date('d-m-Y');
-$user = 'birder';
-$password = 'databasepassword';
-$database = 'birds';
-$servername='localhost';
-$mysqli = new mysqli($servername, $user, $password, $database);
+$mysqli = mysqli_connect();
+$mysqli->select_db('birds');
 
 if ($mysqli->connect_error) {
 	die('Connect Error (' .
diff --git a/scripts/viewdb.php b/scripts/viewdb.php
index b93e23a..497b6dd 100644
--- a/scripts/viewdb.php
+++ b/scripts/viewdb.php
@@ -1,13 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 header("refresh: 30;");
-
-$user = 'birder';
-$password = 'databasepassword';
-
-$database = 'birds';
-
-$servername='localhost';
-$mysqli = new mysqli($servername, $user, $password, $database);
+$mysqli = mysqli_connect();
+$mysqli->select_db('birds');
 
 if ($mysqli->connect_error) {
   die('Connect Error (' .