diff --git a/terraform/README.md b/terraform/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d0d0ff4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/terraform/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+terraform init -backend-config=$HOME/.common.pg.tfbackend
diff --git a/terraform/dns/main.tf b/terraform/dns/main.tf
index 4510d7e..755e746 100644
--- a/terraform/dns/main.tf
+++ b/terraform/dns/main.tf
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 terraform {
   backend "pg" {
     schema_name = "hermes_dns"
-    conn_str    = "postgres://terraform@10.42.0.1/terraform_state"
   }
 
   required_providers {
diff --git a/terraform/main.tf b/terraform/main.tf
index cdf894a..947359d 100644
--- a/terraform/main.tf
+++ b/terraform/main.tf
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 terraform {
   backend "pg" {
     schema_name = "dmz_dns"
-    conn_str    = "postgres://terraform@10.42.0.1/terraform_state"
   }
 
   required_providers {