diff --git a/lib/railway.js b/lib/railway.js
index 6f4fb7b5..5c897cd5 100644
--- a/lib/railway.js
+++ b/lib/railway.js
@@ -27,7 +27,14 @@ module.exports = function init(root) {
     var confFile = (root || app.root) + '/config/database';
     var config = {};
 
-    if (existsSync(confFile + '.json')) {
+    if (existsSync(confFile + '.js')) {
+        try {
+            config = require(confFile + '.js');
+        } catch (e) {
+            console.log('Could not load config/database.js');
+            throw e;
+        }
+    } else if (existsSync(confFile + '.json')) {
         try {
             config = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(confFile + '.json', 'utf-8'))[app.set('env')];
         } catch (e) {