diff --git a/pkg/bookmarks/bookmarks.go b/pkg/bookmarks/bookmarks.go
index d4d45fb..7b324a1 100644
--- a/pkg/bookmarks/bookmarks.go
+++ b/pkg/bookmarks/bookmarks.go
@@ -1,21 +1,25 @@
 package bookmarks
 
 import (
+	"os"
+
 	"github.com/sosedoff/pgweb/pkg/command"
 	"github.com/sosedoff/pgweb/pkg/shared"
 )
 
 // Bookmark contains information about bookmarked database connection
 type Bookmark struct {
-	ID       string          // ID generated from the filename
-	URL      string          // Postgres connection URL
-	Host     string          // Server hostname
-	Port     int             // Server port
-	User     string          // Database user
-	Password string          // User password
-	Database string          // Database name
-	SSLMode  string          // Connection SSL mode
-	SSH      *shared.SSHInfo // SSH tunnel config
+	ID          string          // ID generated from the filename
+	URL         string          // Postgres connection URL
+	Host        string          // Server hostname
+	Port        int             // Server port
+	User        string          // Database user
+	UserVar     string          // Database user environment variable
+	Password    string          // User password
+	PasswordVar string          // User password environment variable
+	Database    string          // Database name
+	SSLMode     string          // Connection SSL mode
+	SSH         *shared.SSHInfo // SSH tunnel config
 }
 
 // SSHInfoIsEmpty returns true if ssh configuration is not provided
@@ -25,12 +29,22 @@ func (b Bookmark) SSHInfoIsEmpty() bool {
 
 // ConvertToOptions returns an options struct from connection details
 func (b Bookmark) ConvertToOptions() command.Options {
+	user := b.User
+	if b.User == "" {
+		user = os.Getenv(b.UserVar)
+	}
+
+	pass := b.Password
+	if b.Password == "" {
+		pass = os.Getenv(b.PasswordVar)
+	}
+
 	return command.Options{
 		URL:     b.URL,
 		Host:    b.Host,
 		Port:    b.Port,
-		User:    b.User,
-		Pass:    b.Password,
+		User:    user,
+		Pass:    pass,
 		DbName:  b.Database,
 		SSLMode: b.SSLMode,
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/bookmarks/bookmarks_test.go b/pkg/bookmarks/bookmarks_test.go
index 66c730d..b41bbb0 100644
--- a/pkg/bookmarks/bookmarks_test.go
+++ b/pkg/bookmarks/bookmarks_test.go
@@ -35,6 +35,63 @@ func TestBookmarkSSHInfoIsEmpty(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestBookmarkWithVarsConvertToOptions(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("literals set", func(t *testing.T) {
+		b := Bookmark{
+			User:        "user",
+			UserVar:     "",
+			Password:    "password",
+			PasswordVar: "",
+		}
+
+		expOpt := command.Options{
+			User: "user",
+			Pass: "password",
+		}
+
+		opt := b.ConvertToOptions()
+		assert.Equal(t, expOpt, opt)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("all set", func(t *testing.T) {
+		b := Bookmark{
+			User:        "user",
+			UserVar:     "DB_USER",
+			Password:    "password",
+			PasswordVar: "DB_PASSWORD",
+		}
+
+		expOpt := command.Options{
+			User: "user",
+			Pass: "password",
+		}
+
+		t.Setenv("DB_USER", "user123")
+		t.Setenv("DB_PASSWORD", "password123")
+		opt := b.ConvertToOptions()
+		assert.Equal(t, expOpt, opt)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("env vars set", func(t *testing.T) {
+		b := Bookmark{
+			User:        "",
+			UserVar:     "DB_USER",
+			Password:    "",
+			PasswordVar: "DB_PASSWORD",
+		}
+
+		expOpt := command.Options{
+			User: "user123",
+			Pass: "password123",
+		}
+
+		t.Setenv("DB_USER", "user123")
+		t.Setenv("DB_PASSWORD", "password123")
+		opt := b.ConvertToOptions()
+		assert.Equal(t, expOpt, opt)
+	})
+}
+
 func TestBookmarkConvertToOptions(t *testing.T) {
 	b := Bookmark{
 		URL:      "postgres://username:password@host:port/database?sslmode=disable",