diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8bd0bb2..4aff634 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/ugorji/go/codec v1.2.6 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210923061019-b8560ed6a9b7 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.2.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.3.7 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.27.1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 6871565..98211ef 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210630005230-0f9fa26af87c/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBc
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210806184541-e5e7981a1069/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210923061019-b8560ed6a9b7 h1:c20P3CcPbopVp2f7099WLOqSNKURf30Z0uq66HpijZY=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210923061019-b8560ed6a9b7/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.2.0 h1:ljd4t30dBnAvMZaQCevtY0xLLD0A+bRZXbgLMLU1F/A=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.2.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1 h1:v+OssWQX+hTHEmOBgwxdZxK4zHq3yOs8F9J7mk0PY8E=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
diff --git a/pkg/command/options.go b/pkg/command/options.go
index 18d2093..391b91b 100644
--- a/pkg/command/options.go
+++ b/pkg/command/options.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package command
 
 import (
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"os/user"
 	"strings"
@@ -9,6 +10,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/jessevdk/go-flags"
 )
 
+const (
+	// Prefix to use for all pgweb env vars, ie PGWEB_HOST, PGWEB_PORT, etc
+	envVarPrefix = "PGWEB_"
+)
+
 type Options struct {
 	Version                      bool   `short:"v" long:"version" description:"Print version"`
 	Debug                        bool   `short:"d" long:"debug" description:"Enable debugging mode"`
@@ -57,28 +63,28 @@ func ParseOptions(args []string) (Options, error) {
 	}
 
 	if opts.URL == "" {
-		opts.URL = os.Getenv("DATABASE_URL")
+		opts.URL = getPrefixedEnvVar("DATABASE_URL")
 	}
 
 	if opts.Prefix == "" {
-		opts.Prefix = os.Getenv("URL_PREFIX")
+		opts.Prefix = getPrefixedEnvVar("URL_PREFIX")
 	}
 
 	// Handle edge case where pgweb is started with a default host `localhost` and no user.
 	// When user is not set the `lib/pq` connection will fail and cause pgweb's termination.
 	if (opts.Host == "localhost" || opts.Host == "127.0.0.1") && opts.User == "" {
-		if username := GetCurrentUser(); username != "" {
+		if username := getCurrentUser(); username != "" {
 			opts.User = username
 		} else {
 			opts.Host = ""
 		}
 	}
 
-	if os.Getenv("SESSIONS") != "" {
+	if getPrefixedEnvVar("SESSIONS") != "" {
 		opts.Sessions = true
 	}
 
-	if os.Getenv("LOCK_SESSION") != "" {
+	if getPrefixedEnvVar("LOCK_SESSION") != "" {
 		opts.LockSession = true
 		opts.Sessions = false
 	}
@@ -97,12 +103,12 @@ func ParseOptions(args []string) (Options, error) {
 		opts.Prefix = opts.Prefix + "/"
 	}
 
-	if opts.AuthUser == "" && os.Getenv("AUTH_USER") != "" {
-		opts.AuthUser = os.Getenv("AUTH_USER")
+	if opts.AuthUser == "" {
+		opts.AuthUser = getPrefixedEnvVar("AUTH_USER")
 	}
 
-	if opts.AuthPass == "" && os.Getenv("AUTH_PASS") != "" {
-		opts.AuthPass = os.Getenv("AUTH_PASS")
+	if opts.AuthPass == "" {
+		opts.AuthPass = getPrefixedEnvVar("AUTH_PASS")
 	}
 
 	if opts.ConnectBackend != "" {
@@ -131,11 +137,23 @@ func SetDefaultOptions() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// GetCurrentUser returns a current user name
-func GetCurrentUser() string {
+// getCurrentUser returns a current user name
+func getCurrentUser() string {
 	u, _ := user.Current()
 	if u != nil {
 		return u.Username
 	}
 	return os.Getenv("USER")
 }
+
+// getPrefixedEnvVar returns env var with prefix, or falls back to unprefixed one
+func getPrefixedEnvVar(name string) string {
+	val := os.Getenv(envVarPrefix + name)
+	if val == "" {
+		val = os.Getenv(name)
+		if val != "" {
+			fmt.Printf("[DEPRECATION] Usage of %s env var is deprecated, please use PGWEB_%s variable instead\n", name, name)
+		}
+	}
+	return val
+}