diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index dc1e644..9c6d629 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.6.0
+1.6.1
diff --git a/sprockets_postgres.py b/sprockets_postgres.py
index 905a749..6a1c6f8 100644
--- a/sprockets_postgres.py
+++ b/sprockets_postgres.py
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ DEFAULT_POSTGRES_MIN_POOL_SIZE = '1'
 DEFAULT_POSTGRES_QUERY_TIMEOUT = 120
 DEFAULT_POSTGRES_UUID = 'TRUE'
 
+OptionalCallable = typing.Optional[typing.Callable]
+"""Type annocation of optional callable"""
+
 QueryParameters = typing.Union[dict, list, tuple, None]
 """Type annotation for query parameters"""
 
@@ -106,9 +109,7 @@ class PostgresConnector:
     :param on_duration: The callback to invoke when a query is complete and all
         of the data has been returned.
     :param timeout: A timeout value in seconds for executing queries. If
-        unspecified, defaults to the ``POSTGRES_QUERY_TIMEOUT`` environment
-        variable and if that is not specified, to the
-        :const:`DEFAULT_POSTGRES_QUERY_TIMEOUT` value of ``120``
+        unspecified, defaults to the configured query timeout of `120` seconds.
     :type timeout: :data:`~sprockets_postgres.Timeout`
 
     """
@@ -120,10 +121,7 @@ class PostgresConnector:
         self.cursor = cursor
         self._on_error = on_error
         self._on_duration = on_duration
-        self._timeout = timeout or int(
-            os.environ.get(
-                'POSTGRES_QUERY_TIMEOUT',
-                DEFAULT_POSTGRES_QUERY_TIMEOUT))
+        self._timeout = timeout
 
     async def callproc(self,
                        name: str,
@@ -312,16 +310,15 @@ class ApplicationMixin:
         self._postgres_pool: typing.Optional[pool.Pool] = None
         self._postgres_connected: typing.Optional[asyncio.Event] = None
         self._postgres_reconnect: typing.Optional[asyncio.Lock] = None
+        self._postgres_settings = self._create_postgres_settings()
         self._postgres_srv: bool = False
         self.runner_callbacks['on_start'].append(self._postgres_on_start)
         self.runner_callbacks['shutdown'].append(self._postgres_shutdown)
 
     @contextlib.asynccontextmanager
     async def postgres_connector(self,
-                                 on_error: typing.Optional[
-                                     typing.Callable] = None,
-                                 on_duration: typing.Optional[
-                                     typing.Callable] = None,
+                                 on_error: OptionalCallable = None,
+                                 on_duration: OptionalCallable = None,
                                  timeout: Timeout = None,
                                  _attempt: int = 1) \
             -> typing.AsyncContextManager[PostgresConnector]:
@@ -357,8 +354,11 @@ class ApplicationMixin:
         try:
             async with self._postgres_pool.acquire() as conn:
                 async with conn.cursor(
-                        cursor_factory=extras.RealDictCursor,
-                        timeout=timeout) as cursor:
+                            cursor_factory=extras.RealDictCursor,
+                            timeout=(
+                                timeout
+                                or self._postgres_settings['query_timeout'])) \
+                        as cursor:
                     yield PostgresConnector(
                         cursor, on_error, on_duration, timeout)
         except (asyncio.TimeoutError, psycopg2.OperationalError) as err:
@@ -435,11 +435,57 @@ class ApplicationMixin:
             'pool_free': self._postgres_pool.freesize
         }
 
+    def _create_postgres_settings(self) -> dict:
+       return {
+            'url': self.settings.get(
+                'postgres_url', os.environ.get('POSTGRES_URL')),
+            'max_pool_size': int(self.settings.get(
+                'postgres_max_pool_size',
+                os.environ.get(
+                    'POSTGRES_MAX_POOL_SIZE',
+                    DEFAULT_POSTGRES_MAX_POOL_SIZE))),
+            'min_pool_size': int(self.settings.get(
+                'postgres_min_pool_size',
+                os.environ.get(
+                    'POSTGRES_MIN_POOL_SIZE',
+                    DEFAULT_POSTGRES_MIN_POOL_SIZE))),
+            'timeout': int(self.settings.get(
+                'postgres_connection_timeout',
+                os.environ.get(
+                    'POSTGRES_CONNECT_TIMEOUT',
+                    DEFAULT_POSTGRES_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT))),
+            'connection_ttl': int(self.settings.get(
+                'postgres_connection_ttl',
+                os.environ.get(
+                    'POSTGRES_CONNECTION_TTL',
+                    DEFAULT_POSTGRES_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT))),
+           'enable_hstore': self.settings.get(
+               'postgres_hstore',
+               util.strtobool(
+                   os.environ.get(
+                       'POSTGRES_HSTORE', DEFAULT_POSTGRES_HSTORE))),
+           'enable_json': self.settings.get(
+               'postgres_json',
+               util.strtobool(
+                   os.environ.get(
+                       'POSTGRES_JSON', DEFAULT_POSTGRES_JSON))),
+           'enable_uuid': self.settings.get(
+               'postgres_uuid',
+               util.strtobool(
+                   os.environ.get(
+                       'POSTGRES_UUID', DEFAULT_POSTGRES_UUID))),
+           'query_timeout': int(self.settings.get(
+               'postgres_query_timeout',
+               os.environ.get(
+                   'POSTGRES_QUERY_TIMEOUT',
+                   DEFAULT_POSTGRES_QUERY_TIMEOUT))),
+       }
+
     async def _postgres_connect(self) -> bool:
         """Setup the Postgres pool of connections"""
         self._postgres_connected.clear()
 
-        parsed = parse.urlparse(os.environ['POSTGRES_URL'])
+        parsed = parse.urlparse(self._postgres_settings['url'])
         if parsed.scheme.endswith('+srv'):
             self._postgres_srv = True
             try:
@@ -448,7 +494,7 @@ class ApplicationMixin:
                 LOGGER.critical(str(error))
                 return False
         else:
-            url = os.environ['POSTGRES_URL']
+            url = self._postgres_settings['url']
 
         if self._postgres_pool:
             self._postgres_pool.close()
@@ -459,45 +505,16 @@ class ApplicationMixin:
         try:
             self._postgres_pool = await pool.Pool.from_pool_fill(
                 url,
-                maxsize=self.settings.get(
-                    'postgres_max_pool_size',
-                    int(os.environ.get(
-                        'POSTGRES_MAX_POOL_SIZE',
-                        DEFAULT_POSTGRES_MAX_POOL_SIZE))),
-                minsize=self.settings.get(
-                    'postgres_min_pool_size',
-                    int(os.environ.get(
-                        'POSTGRES_MIN_POOL_SIZE',
-                        DEFAULT_POSTGRES_MIN_POOL_SIZE))),
-                timeout=self.settings.get(
-                    'postgres_connect_timeout',
-                    int(os.environ.get(
-                            'POSTGRES_CONNECT_TIMEOUT',
-                            DEFAULT_POSTGRES_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT))),
-                enable_hstore=self.settings.get(
-                    'postgres_hstore',
-                    util.strtobool(
-                        os.environ.get(
-                            'POSTGRES_HSTORE', DEFAULT_POSTGRES_HSTORE))),
-                enable_json=self.settings.get(
-                    'enable_json',
-                    util.strtobool(
-                        os.environ.get(
-                            'POSTGRES_JSON', DEFAULT_POSTGRES_JSON))),
-                enable_uuid=self.settings.get(
-                    'postgres_uuid',
-                    util.strtobool(
-                        os.environ.get(
-                            'POSTGRES_UUID', DEFAULT_POSTGRES_UUID))),
+                maxsize=self._postgres_settings['max_pool_size'],
+                minsize=self._postgres_settings['min_pool_size'],
+                timeout=self._postgres_settings['timeout'],
+                enable_hstore=self._postgres_settings['enable_hstore'],
+                enable_json=self._postgres_settings['enable_json'],
+                enable_uuid=self._postgres_settings['enable_uuid'],
                 echo=False,
                 on_connect=None,
-                pool_recycle=self.settings.get(
-                    'postgres_connection_ttl',
-                    int(os.environ.get(
-                        'POSTGRES_CONNECTION_TTL',
-                        DEFAULT_POSTGRES_CONNECTION_TTL))))
-        except (psycopg2.OperationalError,
-                psycopg2.Error) as error:  # pragma: nocover
+                pool_recycle=self._postgres_settings['connection_ttl'])
+        except psycopg2.Error as error:  # pragma: nocover
             LOGGER.warning(
                 'Error connecting to PostgreSQL on startup with %s: %s',
                 safe_url, error)
@@ -526,8 +543,8 @@ class ApplicationMixin:
         callback mechanism.
 
         """
-        if 'POSTGRES_URL' not in os.environ:
-            LOGGER.critical('Missing POSTGRES_URL environment variable')
+        if not self._postgres_settings['url']:
+            LOGGER.critical('Missing required `postgres_url` setting')
             return self.stop(loop)
 
         self._postgres_connected = asyncio.Event()
@@ -557,8 +574,8 @@ class ApplicationMixin:
         elif parsed.scheme.startswith('aws+'):
             records = await self._resolve_srv(parsed.hostname)
         else:
-            raise RuntimeError('Unsupported URI Scheme: {}'.format(
-                parsed.scheme))
+            raise RuntimeError(
+                'Unsupported URI Scheme: {}'.format(parsed.scheme))
 
         if not records:
             raise RuntimeError('No SRV records found')
diff --git a/tests.py b/tests.py
index b3e5041..ea1a2c9 100644
--- a/tests.py
+++ b/tests.py
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ class SRVTestCase(asynctest.TestCase):
         loop = ioloop.IOLoop.current()
         with mock.patch.object(obj, '_resolve_srv') as resolve_srv:
             resolve_srv.return_value = []
-            os.environ['POSTGRES_URL'] = 'aws+srv://foo@bar/baz'
+            obj._postgres_settings['url'] = 'aws+srv://foo@bar/baz'
             await obj._postgres_on_start(obj, loop)
         stop.assert_called_once_with(loop)
         critical.assert_any_call('No SRV records found')
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ class SRVTestCase(asynctest.TestCase):
         loop = ioloop.IOLoop.current()
         with mock.patch.object(obj, '_resolve_srv') as resolve_srv:
             resolve_srv.return_value = []
-            os.environ['POSTGRES_URL'] = 'postgresql+srv://foo@bar/baz'
+            obj._postgres_settings['url'] = 'postgresql+srv://foo@bar/baz'
             await obj._postgres_on_start(obj, loop)
         stop.assert_called_once_with(loop)
         critical.assert_any_call('No SRV records found')
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ class SRVTestCase(asynctest.TestCase):
     async def test_unsupported_srv_uri(self, critical, stop):
         obj = Application()
         loop = ioloop.IOLoop.current()
-        os.environ['POSTGRES_URL'] = 'postgres+srv://foo@bar/baz'
+        obj._postgres_settings['url'] = 'postgres+srv://foo@bar/baz'
         await obj._postgres_on_start(obj, loop)
         stop.assert_called_once_with(loop)
         critical.assert_any_call(