diff --git a/api/controllers/v1/slack.ts b/api/controllers/v1/slack.ts
index 6d852c298..0f474cd04 100644
--- a/api/controllers/v1/slack.ts
+++ b/api/controllers/v1/slack.ts
@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@ export const DisplayRepoOptions = async (event: APIGatewayEvent): Promise<APIGat
   const client = new mongodb.MongoClient(c.get('dbUrl'));
   await client.connect();
   const db = client.db(process.env.DB_NAME);
-  //change this to get db from env vars
-  const projectsRepository = new ProjectsRepository(client.db('docs_metadata'), c, consoleLogger);
+  const projectsRepository = new ProjectsRepository(client.db(process.env.METADATA_DB_NAME), c, consoleLogger);
   const repoEntitlementRepository = new RepoEntitlementsRepository(db, c, consoleLogger);
   const repoBranchesRepository = new RepoBranchesRepository(db, c, consoleLogger);
   const key_val = getQSString(event.body);