diff --git a/conf.c b/conf.c
index 6402acb..ac20d5d 100644
--- a/conf.c
+++ b/conf.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ conf_read(const char *filename) {
 	conf->logfile = "webdis.log";
 	conf->verbosity = WEBDIS_NOTICE;
 	conf->daemonize = 0;
+	conf->database = 0;
 
 	j = json_load_file(filename, 0, &error);
 	if(!j) {
@@ -78,6 +79,8 @@ conf_read(const char *filename) {
 			else conf->verbosity = (log_level)tmp;
 		} else if(strcmp(json_object_iter_key(kv), "daemonize") == 0 && json_typeof(jtmp) == JSON_TRUE) {
 			conf->daemonize = 1;
+		} else if(strcmp(json_object_iter_key(kv), "database") == 0 && json_typeof(jtmp) == JSON_INTEGER) {
+			conf->database = json_integer_value(jtmp);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/conf.h b/conf.h
index 4ddf8a4..292d646 100644
--- a/conf.h
+++ b/conf.h
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ struct conf {
 	/* daemonize process, off by default */
 	int daemonize;
 
+	/* database number */
+	int database;
+
 	/* ACL */
 	struct acl *perms;
 
diff --git a/server.c b/server.c
index a3f84a1..41221e8 100644
--- a/server.c
+++ b/server.c
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ on_timer_reconnect(int fd, short event, void *ctx) {
 	if (s->cfg->redis_auth) { /* authenticate. */
 		redisAsyncCommand(s->ac, NULL, NULL, "AUTH %s", s->cfg->redis_auth);
 	}
+	if (s->cfg->database) { /* change database. */
+		redisAsyncCommand(s->ac, NULL, NULL, "SELECT %d", s->cfg->database);
+	}
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/webdis.json b/webdis.json
index 4766261..9dcc98c 100644
--- a/webdis.json
+++ b/webdis.json
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 
 	"daemonize":	false,
 
+	"database":	0,
+
 	"acl": [
 		{
 			"disabled":	["DEBUG"]