diff --git a/djangosphinx/config.py b/djangosphinx/config.py
index 4b8f69f..62f73b1 100644
--- a/djangosphinx/config.py
+++ b/djangosphinx/config.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     raise ValueError('`DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE` was not set. Please use DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=project.settings <command> --config sphinx.py.')
 
 from django.conf import settings
+from djangosphinx.utils.config import DEFAULT_SPHINX_PARAMS
 
 assert getattr(settings, 'SPHINX_ROOT', None) is not None, "You must specify `SPHINX_ROOT` in your settings."
 
@@ -36,21 +37,15 @@ def relative_path(*args):
     'SPHINX_PORT': getattr(settings, 'SPHINX_PORT', '3312'),
     'relative_path': relative_path,
 }
-if getattr(settings, 'DATABASES', None):
-    context.update({
-        'DATABASE_HOST': settings.DATABASES['default']['HOST'],
-        'DATABASE_PASSWORD': settings.DATABASES['default']['PASSWORD'],
-        'DATABASE_USER': settings.DATABASES['default']['USER'],
-        'DATABASE_PORT': settings.DATABASES['default']['PORT'],
-        'DATABASE_NAME': settings.DATABASES['default']['NAME'],
-    })
-else:
-    context.update({
-        'DATABASE_HOST': settings.DATABASE_HOST,
-        'DATABASE_PASSWORD': settings.DATABASE_PASSWORD,
-        'DATABASE_USER': settings.DATABASE_USER,
-        'DATABASE_PORT': settings.DATABASE_PORT,
-        'DATABASE_NAME': settings.DATABASE_NAME,
-    })
+context.update(DEFAULT_SPHINX_PARAMS)
+
+# Old code works with uppercased params
+context.update({
+    'DATABASE_HOST': DEFAULT_SPHINX_PARAMS['database_host'],
+    'DATABASE_PASSWORD': DEFAULT_SPHINX_PARAMS['database_password'],
+    'DATABASE_USER': DEFAULT_SPHINX_PARAMS['database_user'],
+    'DATABASE_PORT': DEFAULT_SPHINX_PARAMS['database_port'],
+    'DATABASE_NAME': DEFAULT_SPHINX_PARAMS['database_name'],
+})
 
 print render_to_string(getattr(settings, 'SPHINX_CONFIG_TEMPLATE', 'conf/sphinx.conf'), context)
diff --git a/djangosphinx/utils/config.py b/djangosphinx/utils/config.py
index 24a1907..32ed219 100644
--- a/djangosphinx/utils/config.py
+++ b/djangosphinx/utils/config.py
@@ -10,12 +10,21 @@
 
 __all__ = ('generate_config_for_model', 'generate_config_for_models')
 
+def _get_database_value(param):
+    if hasattr(settings, 'DATABASES'):
+        return settings.DATABASES['default'][param]
+    return getattr(settings, 'DATABASE_'+param)
+
 def _get_database_engine():
-    if settings.DATABASE_ENGINE == 'mysql':
-        return settings.DATABASE_ENGINE
-    elif settings.DATABASE_ENGINE.startswith('postgresql'):
+    engine = _get_database_value('ENGINE')
+    if '.' in engine:
+        engine = engine.rsplit('.', 1)[1]
+    if engine == 'mysql':
+        return engine 
+    elif engine.startswith('postgresql'):
         return 'pgsql'
-    raise ValueError, "Only MySQL and PostgreSQL engines are supported by Sphinx."
+    raise ValueError(
+        "Only MySQL and PostgreSQL engines are supported by Sphinx. %r" % (engine))
 
 def _get_template(name):
     paths = (
@@ -49,13 +58,15 @@ def _is_sourcable_field(field):
 # No trailing slashes on paths
 DEFAULT_SPHINX_PARAMS = {
     'database_engine': _get_database_engine(),
-    'database_host': settings.DATABASE_HOST,
-    'database_port': settings.DATABASE_PORT,
-    'database_name': settings.DATABASE_NAME,
-    'database_user': settings.DATABASE_USER,
-    'database_password': settings.DATABASE_PASSWORD,
-    'log_file': '/var/log/sphinx/searchd.log',
-    'data_path': '/var/data',
+    'database_host': _get_database_value('HOST'),
+    'database_port': _get_database_value('PORT'),
+    'database_name': _get_database_value('NAME'),
+    'database_user': _get_database_value('USER'),
+    'database_password': _get_database_value('PASSWORD'),
+    'log_file': getattr(settings, 'SPHINX_LOG','/var/log/sphinx/searchd.log'),
+    'querylog_file': 
+        getattr(settings, 'SPHINX_QUERY_LOG','/var/log/sphinx/query.log'),
+    'data_path': getattr(settings, 'SPHINX_DATA_PATH', '/var/data'),
 }
 
 def get_index_context(index):
@@ -188,4 +199,4 @@ def _the_tuple(f):
 
     c = Context(params)
     
-    return t.render(c)
\ No newline at end of file
+    return t.render(c)