diff --git a/reqs/app.in b/reqs/app.in
index 68fc4101..f80caa1e 100644
Binary files a/reqs/app.in and b/reqs/app.in differ
diff --git a/reqs/app.txt b/reqs/app.txt
index 0b263297..59ebd7b4 100644
--- a/reqs/app.txt
+++ b/reqs/app.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
-# This file was autogenerated by uv via the following command:
-#    uv pip compile reqs/app.in -o reqs/app.txt
+#
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.11
+# by the following command:
+#
+#    pip-compile app.in
+#
 alembic==1.7.3
     # via flask-migrate
 click==8.0.1
@@ -7,11 +11,14 @@ click==8.0.1
 dnspython==2.1.0
     # via email-validator
 email-validator==1.1.3
-    # via shopyo
+    # via
+    #   -r app.in
+    #   shopyo
 et-xmlfile==1.1.0
     # via openpyxl
 flask==2.2.0
     # via
+    #   -r app.in
     #   flask-admin
     #   flask-login
     #   flask-mailman
@@ -24,7 +31,9 @@ flask==2.2.0
 flask-admin==1.6.0
     # via shopyo
 flask-login==0.6.2
-    # via shopyo
+    # via
+    #   -r app.in
+    #   shopyo
 flask-mailman==0.3.0
     # via shopyo
 flask-marshmallow==0.14.0
@@ -32,8 +41,10 @@ flask-marshmallow==0.14.0
 flask-migrate==3.1.0
     # via shopyo
 flask-reuploaded==1.2.0
+    # via -r app.in
 flask-sqlalchemy==2.5.1
     # via
+    #   -r app.in
     #   flask-migrate
     #   shopyo
 flask-wtf==1.0.0
@@ -68,12 +79,19 @@ mkdocs-material-extensions==1.0.3
 numpy==1.23.2
     # via pandas
 openpyxl==3.0.10
+    # via -r app.in
 pandas==2.2.2
+    # via -r app.in
 pillow==9.2.0
+    # via -r app.in
 pymysql==1.0.2
+    # via -r app.in
 python-dateutil==2.8.2
     # via pandas
+python-dotenv==1.0.1
+    # via -r app.in
 pythoncms==1.2.1
+    # via -r app.in
 pytz==2022.2.1
     # via pandas
 shopyo==4.8.6
diff --git a/src/shopcube/app.py b/src/shopcube/app.py
index a401e94d..7d487849 100644
--- a/src/shopcube/app.py
+++ b/src/shopcube/app.py
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@
 
 
 def create_app(config_name="development"):
-
+    from dotenv import load_dotenv
+    load_dotenv()
     global_template_variables = {}
     global_configs = {}
     app = Flask(
diff --git a/src/shopcube/config.py b/src/shopcube/config.py
index cc222187..8948cd6b 100644
--- a/src/shopcube/config.py
+++ b/src/shopcube/config.py
@@ -39,8 +39,9 @@ class BaseConfig:
     )
     UPLOADED_PRODUCTEXCEL_DEST = os.path.join(STATIC, "uploads")
     UPLOADED_PRODUCTEXCEL_ALLOW = ("xls", "xlsx", "xlsm", "xlsb", "odf")
-    PASSWORD_SALT = "abcdefghi"
-
+    
+    SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = os.environ.get('SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI')
+    SALT = os.environ.get('SALT')
 
 class ProductionConfig(BaseConfig):
     """Configurations for production"""
@@ -61,10 +62,6 @@ class ProductionConfig(BaseConfig):
     MAIL_PASSWORD = os.environ.get("MAIL_PASSWORD")
     MAIL_DEFAULT_SENDER = os.environ.get("MAIL_DEFAULT_SENDER")
 
-    # database configs
-    SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = (
-        os.environ.get("SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI") or "sqlite:///shopyo.db"
-    )
 
 
 class DevelopmentConfig(BaseConfig):
@@ -88,12 +85,6 @@ class DevelopmentConfig(BaseConfig):
     MAIL_PASSWORD = ""
     MAIL_DEFAULT_SENDER = "ma@mail.com"
 
-    # database configs
-    SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = "sqlite:///shopyo.db"
-
-    # unknown configs
-    PASSWORD_SALT = "some pasword salt"
-
 
 class TestingConfig(BaseConfig):
     """Configurations for testsing"""