diff --git a/.env.prod b/.env.prod
deleted file mode 100644
index e4ea1d2..0000000
--- a/.env.prod
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-NODE_ENV=prod
-DB_HOST=localhost
-DB_PORT=5432
-DB_USER=your_db_user
-DB_NAME=your_db_name
-DB_PASSWORD=your_db_password
-JWT_SECRET_KEY=your_secret_key
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.env.test b/.env.test
deleted file mode 100644
index d42db9e..0000000
--- a/.env.test
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-NODE_ENV=test
-DB_HOST=localhost
-DB_PORT=5432
-DB_USER=your_db_user
-DB_NAME=your_db_name
-DB_PASSWORD=your_db_password
-JWT_SECRET_KEY=your_secret_key
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bc435e4..4781473 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ web_modules/
 
 # dotenv environment variable files
 .env
-.env.dev
 .env.development.local
 .env.test.local
 .env.production.local
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 1c367ef..01f3874 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -13,9 +13,7 @@ const { swaggerUi, swaggerSpec } = require('./config/swagger'); // Import Swagge
 const metricsRoutes = require('./routes/metricsRoutes');
 const { trackRequests } = require('./controllers/metricsController');
 
-dotenv.config({
-  path: `.env.${process.env.NODE_ENV || 'dev'}`,
-});
+dotenv.config();
 
 const app = express();
 const port = process.env.PORT || 3000;
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 7fa20eb..276741a 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -6532,6 +6532,13 @@
                 "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/sindresorhus"
             }
         },
+        "node_modules/openapi-types": {
+            "version": "12.1.3",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/openapi-types/-/openapi-types-12.1.3.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-N4YtSYJqghVu4iek2ZUvcN/0aqH1kRDuNqzcycDxhOUpg7GdvLa2F3DgS6yBNhInhv2r/6I0Flkn7CqL8+nIcw==",
+            "license": "MIT",
+            "peer": true
+        },
         "node_modules/p-limit": {
             "version": "3.1.0",
             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/p-limit/-/p-limit-3.1.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6718fb6..d8c4e99 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@
         ]
     },
     "scripts": {
-        "test": "NODE_ENV=prod DEBUG=module:* nyc mocha --require @babel/register",
-        "start": "NODE_ENV=prod node index.js",
-        "start:dev": "node index.js"
+        "test": "DEBUG=module:* nyc mocha --require @babel/register",
+        "start": "node src/index.js",
+        "dev": "nodemon src/index.js"
     }
 }