diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9fb1c6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# API
+DATABASE_URL="mysql://user:password@localhost:3306/db_name"
+ALLOWED_ORIGINS="http://localhost:5173"
+API_HOST=0.0.0.0
+API_PORT=4000
+COOKIE_SECRET=your-secret-key
+MEMC_HOST=localhost
+MEMC_PORT=11211
+MINIO_ACCESS_KEY=your-access-key
+MINIO_BUCKET_NAME=your-bucket-name
+MINIO_ENDPOINT=your-endpoint
+MINIO_SECRET_KEY=your-secret-key
+MINIO_USE_SSL=true
+NODE_ENV=production
+TOKEN_SECRET=your-secret-key
+
+# Web
+VITE_API_URL=http://localhost:4000/graphql
+VITE_WS_URL=ws://localhost:4000/graphql
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f4bef9c..d043bc5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -42,19 +42,7 @@ npm install
 
 3. Set up environment variables:
 
-Create a `.env` file in the `apps/api` directory:
-
-```
-DATABASE_URL="mysql://root:password@localhost:3306/unreal_chat"
-JWT_SECRET="your-secret-key"
-```
-
-Create a `.env` file in the `apps/web` directory:
-
-```
-VITE_API_URL=http://localhost:4000/graphql
-VITE_WS_URL=ws://localhost:4000/graphql
-```
+Copy the `.env.example` file to `.env`, then update the values as needed.
 
 4. Initialize the database:
 
diff --git a/apps/api/src/utils/crypto.ts b/apps/api/src/utils/crypto.ts
index d15f269..5193773 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/utils/crypto.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/utils/crypto.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ export const hashPassword = (password: string) => {
 };
 
 export const verifyPassword = (password: string, hashedPassword: string) => {
-  const [salt, hash] = hashedPassword.split(':');
+  const [salt, hash] = hashedPassword.split(':') as [string, string];
   const hashBuffer = Buffer.from(hash, 'hex');
   const result = pbkdf2Sync(password, salt, 1000, 128, 'sha512');
   return timingSafeEqual(hashBuffer, result);
diff --git a/apps/api/tsconfig.json b/apps/api/tsconfig.json
index 7f3124b..468670c 100644
--- a/apps/api/tsconfig.json
+++ b/apps/api/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
-  // "extends": "@repo/typescript-config/base.json",
+  "extends": "@repo/typescript-config/base.json",
   "compilerOptions": {
     /* Visit https://aka.ms/tsconfig.json to read more about this file */
 
     /* Basic Options */
     // "incremental": true,                   /* Enable incremental compilation */
     "target": "es2020" /* Specify ECMAScript target version: 'ES3' (default), 'ES5', 'ES2015', 'ES2016', 'ES2017', 'ES2018', 'ES2019', 'ES2020', or 'ESNEXT'. */,
-    "module": "commonjs" /* Specify module code generation: 'none', 'commonjs', 'amd', 'system', 'umd', 'es2015', 'es2020', or 'ESNext'. */,
+    "module": "NodeNext" /* Specify module code generation: 'none', 'commonjs', 'amd', 'system', 'umd', 'es2015', 'es2020', or 'ESNext'. */,
     // "lib": [],                             /* Specify library files to be included in the compilation. */
     // "allowJs": true,                       /* Allow javascript files to be compiled. */
     // "checkJs": true,                       /* Report errors in .js files. */
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 3292af5..faf84ec 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -27,14 +27,10 @@ services:
       context: .
       dockerfile: ./apps/web/Dockerfile
       args:
-        VITE_API_URL: https://chat-api.jusemon.com/graphql
-        VITE_WS_URL: wss://chat-api.jusemon.com/graphql
+        VITE_API_URL: ${VITE_API_URL}
+        VITE_WS_URL: ${VITE_WS_URL}
     container_name: unreal-chat-web
     restart: unless-stopped
-    environment:
-      - NODE_ENV=production
-      - VITE_API_URL=https://chat-api.jusemon.com/graphql
-      - VITE_WS_URL=wss://chat-api.jusemon.com/graphql
 
 networks:
   default: