diff --git a/.dev.env b/.dev.env
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0a964024
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dev.env
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DATABASE_CONNECTION_PATH=mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017/studio-api
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cd86a25c..41bc1ef0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@nestjs/common": "^9.0.0",
+    "@nestjs/config": "^2.2.0",
     "@nestjs/core": "^9.0.0",
     "@nestjs/mongoose": "^9.2.1",
     "@nestjs/platform-express": "^9.0.0",
diff --git a/src/app.module.ts b/src/app.module.ts
index 14d99a5a..e1229376 100644
--- a/src/app.module.ts
+++ b/src/app.module.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 import { Module } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { AppAuthModule } from './app-auth/app-auth.module';
 import { MongooseModule } from '@nestjs/mongoose';
+import { ConfigModule } from '@nestjs/config';
 @Module({
   imports: [
     AppAuthModule,
-    MongooseModule.forRoot('mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017/studio-api'),
+    ConfigModule.forRoot({
+      envFilePath: '.dev.env'
+    }),
+    MongooseModule.forRoot(process.env.DATABASE_CONNECTION_PATH)
   ],
   controllers: [],
   providers: [],
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 2af895d6..dcd3b5ef 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1425,6 +1425,16 @@
     tslib "2.4.1"
     uuid "9.0.0"
 
+"@nestjs/config@^2.2.0":
+  version "2.2.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@nestjs/config/-/config-2.2.0.tgz#9f3da35f7c4a58724c0a0817d6f04b66e6703430"
+  integrity sha512-78Eg6oMbCy3D/YvqeiGBTOWei1Jwi3f2pSIZcZ1QxY67kYsJzTRTkwRT8Iv30DbK0sGKc1mcloDLD5UXgZAZtg==
+  dependencies:
+    dotenv "16.0.1"
+    dotenv-expand "8.0.3"
+    lodash "4.17.21"
+    uuid "8.3.2"
+
 "@nestjs/core@^9.0.0":
   version "9.2.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@nestjs/core/-/core-9.2.1.tgz#598e51a421a0aaafc568c1a02499f7c1f9491caf"
@@ -2726,6 +2736,16 @@ doctrine@^3.0.0:
   dependencies:
     esutils "^2.0.2"
 
+dotenv-expand@8.0.3:
+  version "8.0.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/dotenv-expand/-/dotenv-expand-8.0.3.tgz#29016757455bcc748469c83a19b36aaf2b83dd6e"
+  integrity sha512-SErOMvge0ZUyWd5B0NXMQlDkN+8r+HhVUsxgOO7IoPDOdDRD2JjExpN6y3KnFR66jsJMwSn1pqIivhU5rcJiNg==
+
+dotenv@16.0.1:
+  version "16.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/dotenv/-/dotenv-16.0.1.tgz#8f8f9d94876c35dac989876a5d3a82a267fdce1d"
+  integrity sha512-1K6hR6wtk2FviQ4kEiSjFiH5rpzEVi8WW0x96aztHVMhEspNpc4DVOUTEHtEva5VThQ8IaBX1Pe4gSzpVVUsKQ==
+
 ee-first@1.1.1:
   version "1.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ee-first/-/ee-first-1.1.1.tgz#590c61156b0ae2f4f0255732a158b266bc56b21d"