diff --git a/server/nodemon.json b/server/nodemon.json
index a3186d9..82d5041 100644
--- a/server/nodemon.json
+++ b/server/nodemon.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "watch": ["dist", "swagger.yaml", "../quests", "../packages"],
   "ext": "js,ts,yaml,yml",
-  "exec": "node dist/index.js"
+  "exec": "node dist/index.js",
+  "delay": 200
 }
diff --git a/server/package.json b/server/package.json
index 8cf7db5..c360346 100644
--- a/server/package.json
+++ b/server/package.json
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
   "type": "commonjs",
   "scripts": {
     "start": "node dist/index.js",
-    "dev": "concurrently \"yarn build -w\" \"nodemon\"",
+    "dev": "nodemon",
     "test": "yarn node --experimental-vm-modules $(yarn bin jest)",
     "setup": "node dist/cli/setup.js",
     "clean": "node dist/cli/clean.js",
-    "build": "tsc --build",
-    "build:quests": "node src/cli/build.js"
+    "build": "tsc",
+    "build:quests": "node dist/cli/build.js"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@linux-odyssey/constants": "*",
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
     "commander": "^11.0.0",
     "connect-mongo": "^5.0.0",
     "dockerode": "^3.3.5",
+    "dotenv": "^16.4.1",
     "express": "^4.18.2",
     "express-rate-limit": "^7.1.3",
     "express-session": "^1.17.3",
diff --git a/server/src/config.js b/server/src/config.js
index c7734d3..d532306 100644
--- a/server/src/config.js
+++ b/server/src/config.js
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 import validator from 'validator'
 import { get } from './utils/env.js'
 
+// Import dotenv and load ../.env
+import dotenv from 'dotenv'
+dotenv.config({ path: '../.env' })
+
 function getTrustProxies(key) {
   if (!process.env[key]) {
     return []