diff --git a/config.example.yml b/config.example.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 8762bb4..0000000
--- a/config.example.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-debug: false
-rabbitmq:
-  host: "127.0.0.1"
-  username: "guest"
-  password: "guest"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/example.env b/example.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..44c2195
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example.env
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+SERVICE_NAME=3
+SERVICE_TYPE=0
+DEBUG=false
+HOST=127.0.0.1
+PORT=
+
+# RabbitMQ
+RABBITMQ_HOST=127.0.0.1
+RABBITMQ_USERNAME=guest
+RABBITMQ_PASSWORD=guest
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 98f7586..7c632fb 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ require (
 	git.clickandjoin.umbach.dev/ClickandJoin/go-cnj-helper v1.0.39
 	github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2 v2.40.1
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0
+	github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1
 	github.com/rabbitmq/amqp091-go v1.5.0
 	github.com/valyala/fasthttp v1.41.0
-	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a89f5fc..53ce248 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-git.clickandjoin.umbach.dev/ClickandJoin/go-cnj-helper v1.0.36 h1:tqx39cmvtID3lbjvUbN6Vv2Xt16fXQSwnxiw4esMqnQ=
-git.clickandjoin.umbach.dev/ClickandJoin/go-cnj-helper v1.0.36/go.mod h1:RnqJsFYGR0cdxbeQjB1dDlr/MeKgnMkc7XoZtFDhMbo=
 git.clickandjoin.umbach.dev/ClickandJoin/go-cnj-helper v1.0.39 h1:H9YLpd4hvd0wXzKW050cQIHCg6rTchfKTzxp1dgXYLY=
 git.clickandjoin.umbach.dev/ClickandJoin/go-cnj-helper v1.0.39/go.mod h1:Jzc4/4ntrOLMOZYnUjkr1uBCVtRvPbEbQD+8kwBOdf4=
 github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.0.4 h1:V7DdXeJtZscaqfNuAdSRuRFzuiKlHSC/Zh3zl9qY3JY=
 github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.0.4/go.mod h1:fO7iG3H7G2nSZ7m0zPUDn85XEX2GTukHGRSepvi9Eig=
+github.com/bitly/go-hostpool v0.0.0-20171023180738-a3a6125de932 h1:mXoPYz/Ul5HYEDvkta6I8/rnYM5gSdSV2tJ6XbZuEtY=
 github.com/bitly/go-hostpool v0.0.0-20171023180738-a3a6125de932/go.mod h1:NOuUCSz6Q9T7+igc/hlvDOUdtWKryOrtFyIVABv/p7k=
+github.com/bmizerany/assert v0.0.0-20160611221934-b7ed37b82869 h1:DDGfHa7BWjL4YnC6+E63dPcxHo2sUxDIu8g3QgEJdRY=
 github.com/bmizerany/assert v0.0.0-20160611221934-b7ed37b82869/go.mod h1:Ekp36dRnpXw/yCqJaO+ZrUyxD+3VXMFFr56k5XYrpB4=
 github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.3.3-0.20220203105225-a9a7ef127534/go.mod h1:Y58oyj3AT4RCenI/lSvhwexgC+NSVTIJ3seZv2GcEnc=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
@@ -16,10 +16,13 @@ github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2 v2.40.1/go.mod h1:Gko04sLksnHbzLSRBFWPFdzM9Ws9pRxvvI
 github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.3/go.mod h1:/XxbfmMg8lxefKM7IXC3fBNl/7bRcc72aCRzEWrmP2Q=
 github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.4 h1:yAGX7huGHXlcLOEtBnF4w7FQwA26wojNCwOYAEhLjQM=
 github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.4/go.mod h1:/XxbfmMg8lxefKM7IXC3fBNl/7bRcc72aCRzEWrmP2Q=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.4 h1:L8R9j+yAqZuZjsqh/z+F1NCffTKKLShY6zXTItVIZ8M=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0 h1:t6JiXgmwXMjEs8VusXIJk2BXHsn+wx8BZdTaoZ5fu7I=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
 github.com/hailocab/go-hostpool v0.0.0-20160125115350-e80d13ce29ed h1:5upAirOpQc1Q53c0bnx2ufif5kANL7bfZWcc6VJWJd8=
 github.com/hailocab/go-hostpool v0.0.0-20160125115350-e80d13ce29ed/go.mod h1:tMWxXQ9wFIaZeTI9F+hmhFiGpFmhOHzyShyFUhRm0H4=
+github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1 h1:7eLL/+HRGLY0ldzfGMeQkb7vMd0as4CfYvUVzLqw0N0=
+github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1/go.mod h1:f4LDr5Voq0i2e/R5DDNOoa2zzDfwtkZa6DnEwAbqwq4=
 github.com/klauspost/compress v1.15.9 h1:wKRjX6JRtDdrE9qwa4b/Cip7ACOshUI4smpCQanqjSY=
 github.com/klauspost/compress v1.15.9/go.mod h1:PhcZ0MbTNciWF3rruxRgKxI5NkcHHrHUDtV4Yw2GlzU=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0 h1:L/CwN0zerZDmRFUapSPitk6f+Q3+0za1rQkzVuMiMFI=
@@ -73,6 +76,7 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210405180319-a5a99cb37ef4/go.mod h1:p54w0d4576C0XHj96b
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20211112202133-69e39bad7dc2/go.mod h1:9nx3DQGgdP8bBQD5qxJ1jj9UTztislL4KSBs9R2vV5Y=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20220906165146-f3363e06e74c/go.mod h1:YDH+HFinaLZZlnHAfSS6ZXJJ9M9t4Dl22yv3iI2vPwk=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20190423024810-112230192c58/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20210220032951-036812b2e83c h1:5KslGYwFpkhGh+Q16bwMP3cOontH8FOep7tGV86Y7SQ=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20210220032951-036812b2e83c/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190412213103-97732733099d/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
@@ -99,12 +103,10 @@ golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20191119224855-298f0cb1881e/go.mod h1:b+2E5dAYhXwXZwtn
 golang.org/x/tools v0.1.5/go.mod h1:o0xws9oXOQQZyjljx8fwUC0k7L1pTE6eaCbjGeHmOkk=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20190717185122-a985d3407aa7/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191011141410-1b5146add898/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
+golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20200804184101-5ec99f83aff1 h1:go1bK/D/BFZV2I8cIQd1NKEZ+0owSTG1fDTci4IqFcE=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20200804184101-5ec99f83aff1/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
-gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127 h1:qIbj1fsPNlZgppZ+VLlY7N33q108Sa+fhmuc+sWQYwY=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 h1:73M5CoZyi3ZLMOyDlQh031Cx6N9NDJ2Vvfl76EDAgDc=
 gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1/go.mod h1:cWUDdTG/fYaXco+Dcufb5Vnc6Gp2YChqWtbxRZE0mXw=
-gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 h1:D8xgwECY7CYvx+Y2n4sBz93Jn9JRvxdiyyo8CTfuKaY=
-gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0/go.mod h1:RDklbk79AGWmwhnvt/jBztapEOGDOx6ZbXqjP6csGnQ=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index b976aa1..0e8ebf0 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package main
 import (
 	"bufio"
 	"fmt"
-	"os"
 	"time"
 
 	"clickandjoin.app/serversenteventsserver/modules/cache"
@@ -32,10 +31,6 @@ func main() {
 	// TODO: better way to handle this
 	time.Sleep(500 * time.Millisecond)
 
-	if len(os.Args) < 2 {
-		gocnjhelper.LogFatal("Please specify port")
-	}
-
 	// TODO: origin
 	// CORS for external resources
 	app.Use(cors.New(cors.Config{
@@ -86,5 +81,7 @@ func main() {
 		return nil
 	})
 
-	app.Listen("127.0.0.1:" + os.Args[1])
+	cfg := config.Cfg
+
+	app.Listen(cfg.Host + ":" + cfg.Port)
 }
diff --git a/modules/config/config.go b/modules/config/config.go
index a6fc268..e60cc59 100644
--- a/modules/config/config.go
+++ b/modules/config/config.go
@@ -2,16 +2,21 @@ package config
 
 import (
 	"os"
+	"strconv"
 
 	gocnjhelper "git.clickandjoin.umbach.dev/ClickandJoin/go-cnj-helper"
-	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
+	"github.com/joho/godotenv"
 )
 
 var Cfg Config
 
 type Config struct {
-	Debug    bool
-	RabbitMq RabbitMq
+	ServiceName uint8
+	ServiceType uint8
+	Debug       bool
+	Host        string
+	Port        string
+	RabbitMq    RabbitMq
 }
 
 type RabbitMq struct {
@@ -21,13 +26,45 @@ type RabbitMq struct {
 }
 
 func LoadConfig() {
-	data, err := os.ReadFile("config.yml")
+	// argument to start the server locally for development
+	if len(os.Args) > 1 {
+		if os.Args[1] == "--local" || os.Args[1] == "-l" {
+			if err := godotenv.Load("local.env"); err != nil {
+				gocnjhelper.LogFatalf("Failed to load env, err: %s", err)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	debug, err := strconv.ParseBool(os.Getenv("DEBUG"))
 
 	if err != nil {
-		gocnjhelper.LogFatalf("Failed to read config file, err: %s", err)
+		gocnjhelper.LogFatalf("Failed to parse boolean, err: %s", err)
 	}
 
-	if err := yaml.Unmarshal(data, &Cfg); err != nil {
-		gocnjhelper.LogFatalf("Failed to unmarshal config file, err: %s", err)
+	serviceName, err := strconv.Atoi(os.Getenv("SERVICE_NAME"))
+
+	if err != nil {
+		gocnjhelper.LogFatalf("Failed to parse int, err: %s", err)
 	}
+
+	serviceType, err := strconv.Atoi(os.Getenv("SERVICE_TYPE"))
+
+	if err != nil {
+		gocnjhelper.LogFatalf("Failed to parse int, err: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	cfg := Config{
+		ServiceName: uint8(serviceName),
+		ServiceType: uint8(serviceType),
+		Debug:       debug,
+		Host:        os.Getenv("HOST"),
+		Port:        os.Getenv("PORT"),
+		RabbitMq: RabbitMq{
+			Host:     os.Getenv("RABBITMQ_HOST"),
+			Username: os.Getenv("RABBITMQ_USERNAME"),
+			Password: os.Getenv("RABBITMQ_PASSWORD"),
+		},
+	}
+
+	Cfg = cfg
 }