diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/api/command/StartAPICommand.kt b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/api/command/StartAPICommand.kt
index 370fa76..f25a885 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/api/command/StartAPICommand.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/api/command/StartAPICommand.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package app.revanced.api.command
 
 import app.revanced.api.configuration.*
+import io.github.cdimascio.dotenv.Dotenv
 import io.ktor.server.engine.*
 import io.ktor.server.jetty.*
 import picocli.CommandLine
@@ -33,6 +34,8 @@ internal object StartAPICommand : Runnable {
     private var configFile = File("configuration.toml")
 
     override fun run() {
+        Dotenv.configure().systemProperties().load()
+
         embeddedServer(Jetty, port, host) {
             configureDependencies(configFile)
             configureHTTP()
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/api/configuration/Dependencies.kt b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/api/configuration/Dependencies.kt
index 429cbde..451ae73 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/api/configuration/Dependencies.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/api/configuration/Dependencies.kt
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import app.revanced.api.configuration.services.OldApiService
 import app.revanced.api.configuration.services.PatchesService
 import com.akuleshov7.ktoml.Toml
 import com.akuleshov7.ktoml.source.decodeFromStream
-import io.github.cdimascio.dotenv.Dotenv
 import io.ktor.client.*
 import io.ktor.client.engine.okhttp.*
 import io.ktor.client.plugins.*
@@ -38,11 +37,7 @@ import java.io.File
 fun Application.configureDependencies(
     configFile: File,
 ) {
-    val globalModule = module {
-        single {
-            Dotenv.configure().load()
-        }
-
+    val miscModule = module {
         factory { params ->
             val defaultRequestUri: String = params.get<String>()
             val configBlock = params.getOrNull<(HttpClientConfig<OkHttpConfig>.() -> Unit)>() ?: {}
@@ -72,7 +67,7 @@ fun Application.configureDependencies(
                             )
                         }
 
-                        get<Dotenv>()["BACKEND_API_TOKEN"]?.let {
+                        System.getProperty("BACKEND_API_TOKEN")?.let {
                             install(Auth) {
                                 bearer {
                                     loadTokens {
@@ -98,12 +93,10 @@ fun Application.configureDependencies(
         }
 
         single {
-            val dotenv = get<Dotenv>()
-
             TransactionManager.defaultDatabase = Database.connect(
-                url = dotenv["DB_URL"],
-                user = dotenv["DB_USER"],
-                password = dotenv["DB_PASSWORD"],
+                url = System.getProperty("DB_URL"),
+                user = System.getProperty("DB_USER"),
+                password = System.getProperty("DB_PASSWORD"),
             )
 
             AnnouncementRepository()
@@ -112,13 +105,11 @@ fun Application.configureDependencies(
 
     val serviceModule = module {
         single {
-            val dotenv = get<Dotenv>()
+            val jwtSecret = System.getProperty("JWT_SECRET")
+            val issuer = System.getProperty("JWT_ISSUER")
+            val validityInMin = System.getProperty("JWT_VALIDITY_IN_MIN").toLong()
 
-            val jwtSecret = dotenv["JWT_SECRET"]
-            val issuer = dotenv["JWT_ISSUER"]
-            val validityInMin = dotenv["JWT_VALIDITY_IN_MIN"].toLong()
-
-            val authSHA256DigestString = dotenv["AUTH_SHA256_DIGEST"]
+            val authSHA256DigestString = System.getProperty("AUTH_SHA256_DIGEST")
 
             AuthenticationService(issuer, validityInMin, jwtSecret, authSHA256DigestString)
         }
@@ -140,7 +131,7 @@ fun Application.configureDependencies(
 
     install(Koin) {
         modules(
-            globalModule,
+            miscModule,
             repositoryModule,
             serviceModule,
         )
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/api/configuration/HTTP.kt b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/api/configuration/HTTP.kt
index 0e79530..b7d86e4 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/api/configuration/HTTP.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/api/configuration/HTTP.kt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ fun Application.configureHTTP() {
         configurationRepository.corsAllowedHosts.forEach { host ->
             allowHost(
                 host = host,
-                schemes = listOf("http", "https")
+                schemes = listOf("http", "https"),
             )
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/main/resources/logback.xml b/src/main/resources/logback.xml
index 6f0c78a..2d304de 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/logback.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/logback.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
             <pattern>%d{YYYY-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%thread] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n</pattern>
         </encoder>
     </appender>
-    <root level="info">
+    <root level="\${LOG_LEVEL:-INFO}">
         <appender-ref ref="STDOUT"/>
     </root>
 </configuration>