diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index bfd6baf1..71140233 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ services:
     ports:
       - '27017:27017'
     # restart: always
-    # env_file:
-    #   - "$PWD/.env"
+    env_file:
+      - "$PWD/.env"
   nginx:
     image: nginx:1.13
     volumes:
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ services:
       context: .
       dockerfile: Dockerfile
       target: production
-    # env_file:
-    #   - "$PWD/.env"
+    env_file:
+      - "$PWD/.env"
     environment:
       - MONGO_URL=mongodb://mongo:27017/p5js-web-editor
       - MONGO_HOSTNAME=mongo
diff --git a/kubernetes/app.yml b/kubernetes/app.yml
index 13277b78..69eac2ba 100644
--- a/kubernetes/app.yml
+++ b/kubernetes/app.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,23 @@
 apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: web-editor-node
+  labels:
+    app: web-editor
+spec:
+  # if your cluster supports it, uncomment the following to automatically create
+  # an external load-balanced IP for the frontend service.
+  type: LoadBalancer
+  ports:
+  - port: 80
+    targetPort: 8000
+  selector:
+    app: web-editor
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
 kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: web-editor-node
 spec:
   selector:
     matchLabels:
@@ -7,8 +25,24 @@ spec:
   replicas: 1
   template:
     metadata:
-      app: web-editor
+      labels:
+        app: web-editor
     spec:
       containers:
-        - name: web-editor-app
-          image: 
+      - name: web-editor-app
+        image: index.docker.io/catarak/p5.js-web-editor:latest
+        # temp, just to test kubernetes
+        # envFrom:
+        # - configMapRef:
+        #     name: web-editor-env
+        envFrom:
+        - secretRef:
+            name: web-editor-credentials 
+        imagePullPolicy: Always
+        resources:
+          requests:
+            cpu: 100m
+            memory: 100Mi
+        ports:
+        - containerPort: 8000
+
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c270dcc5..c9c206ec 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@
     "build:server": "cross-env NODE_ENV=production webpack --config webpack.config.server.js",
     "build:examples": "cross-env NODE_ENV=production webpack --config webpack.config.examples.js",
     "test": "npm run lint",
-    "fetch-examples": "node ./server/scripts/fetch-examples.js",
-    "fetch-examples-gg": "node ./server/scripts/fetch-examples-gg.js",
-    "fetch-examples:prod": "node ./dist/fetch-examples.bundle.js",
-    "fetch-examples-gg:prod": "node ./dist/fetch-examples.bundle.js",
+    "fetch-examples": "cross-env NODE_ENV=development node ./server/scripts/fetch-examples.js",
+    "fetch-examples-gg": "cross-env NODE_ENV=development node ./server/scripts/fetch-examples-gg.js",
+    "fetch-examples:prod": "cross-env NODE_ENV=production node ./dist/fetch-examples.bundle.js",
+    "fetch-examples-gg:prod": "cross-env NODE_ENV=production node ./dist/fetch-examples.bundle.js",
     "ssl-proxy": "local-ssl-proxy --source 443 --target 80 &"
   },
   "main": "index.js",
diff --git a/server/scripts/examples-gg-latest.js b/server/scripts/examples-gg-latest.js
index 64885a66..251c5315 100644
--- a/server/scripts/examples-gg-latest.js
+++ b/server/scripts/examples-gg-latest.js
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production') {
   const muo = new URL(`mongodb://${MONGO_HOSTNAME}:${MONGO_PORT}/${MONGO_NAME}`);
   muo.username = MONGO_RW_USERNAME;
   muo.password = MONGO_RW_PASSWORD;
-  mongoConnectionString = `${muo.href}?authSource=admin`;
+  mongoConnectionString = `${muo.href}`;
 } else {
   mongoConnectionString = process.env.MONGO_URL;
 }
diff --git a/server/scripts/examples.js b/server/scripts/examples.js
index 3bac39e7..2bdf37ce 100644
--- a/server/scripts/examples.js
+++ b/server/scripts/examples.js
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production') {
   const muo = new URL(`mongodb://${MONGO_HOSTNAME}:${MONGO_PORT}/${MONGO_NAME}`);
   muo.username = MONGO_RW_USERNAME;
   muo.password = MONGO_RW_PASSWORD;
-  mongoConnectionString = `${muo.href}?authSource=admin`;
+  mongoConnectionString = `${muo.href}`;
 } else {
   mongoConnectionString = process.env.MONGO_URL;
 }
diff --git a/server/server.js b/server/server.js
index 12e2ac3b..bae5ff5b 100644
--- a/server/server.js
+++ b/server/server.js
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production') {
   const muo = new URL(`mongodb://${MONGO_HOSTNAME}:${MONGO_PORT}/${MONGO_NAME}`);
   muo.username = MONGO_RW_USERNAME;
   muo.password = MONGO_RW_PASSWORD;
-  mongoConnectionString = `${muo.href}?authSource=admin`;
+  mongoConnectionString = `${muo.href}`;
 } else {
   mongoConnectionString = process.env.MONGO_URL;
 }