diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 82c31e64..b47c384f 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -13,11 +13,12 @@ RUN npm rebuild node-sass
 COPY .babelrc index.js nodemon.json webpack.config.babel.js webpack.config.dev.js webpack.config.prod.js webpack.config.server.js ./
 COPY client ./client
 COPY server ./server
+COPY scripts ./scripts
 CMD ["npm", "start"]
 
 FROM development as build
 ENV NODE_ENV production
-COPY .env ./
+# COPY .env ./
 RUN npm run build
 
 FROM base as production
@@ -26,6 +27,8 @@ COPY package.json package-lock.json ./
 RUN npm install --production
 RUN npm rebuild node-sass
 RUN npm install pm2 -g
-COPY index.js ecosystem.json .env ./
+COPY index.js ecosystem.json .babelrc ./
+COPY scripts ./scripts
+# COPY .env ./
 COPY --from=build /usr/src/app/dist ./dist
 CMD ["pm2-runtime", "ecosystem.json"]
diff --git a/docker-compose-development.yml b/docker-compose-development.yml
index c0fbfdb6..e07f2ebf 100644
--- a/docker-compose-development.yml
+++ b/docker-compose-development.yml
@@ -10,17 +10,7 @@ services:
       dockerfile: Dockerfile
       target: development
     environment:
-      - API_URL=/api
       - MONGO_URL=mongodb://mongo:27017/p5js-web-editor
-      - PORT=8000
-      - SESSION_SECRET=override_in_dotenv
-      - AWS_ACCESS_KEY=override_in_dotenv
-      - AWS_SECRET_KEY=override_in_dotenv
-      - AWS_REGION=override_in_dotenv
-      - S3_BUCKET=override_in_dotenv
-      - GITHUB_ID=override_in_dotenv
-      - GITHUB_SECRET=override_in_dotenv
-      - MAILGUN_KEY=override_in_dotenv
     volumes:
       - .:/usr/src/app
       - /usr/src/app/node_modules
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 306c0694..f7c2a490 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -13,18 +13,10 @@ services:
       context: .
       dockerfile: Dockerfile
       target: production
+    env_file:
+      - .env
     environment:
-      - API_URL=/api
       - MONGO_URL=mongodb://mongo:27017/p5js-web-editor
-      - PORT=8000
-      - SESSION_SECRET=override_in_dotenv
-      - AWS_ACCESS_KEY=override_in_dotenv
-      - AWS_SECRET_KEY=override_in_dotenv
-      - AWS_REGION=override_in_dotenv
-      - S3_BUCKET=override_in_dotenv
-      - GITHUB_ID=override_in_dotenv
-      - GITHUB_SECRET=override_in_dotenv
-      - MAILGUN_KEY=override_in_dotenv
     volumes:
       - .:/opt/node/app
       - /opt/node/app/node_modules
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 289a8997..b65d1733 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,10 +1,4 @@
-// let parsed = require('dotenv').config();
 if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production') {
-  try {
-    require('dotenv').config();
-  } catch(error) {
-    console.log('.env file does not exist. Assuming environment variables are pre-loaded.');
-  }
   process.env.webpackAssets = JSON.stringify(require('./dist/static/manifest.json'));
   process.env.webpackChunkAssets = JSON.stringify(require('./dist/static/chunk-manifest.json'));
   require('./dist/server.bundle.js');
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a0b8bc59..e76f9646 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
     "build:client": "cross-env NODE_ENV=production webpack --config webpack.config.prod.js --progress",
     "build:server": "cross-env NODE_ENV=production webpack --config webpack.config.server.js --progress",
     "test": "npm run lint",
-    "fetch-examples": "node server/scripts/fetch-examples.js",
-    "fetch-examples-gg": "node server/scripts/fetch-examples-gg.js"
+    "fetch-examples": "node scripts/fetch-examples.js",
+    "fetch-examples-gg": "node scripts/fetch-examples-gg.js"
   },
   "main": "index.js",
   "author": "Cassie Tarakajian",
diff --git a/backup.sh b/scripts/backup.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from backup.sh
rename to scripts/backup.sh
diff --git a/server/scripts/examples-gg-latest.js b/scripts/examples-gg-latest.js
similarity index 100%
rename from server/scripts/examples-gg-latest.js
rename to scripts/examples-gg-latest.js
diff --git a/server/scripts/examples.js b/scripts/examples.js
similarity index 100%
rename from server/scripts/examples.js
rename to scripts/examples.js
diff --git a/server/scripts/fetch-examples-gg.js b/scripts/fetch-examples-gg.js
similarity index 53%
rename from server/scripts/fetch-examples-gg.js
rename to scripts/fetch-examples-gg.js
index 73fcc26b..647618d9 100644
--- a/server/scripts/fetch-examples-gg.js
+++ b/scripts/fetch-examples-gg.js
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 require('babel-register');
 require('babel-polyfill');
-require('dotenv').config();
+if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== "production") {
+  require('dotenv').config();
+}
 require('./examples-gg-latest.js');
diff --git a/server/scripts/fetch-examples.js b/scripts/fetch-examples.js
similarity index 50%
rename from server/scripts/fetch-examples.js
rename to scripts/fetch-examples.js
index c46eeb54..d4037179 100644
--- a/server/scripts/fetch-examples.js
+++ b/scripts/fetch-examples.js
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 require('babel-register');
 require('babel-polyfill');
-require('dotenv').config();
+if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== "production") {
+  require('dotenv').config();
+}
 require('./examples.js');
diff --git a/webpack.config.prod.js b/webpack.config.prod.js
index 64bae5ff..7170b9c0 100644
--- a/webpack.config.prod.js
+++ b/webpack.config.prod.js
@@ -6,10 +6,8 @@ const cssnext = require('postcss-cssnext');
 const postcssFocus = require('postcss-focus');
 const postcssReporter = require('postcss-reporter');
 const cssnano = require('cssnano');
-try {
+if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== "production") {
   require('dotenv').config();
-} catch (error) {
-  console.log('.env file does not exist. Assuming environment variables are pre-loaded.');
 }
 
 module.exports = {