diff --git a/myproject/.env b/myproject/.env
index aedd4d02e8d90720efd410563a93e95c480d47de..ef6b41180fb05251bb604bd805a5edcf6e910373 100644
--- a/myproject/.env
+++ b/myproject/.env
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ DEBUG=True
 
 
 #postgres
-POSTGRES_DB=placeholder
+POSTGRES_DB=mlaas
 POSTGRES_NAME=mlaas
 POSTGRES_USER=user
 POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password
diff --git a/myproject/.env.dev b/myproject/.env.dev
deleted file mode 100644
index ace728fc1219ddfcc417fc4dc8a15279392e80c7..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/myproject/.env.dev
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-POSTGRES_NAME=mlaas
-POSTGRES_USER=user
-POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password
-POSTGRES_HOST=db
-POSTGRES_PORT=5432
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/myproject/docker-compose.yml b/myproject/docker-compose.yml
index 254a076f453b7b29770f89dd7b91e05c380ff9cc..f82138cfe757089ac3a8d728293a190be38da041 100644
--- a/myproject/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/myproject/docker-compose.yml
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ services:
       - postgres_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
     restart: unless-stopped
     environment:
-      POSTGRES_USER: user
-      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: root_password
-      POSTGRES_DB: mlaas
+      POSTGRES_USER: ${POSTGRES_USER}
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}
+      POSTGRES_DB: ${POSTGRES_NAME}
     ports:
       - "5432:5432"
   web:
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ services:
       POSTGRES_USER: ${POSTGRES_USER}
       POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}
       POSTGRES_PORT: ${POSTGRES_PORT}
-      POSTGRES_DB: ${POSTGRES_DB}
     ports:
       - "8000:8000"
 #legacy env file