diff --git a/django_app/settings_dev.py b/django_app/settings_dev.py
index 460e89f7..ff583b6d 100644
--- a/django_app/settings_dev.py
+++ b/django_app/settings_dev.py
@@ -1,42 +1,42 @@
 # settings for dev.py
    
 import environ
+import os
 
 # If using in your own project, update the project namespace below
 from django_app.settings import *
 
 env = environ.Env(
     # set casting, default value
     DEBUG=(bool, False)
 )
 
-# reading .env file
-environ.Env.read_env()
+
 # False if not in os.environ
 DEBUG = env('DEBUG')
 
 # Raises django's ImproperlyConfigured exception if SECRET_KEY not in os.environ
 SECRET_KEY = env('SECRET_KEY')
 
 # wildcard to change for production
 ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['*']
 
 
     
 # }
 DATABASES = {
     # read os.environ['DATABASE_URL'] and raises ImproperlyConfigured exception if not found
     'default': {
         'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
-        'DBNAME': env('DBNAME'),
-        'DBUSER': env('DBUSER'),
-        'DBPASSWORD': env('DBPASSWORD'),
-        'DBHOST': env('DBHOST'),
+        'DBNAME': os.getenv('DBNAME'),
+        'DBUSER': os.getenv('DBUSER'),
+        'DBPASSWORD': os.getenv('DBPASSWORD'),
+        'DBHOST': os.getenv('DBHOST'),
         'PORT': '5432',
 
     }
                
 }
 # Env.db_url_config('sqlite:////full/path/to/your/file.sqlite')
 # {'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3', 'HOST': '', 'NAME': '/full/path/to/
 # ˓→your/file.sqlite', 'PASSWORD': '', 'PORT': '', 'USER': ''}
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