diff --git a/src/__pycache__/config.cpython-311.pyc b/src/__pycache__/config.cpython-311.pyc
index 0c2a580..75cf140 100644
Binary files a/src/__pycache__/config.cpython-311.pyc and b/src/__pycache__/config.cpython-311.pyc differ
diff --git a/src/config.py b/src/config.py
index ae94b7a..74e8b66 100644
--- a/src/config.py
+++ b/src/config.py
@@ -33,18 +33,15 @@ def get_env_tags(tag_list: List[str]) -> dict:
 
 
 def get_config():
-    try:
-        # Try to load from .env file in the project root
-        project_root = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__)))
-        env_path = os.path.join(project_root, ".env")
-        
-        if os.path.exists(env_path):
-            config = Config(env_path)
-        else:
-            # Fallback to default behavior (current working directory)
-            config = Config(".env")
-            
-    except FileNotFoundError:
+    # Try to load from .env file in the project root
+    project_root = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__)))
+    env_path = os.path.join(project_root, ".env")
+    
+    if os.path.exists(env_path):
+        config = Config(env_path)
+    elif os.path.exists(".env"):
+        config = Config(".env")
+    else:
         # If .env doesn't exist, use environment variables
         config = Config(environ=os.environ)
 
diff --git a/src/modules/config.py b/src/modules/config.py
index a183abf..a1ebfa0 100644
--- a/src/modules/config.py
+++ b/src/modules/config.py
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ def get_production_connection():
             dbname="digital_twin",
             user="digital_twin",
             password="Pr0jec7@D!g!tTwiN",
-            host={COLLECTOR_HOSTNAME},
-            port={COLLECTOR_PORT},
+            host=COLLECTOR_HOSTNAME,
+            port=COLLECTOR_PORT,
         )
         return production_connection
     except Exception as e:
@@ -36,15 +36,15 @@ def get_connection():
             dbname="digital_twin",
             user="postgres",
             password="postgres",
-            host={DATABASE_HOSTNAME},
-            port={DATABASE_PORT},
+            host=DATABASE_HOSTNAME,
+            port=DATABASE_PORT,
         )
         connection_wo_db = psycopg2.connect(
             dbname="digital_twin",
             user="postgres",
             password="postgres",
-            host={COLLECTOR_HOSTNAME},
-            port={COLLECTOR_PORT},
+            host=COLLECTOR_HOSTNAME,
+            port=COLLECTOR_PORT,
         )
         return connection, connection_wo_db
     except Exception as e: