diff --git a/.DS_Store b/.DS_Store
index 1835837..19adfae 100644
Binary files a/.DS_Store and b/.DS_Store differ
diff --git a/hold-package.json b/hold-package.json
deleted file mode 100644
index ad411a9..0000000
--- a/hold-package.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "url-shortener",
-  "version": "1.6.3",
-  "description": "",
-  "main": "index.js",
-  "scripts": {
-    "test": "mocha",
-    "start": "node server.js"
-  },
-  "engines": {
-    "node": "6.7.0",
-    "npm": "3.10.3"
-  },
-  "repository": {
-    "type": "git",
-    "url": "git+https://github.com/Maumasi/maumasi-url-shortener.git"
-  },
-  "author": "'Liu Maumasi'",
-  "license": "ISC",
-  "bugs": {
-    "url": "https://github.com/Maumasi/maumasi-url-shortener/issues"
-  },
-  "homepage": "https://github.com/Maumasi/maumasi-url-shortener#readme",
-  "dependencies": {
-    "body-parser": "^1.15.2",
-    "cli-color": "^1.1.0",
-    "dotenv": "^2.0.0",
-    "express": "^4.14.0",
-    "express-session": "^1.14.1",
-    "mysql": "^2.11.1",
-    "request": "^2.75.0",
-    "sequelize": "^3.24.3",
-    "log-me": "^1.0.12"
-  },
-  "devDependencies": {
-    "chai": "^3.5.0",
-    "eslint": "^2.11.1",
-    "eslint-config-airbnb": "^9.0.1",
-    "eslint-plugin-import": "^1.8.1",
-    "eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y": "1.3.0",
-    "eslint-plugin-react": "^5.1.1",
-    "gulp": "^3.9.1",
-    "gulp-git": "^1.11.3",
-    "gulp-git-streamed": "^1.8.0",
-    "gulp-gitignore": "^0.1.0",
-    "gulp-replace": "^0.5.4",
-    "log-me": "^1.0.12",
-    "mocha": "^3.1.0",
-    "nock": "^8.0.0",
-    "supertest": "^2.0.0",
-    "yargs": "^6.2.0"
-  }
-}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cc780e7..e7a8ff5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "url-shortener",
-  "version": "1.6.5",
+  "version": "1.6.3",
   "description": "",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index d0abfe3..ae52161 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ const express = require('express');
 const sessions = require('express-session');
 const routes = require('./src/routes/');
 const log = require('log-me').print;
-require('dotenv').config();
+// require('dotenv').config();
 
 const app = express();
 const PORT = process.env.PORT || 3000;
diff --git a/src/models/db.js b/src/models/db.js
index c9ca9e7..89c16f7 100644
--- a/src/models/db.js
+++ b/src/models/db.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 const Sequelize = require('sequelize');
-require('dotenv').config();
+// require('dotenv').config();
 
 // connect to the db
 const sequelize = new Sequelize(process.env.DB_NAME, process.env.DB_USER, process.env.DB_PW, {