diff --git a/backend/ormconfig.js b/backend/ormconfig.js
index c62e60c1..f49cfb58 100644
--- a/backend/ormconfig.js
+++ b/backend/ormconfig.js
@@ -1,38 +1,23 @@
 const fs = require("fs");
 const path = require("path");
 const pkgUp = require("pkg-up");
-
-const closestPackageJson = pkgUp.sync();
-if (!closestPackageJson) {
-  throw new Error("Could not find project root from ormconfig.js");
-}
-const backendRoot = path.dirname(closestPackageJson);
-
-try {
-  fs.accessSync(path.resolve(backendRoot, "bot.env"));
-  require("dotenv").config({ path: path.resolve(backendRoot, "bot.env") });
-} catch {
-  try {
-    fs.accessSync(path.resolve(backendRoot, "api.env"));
-    require("dotenv").config({ path: path.resolve(backendRoot, "api.env") });
-  } catch {
-    throw new Error("bot.env or api.env required");
-  }
-}
+const { backendDir } = require("./dist/backend/src/paths");
+const { env } = require("./dist/backend/src/env");
 
 const moment = require("moment-timezone");
 moment.tz.setDefault("UTC");
 
-const entities = path.relative(process.cwd(), path.resolve(backendRoot, "dist/backend/src/data/entities/*.js"));
-const migrations = path.relative(process.cwd(), path.resolve(backendRoot, "dist/backend/src/migrations/*.js"));
-const migrationsDir = path.relative(process.cwd(), path.resolve(backendRoot, "src/migrations"));
+const entities = path.relative(process.cwd(), path.resolve(backendDir, "dist/backend/src/data/entities/*.js"));
+const migrations = path.relative(process.cwd(), path.resolve(backendDir, "dist/backend/src/migrations/*.js"));
+const migrationsDir = path.relative(process.cwd(), path.resolve(backendDir, "src/migrations"));
 
 module.exports = {
   type: "mysql",
-  host: process.env.DB_HOST,
-  username: process.env.DB_USER,
-  password: process.env.DB_PASSWORD,
-  database: process.env.DB_DATABASE,
+  host: env.DB_HOST,
+  port: env.DB_PORT,
+  username: env.DB_USER,
+  password: env.DB_PASSWORD,
+  database: env.DB_DATABASE,
   charset: "utf8mb4",
   supportBigNumbers: true,
   bigNumberStrings: true,
diff --git a/backend/src/data/db.ts b/backend/src/data/db.ts
index b38bbc72..fd42f361 100644
--- a/backend/src/data/db.ts
+++ b/backend/src/data/db.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 import { Connection, createConnection } from "typeorm";
 import { SimpleError } from "../SimpleError";
-import connectionOptions from "../../ormconfig";
 import { QueryLogger } from "./queryLogger";
+import path from "path";
+import { backendDir } from "../paths";
+
+const ormconfigPath = path.join(backendDir, "ormconfig.js");
+const connectionOptions = require(ormconfigPath);
 
 let connectionPromise: Promise<Connection>;
 
diff --git a/backend/src/env.ts b/backend/src/env.ts
index 13cbbdb7..b0eb3d9e 100644
--- a/backend/src/env.ts
+++ b/backend/src/env.ts
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ import { z } from "zod";
 const envType = z.object({
   KEY: z.string().length(32),
 
-  CLIENT_ID: z.string(),
-  CLIENT_SECRET: z.string(),
-  BOT_TOKEN: z.string(),
+  CLIENT_ID: z.string().min(16),
+  CLIENT_SECRET: z.string().length(32),
+  BOT_TOKEN: z.string().min(50),
 
   OAUTH_CALLBACK_URL: z.string().url(),
   DASHBOARD_DOMAIN: z.string(),
diff --git a/backend/tsconfig.json b/backend/tsconfig.json
index 011e0217..cde827e4 100644
--- a/backend/tsconfig.json
+++ b/backend/tsconfig.json
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@
     "useUnknownInCatchVariables": false,
     "allowJs": true
   },
-  "include": ["src/**/*.ts", "ormconfig.js"]
+  "include": ["src/**/*.ts"]
 }