diff --git a/backend/config/tui-postgres.env b/backend/config/tui-postgres.env
index e609363..9fd8d98 100644
--- a/backend/config/tui-postgres.env
+++ b/backend/config/tui-postgres.env
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Postgres TUI Configuration
 RUST_LOG=info
-DATABASE_URL=postgres://postgres:password@localhost:5432/pylon 
\ No newline at end of file
+DATABASE_URL=postgres://postgres:password@localhost:5432/pylon
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/crates/sharenet-api-memory/src/main.rs b/backend/crates/sharenet-api-memory/src/main.rs
index d59d7cd..42f6998 100644
--- a/backend/crates/sharenet-api-memory/src/main.rs
+++ b/backend/crates/sharenet-api-memory/src/main.rs
@@ -5,13 +5,12 @@ use api::run as run_api;
 use application::Service;
 use domain::{User, Product};
 use memory::{InMemoryProductRepository, InMemoryUserRepository};
-use dotenvy::dotenv;
 use std::env;
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-    // Load environment variables from .env file
-    dotenv().ok();
+    // Load environment variables from config file
+    dotenvy::from_path("config/api-memory.env").ok();
 
     // Get configuration from environment variables
     let server_addr = env::var("SERVER_ADDR").unwrap_or_else(|_| "127.0.0.1:3000".to_string());
diff --git a/backend/crates/sharenet-api-postgres/src/main.rs b/backend/crates/sharenet-api-postgres/src/main.rs
index 3f5b549..ed75ad4 100644
--- a/backend/crates/sharenet-api-postgres/src/main.rs
+++ b/backend/crates/sharenet-api-postgres/src/main.rs
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@ use application::Service;
 use domain::{User, Product};
 use postgres::{PostgresProductRepository, PostgresUserRepository};
 use sqlx::postgres::PgPoolOptions;
-use dotenvy::dotenv;
+use dotenvy;
 use std::env;
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-    // Load environment variables from .env file
-    dotenv().ok();
+    // Load environment variables from config file
+    dotenvy::from_path("config/api-postgres.env").ok();
 
     // Get configuration from environment variables
     let server_addr = env::var("SERVER_ADDR").unwrap_or_else(|_| "127.0.0.1:3000".to_string());
diff --git a/backend/crates/sharenet-tui-postgres/src/main.rs b/backend/crates/sharenet-tui-postgres/src/main.rs
index 023523c..4744820 100644
--- a/backend/crates/sharenet-tui-postgres/src/main.rs
+++ b/backend/crates/sharenet-tui-postgres/src/main.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,38 @@ use tui::run_tui;
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<()> {
-    dotenvy::dotenv().ok();
+    // Debug: Print current working directory
+    println!("Current working directory: {:?}", std::env::current_dir()?);
+    
+    // Try multiple possible paths for the environment file
+    let env_paths = [
+        "config/tui-postgres.env",
+        "../config/tui-postgres.env",
+        "../../config/tui-postgres.env",
+    ];
+    
+    let mut env_loaded = false;
+    for path in &env_paths {
+        println!("Trying to load environment from: {}", path);
+        if dotenvy::from_path(path).is_ok() {
+            println!("Successfully loaded environment from: {}", path);
+            env_loaded = true;
+            break;
+        } else {
+            println!("Failed to load environment from: {}", path);
+        }
+    }
+    
+    if !env_loaded {
+        eprintln!("Warning: Could not load environment file from any of the expected paths");
+    }
+    
+    // Debug: Print DATABASE_URL if it exists
+    match std::env::var("DATABASE_URL") {
+        Ok(url) => println!("DATABASE_URL found: {}", url),
+        Err(e) => println!("DATABASE_URL not found: {}", e),
+    }
+    
     let pool = sqlx::PgPool::connect(&std::env::var("DATABASE_URL")?).await?;
     let user_service = PostgresUserService::new(postgres::PostgresUserRepository::new(pool.clone()));
     let product_service = PostgresProductService::new(postgres::PostgresProductRepository::new(pool));