diff --git a/src/application.py b/src/application.py
index f00d8e6..f8d01ec 100644
--- a/src/application.py
+++ b/src/application.py
@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@ from src.config import config
 from src.models import db
 from src.views.errors import error_pages
 from src.views.scoreboard import scoreboard
-from src.resources.utilities import cache, get_env_variable
+from src.resources.utilities import cache
 import flask_bootstrap
 import flask
+import os
 
 
 def create_app(config_name):
@@ -37,11 +38,10 @@ def create_app(config_name):
 
     return app
 
-configuration = get_env_variable("BSFLASK_ENV", fallback="default")
+configuration = os.environ.get("BSFLASK_ENV", "default")
 app = create_app(configuration)
 print("Running with", configuration, "configuration setting.")
 
 
-
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     app.run(app.config["BIND_IP"], app.config["BIND_PORT"])
diff --git a/src/config.py b/src/config.py
index b860e81..9bea94a 100644
--- a/src/config.py
+++ b/src/config.py
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 """
 import os
 from src.models import db
-from src.resources.utilities import get_env_variable
 
 basedir = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
 
@@ -62,10 +61,10 @@ class ProductionConfig(Config):
     BOOTSTRAP_USE_MINIFIED = True
     DEBUG = False
     #  Database Configuration
-    MYSQL_USERNAME = get_env_variable("BSFLASK_MYSQL_USERNAME", fallback=None)
-    MYSQL_PASSWORD = get_env_variable("BSFLASK_MYSQL_PASSWORD", fallback=None)
-    MYSQL_HOSTNAME = get_env_variable("BSFLASK_MYSQL_HOSTNAME", fallback=None)
-    MYSQL_DATABASE = get_env_variable("BSFLASK_MYSQL_DATABASE", fallback=None)
+    MYSQL_USERNAME = os.environ.get("BSFLASK_MYSQL_USERNAME", None)
+    MYSQL_PASSWORD = os.environ.get("BSFLASK_MYSQL_PASSWORD", None)
+    MYSQL_HOSTNAME = os.environ.get("BSFLASK_MYSQL_HOSTNAME", None)
+    MYSQL_DATABASE = os.environ.get("BSFLASK_MYSQL_DATABASE", None)
     SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = 'mysql+pymysql://{username}:{password}@{hostname}/{database}'\
         .format(username=MYSQL_USERNAME, password=MYSQL_PASSWORD,
                 hostname=MYSQL_HOSTNAME, database=MYSQL_DATABASE)