diff --git a/src/config/index.js b/src/config/index.js
deleted file mode 100644
index aef1de3..0000000
--- a/src/config/index.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-module.exports = {
-    app : {
-        port: process.env.PORT || 3000,
-    },    
-};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 49c4596..749ce3d 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require('dotenv').config();
-const config = require('./config')
 const express = require('express');
 const app = express();
 const morgan = require('morgan');
@@ -37,6 +35,7 @@ app.use('/comment',commentRoutes);
 app.use('/auth',authRoutes);
 
 // starting the server
+app.set('port', process.env.PORT || 3000);
 app.listen(app.get('port'), () => {
     console.log(`Server on port ${app.get('port')}`);
 });