diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a835e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Firebase Service Account Credentials
+
+TYPE=service_account
+PROJECT_ID=your-project-id
+PRIVATE_KEY_ID=your-private-key-id
+PRIVATE_KEY=-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----\\nYOUR_KEY_LINE_1\\nYOUR_KEY_LINE_2\\n-----END PRIVATE KEY-----\\n
+CLIENT_EMAIL=your-service-account@your-project.iam.gserviceaccount.com
+CLIENT_ID=your-client-id
+AUTH_URI=https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth
+TOKEN_URI=https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token
+AUTH_PROVIDER_CERT_URL=https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v1/certs
+CLIENT_CERT_URL=https://www.googleapis.com/robot/v1/metadata/x509/your-service-account%40your-project.iam.gserviceaccount.com
+
+# Firebase Realtime Database URL
+DATABASE_URL=https://your-project-id-default-rtdb.firebaseio.com/
diff --git a/.github/workflows/preview.yml b/.github/workflows/preview.yml
index bffb9f9..e7ab10f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/preview.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/preview.yml
@@ -1,29 +1,28 @@
 name: Vercel Preview Deployment
 
-env:
-    VERCEL_ORG_ID: ${{ secrets.VERCEL_ORG_ID }}
-    VERCEL_PROJECT_ID: ${{ secrets.VERCEL_PROJECT_ID }}
-
 on:
-    push:
-        branches-ignore:
-            - main
+  push:
+    branches-ignore:
+      - main
 
 jobs:
-    Deploy-Preview:
-        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-        steps:
+  Deploy-Preview:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      VERCEL_ORG_ID: ${{ secrets.VERCEL_ORG_ID }}
+      VERCEL_PROJECT_ID: ${{ secrets.VERCEL_PROJECT_ID }}
 
-            - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
-            - name: Install Vercel CLI
-              run: npm install --global vercel
+      - name: Install Vercel CLI
+        run: npm install --global vercel
 
-            - name: Pull Vercel Environment Information
-              run: vercel pull --yes --environment=preview --token=${{ secrets.VERCEL_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Pull Vercel Environment Information
+        run: vercel pull --yes --environment=preview --token=${{ secrets.VERCEL_TOKEN }}
 
-            - name: Build Project Artifacts
-              run: vercel build --token=${{ secrets.VERCEL_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Build Project Artifacts
+        run: vercel build --token=${{ secrets.VERCEL_TOKEN }}
 
-            - name: Deploy Project Artifacts
-              run: vercel deploy --prebuilt --token=${{ secrets.VERCEL_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Deploy Project Artifacts
+        run: vercel deploy --prebuilt --archive=tgz --token=${{ secrets.VERCEL_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/production.yml b/.github/workflows/production.yml
index f26c149..703f74c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/production.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/production.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 name: Vercel Production Deployment
 
-env:
-  VERCEL_ORG_ID: ${{ secrets.VERCEL_ORG_ID }}
-  VERCEL_PROJECT_ID: ${{ secrets.VERCEL_PROJECT_ID }}
-
 on:
   push:
     branches:
@@ -12,21 +8,14 @@ on:
 jobs:
   Deploy-Production:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
+    env:
+      VERCEL_ORG_ID: ${{ secrets.VERCEL_ORG_ID }}
+      VERCEL_PROJECT_ID: ${{ secrets.VERCEL_PROJECT_ID }}
 
+    steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
-      - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-        with:
-          python-version: '3.13.3'
-
-      - name: Install Python dependencies
-        run: |
-          python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install -r requirements.txt
-
       - name: Install Vercel CLI
         run: npm install --global vercel
 
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 304a0ce..83baf96 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-credentials.json
 .vercel
+.env
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/api/main.py b/api/main.py
index 81e3c76..b60cda1 100644
--- a/api/main.py
+++ b/api/main.py
@@ -5,9 +5,26 @@
 from phonenumbers import PhoneNumberFormat
 import uuid
 from datetime import datetime
-
-cred = credentials.Certificate("credentials.json")
-firebase_admin.initialize_app(cred, {"databaseURL": "https://if-project-3ded1-default-rtdb.firebaseio.com/"})
+import os
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+
+load_dotenv()
+
+cred_info = {
+    "type": os.getenv("TYPE"),
+    "project_id": os.getenv("PROJECT_ID"),
+    "private_key_id": os.getenv("PRIVATE_KEY_ID"),
+    "private_key": os.getenv("PRIVATE_KEY").replace("\\n", "\n"),
+    "client_email": os.getenv("CLIENT_EMAIL"),
+    "client_id": os.getenv("CLIENT_ID"),
+    "auth_uri": os.getenv("AUTH_URI"),
+    "token_uri": os.getenv("TOKEN_URI"),
+    "auth_provider_x509_cert_url": os.getenv("AUTH_PROVIDER_CERT_URL"),
+    "client_x509_cert_url": os.getenv("CLIENT_CERT_URL")
+}
+
+cred = credentials.Certificate(cred_info)
+firebase_admin.initialize_app(cred, {"databaseURL": os.getenv("DATABASE_URL")})
 
 ref = db.reference("/")
 agenda_ref = ref.child('agenda')
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6af070e..4db9a8d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 fastapi[standard]
 firebase_admin
-phonenumbers
\ No newline at end of file
+phonenumbers
+python-dotenv
\ No newline at end of file