diff --git a/.env-example b/.env-example
index 33aa8d9..70002ad 100644
--- a/.env-example
+++ b/.env-example
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 PORT=3001
 ENVIRONMENT=
 MONGODB_DATABASE_URI=
-ADMIN_TOKEN=
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+ADMIN_TOKEN=
+COMPANY=
+SMTP_HOST=
+SMTP_USER=
+SMTP_PASS=
+SMTP_MAIL=
+SMTP_PORT=
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4ed1639..b6d4945 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -59,11 +59,7 @@ This guide considers you have Node 16 or 18 installed and you are doing all thin
 ```bash
   nano .env
 ```
-##### Step 10 - Create a settings.json file and fill the required details from example settings.json in the repository
-```bash
-  nano settings.json
-```
-##### Step 11 - Run the API
+##### Step 10 - Run the API
 ```bash
   node index.js
 ```
@@ -142,3 +138,5 @@ This guide considers you have Node 16 or 18 installed and you are doing all thin
 | Parameter | Type     | Description                       |
 | :-------- | :------- | :-------------------------------- |
 | `discordId`      | `string` | **Required**. Discord ID to assign VPS to. |
+
+### These API routes can change without being updated on every updated, check code for better infomation
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diff --git a/settings.json.example b/settings.json.example
deleted file mode 100644
index 0e4e5a6..0000000
--- a/settings.json.example
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "companyName": "Company Name goes here..",
-  "smtp": {
-    "host": "SMTP Host goes here",
-    "port": "SMTP Port goes here",
-    "user": "SMTP User goes here",
-    "pass": "SMTP Password goes here",
-    "mail": "SMTP Mail goes here"
-  }
-}
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diff --git a/src/routes/users/verify/index.ts b/src/routes/users/verify/index.ts
index 2531d2a..5820d1e 100644
--- a/src/routes/users/verify/index.ts
+++ b/src/routes/users/verify/index.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { config } from 'dotenv'
 import { Request, Response, Router } from "express";
 import nodemailer from 'nodemailer';
 import { DiscordAPI } from "../../../database/schemas";
-import { settingsParser } from '../../../services/settingsParser';
 config();
 
 const router = Router();
@@ -27,19 +26,18 @@ router.post('/mail', async(req: Request, res: Response) => {
       { verificationToken, verificationTokenExpiresAt: expiresAt }
     );
     
-    const settings = settingsParser();
     const transporter = nodemailer.createTransport({
-      host: String(settings.smtp.host),
-      port: Number(settings.smtp.port),
+      host: String(process.env.SMTP_HOST),
+      port: Number(process.env.SMTP_PORT),
       secure: false, // upgrade later with STARTTLS
       auth: {
-        user: String(settings.smtp.user),
-        pass: String(settings.smtp.pass),
+        user: String(process.env.SMTP_USER),
+        pass: String(process.env.SMTP_PASS),
       },
     });
 
     const mailOptions = {
-      from: `${settings.companyName} <${settings.smtp.mail}>`,
+      from: `${process.env.COMPANY} <${process.env.SMTP_MAIL}>`,
       to: email,
       subject: 'Email Verification',
       text: `Your code for verification is: 
@@ -78,7 +76,7 @@ router.post('/mail', async(req: Request, res: Response) => {
                       <p style="padding-bottom: 16px;" align="center">Please use the verification code below to sign in.</p>
                       <p style="padding-bottom: 16px; font-size: 30px; " align="center"><strong style="font-size: 130%">${verificationToken}</strong></p>
                       <p style="padding-bottom: 16px;" align="center">If you didn’t request this, you can ignore this email.</p>
-                      <p style="padding-bottom: 16px" align="center">Thanks,<br> ${settings.companyName}</p>
+                      <p style="padding-bottom: 16px" align="center">Thanks,<br> ${process.env.COMPANY}</p>
                     </div>
                   </div>
                   <div style="padding-top: 20px; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); text-align: center; --darkreader-inline-color: #a8a095;"
diff --git a/src/services/settingsParser.ts b/src/services/settingsParser.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index a684792..0000000
--- a/src/services/settingsParser.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-import * as fs from 'fs';
-import { Settings } from '../utils/types';
-
-export function settingsParser() {
-const rawSettingsData = fs.readFileSync('../../settings.json', 'utf8');
-const settingsData: { settings: Settings } = JSON.parse(rawSettingsData);
-
-return settingsData.settings;
-}
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diff --git a/src/utils/types.ts b/src/utils/types.ts
index da93bc7..185766b 100644
--- a/src/utils/types.ts
+++ b/src/utils/types.ts
@@ -7,16 +7,4 @@ export type PartialInfo = {
             id: String,
         }
     ],
-}
-
-export interface Settings {
-    companyName: String,
-
-    smtp: {
-        host: String,
-        port: Number,
-        user: String,
-        pass: String,
-        mail: String
-    }
-}
+}
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diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index 6085e94..23aa839 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.2.1
+1.2.2