diff --git a/backend/src/app.module.ts b/backend/src/app.module.ts
index 41a49d6..8d590c9 100644
--- a/backend/src/app.module.ts
+++ b/backend/src/app.module.ts
@@ -3,11 +3,15 @@ import { AppController } from './app.controller';
 import { AppService } from './app.service';
 import { PostsModule } from './posts/posts.module';
 import { DatabaseModule } from './database/database.module';
+import configuration from './config/configuration';
 
 @Module({
   imports: [
+    ConfigModule.forRoot({
+      load: [configuration],
+    }),
+    DatabaseModule,
     PostsModule,
-    DatabaseModule
   ],
   controllers: [AppController],
   providers: [AppService],
diff --git a/backend/src/config/configuration.ts b/backend/src/config/configuration.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c2e6e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/config/configuration.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+export default () => ({
+  port: parseInt(process.env.BLOG_PORT, 10) || 3000,
+  database: {
+    host: process.env.POSTGRES_HOST,
+    port: parseInt(process.env.POSTGRES_PORT, 10) || 5432,
+    name: process.env.BLOG_DB_NAME,
+    user: process.env.BLOG_DB_USER,
+    password: process.env.BLOG_DB_PASSWORD,
+  },
+});
diff --git a/backend/src/database/database.module.ts b/backend/src/database/database.module.ts
index eec3393..aa0e51c 100644
--- a/backend/src/database/database.module.ts
+++ b/backend/src/database/database.module.ts
@@ -1,19 +1,22 @@
 import { Module } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { TypeOrmModule } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
 import { ConfigModule, ConfigService } from '@nestjs/config';
+import configuration from './config/configuration';
 
 @Module({
   imports: [
-    ConfigModule.forRoot(),
+    ConfigModule.forRoot({
+      load: [configuration]
+    }),
     TypeOrmModule.forRootAsync({
       imports: [ConfigModule],
       useFactory: (configService: ConfigService) => ({
         type: 'postgres',
-        host: configService.get('POSTGRES_HOST'),
-        port: configService.get('POSTGRES_PORT'),
-        username: configService.get('BLOG_DB_USER'),
-        password: configService.get('BLOG_DB_PASSWORD'),
-        database: configService.get('BLOG_DB_NAME'),
+        host: configService.get('database.host'),
+        port: configService.get('database.port'),
+        username: configService.get('database.user'),
+        password: configService.get('database.password'),
+        database: configService.get('database.name'),
         entities: [__dirname + '/../**/*.entity{.ts,.js}'],
         synchronize: true, // Be cautious about using synchronize in production
       }),
diff --git a/backend/src/main.ts b/backend/src/main.ts
index 4d34b3b..be7d74e 100644
--- a/backend/src/main.ts
+++ b/backend/src/main.ts
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ async function bootstrap() {
   app.enableCors();
   await app.listen(process.env.PORT ?? 3000);
 }
-bootstrap();
+
+await bootstrap();
diff --git a/backend/src/posts/post.entity.ts b/backend/src/posts/post.entity.ts
index bf9ba25..4fcf073 100644
--- a/backend/src/posts/post.entity.ts
+++ b/backend/src/posts/post.entity.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-export class Post {
-  id: number;
-  title: string;
-  uri: string;
-  body: string;
-  created: Date;
-}
+export class Post {
+  id: number;
+  title: string;
+  uri: string;
+  body: string;
+  created: Date;
+}
diff --git a/backend/src/posts/posts.module.ts b/backend/src/posts/posts.module.ts
index 25cf794..aba4b75 100644
--- a/backend/src/posts/posts.module.ts
+++ b/backend/src/posts/posts.module.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ import { PostsService } from './posts.service';
 
 @Module({
   controllers: [PostsController],
-  providers: [PostsService]
+  providers: [PostsService],
 })
 export class PostsModule {}