diff --git a/backend/src/TypeOrmConfigService.service.ts b/backend/src/TypeOrmConfigService.service.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 17ab125..0000000
--- a/backend/src/TypeOrmConfigService.service.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-import { TypeOrmModuleOptions, TypeOrmOptionsFactory } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
-import { Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
-import { VaultService } from './vault/vault.service';
-
-const envData = process.env;
-
-@Injectable()
-export class TypeOrmConfigService
-  extends VaultService
-  implements TypeOrmOptionsFactory {
-  constructor() {
-    super();
-  }
-  async createTypeOrmOptions(): Promise<TypeOrmModuleOptions> {
-
-    try {
-      const path = "cubbyhole/blog/database";
-      const vaultData = await this.readSecret(path);
-      const result = vaultData.data;
-      return {
-        type: 'postgres',
-        host: 'postgres',
-        port: 5432,
-        requestTimeout: 300000,
-        username: 'blog',
-        password: result.password,
-        database: 'blog',
-        entities: [__dirname + '/entities/**/*.entity.{ts,js}'],
-        synchronize: false,
-        logging: true,
-        logger: 'simple-console',
-        migrations: [__dirname + '/migration/**/*.{ts,js}'],
-        migrationsRun: true,
-        extra: {
-          trustServerCertificate: true,
-        }
-      };
-
-    } catch (error) {
-      console.error('Error fetching data from Vault:', error);
-    }
-
-  }
-}
diff --git a/backend/src/app.module.ts b/backend/src/app.module.ts
index 6d9a264..41a49d6 100644
--- a/backend/src/app.module.ts
+++ b/backend/src/app.module.ts
@@ -2,18 +2,12 @@ import { Module } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { AppController } from './app.controller';
 import { AppService } from './app.service';
 import { PostsModule } from './posts/posts.module';
-import { TypeOrmModule } from "@nestjs/typeorm";
-import { TypeOrmConfigService } from "./TypeOrmConfigService.service";
-// import { TypeOrmLegacyService } from "./TypeOrmLegacyService.service";
-
-require("dotenv").config();
+import { DatabaseModule } from './database/database.module';
 
 @Module({
   imports: [
-    TypeOrmModule.forRootAsync({
-      useClass: TypeOrmConfigService,
-    }),
-    PostsModule
+    PostsModule,
+    DatabaseModule
   ],
   controllers: [AppController],
   providers: [AppService],
diff --git a/backend/src/database/database.module.ts b/backend/src/database/database.module.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eec3393
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/database/database.module.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import { Module } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { TypeOrmModule } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
+import { ConfigModule, ConfigService } from '@nestjs/config';
+
+@Module({
+  imports: [
+    ConfigModule.forRoot(),
+    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'),
+        entities: [__dirname + '/../**/*.entity{.ts,.js}'],
+        synchronize: true, // Be cautious about using synchronize in production
+      }),
+      inject: [ConfigService],
+    }),
+  ],
+})
+export class DatabaseModule {}
diff --git a/backend/src/vault/vault.service.ts b/backend/src/vault/vault.service.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 5e490db..0000000
--- a/backend/src/vault/vault.service.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-import { Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
-import * as vault from 'node-vault';
-require('dotenv').config();
-@Injectable()
-export class VaultService {
-  private vaultClient: any;
-
-  constructor() {
-    // Initialize the vault client
-    this.vaultClient = vault({
-      apiVersion: 'v2',
-      endpoint: process.env.VAULT_ADDR,
-      token: process.env.VAULT_TOKEN,
-    });
-  }
-
-  async readSecret(secretPath: string): Promise<any> {
-    try {
-      const roleId = process.env.ROLE_ID;
-      const secretId = process.env.SECRET_ID;
-
-      const result = await this.vaultClient.approleLogin({
-        role_id: roleId,
-        secret_id: secretId,
-      });
-      this.vaultClient.token = result.auth.client_token;
-      const secretData = await this.vaultClient.read(secretPath);
-      // secretpath is the path in vault where you have stored your secrets
-      return secretData.data;
-    } catch (error) {
-      console.error('Error reading secret from vault:', error);
-      throw error;
-    }
-  }
-
-}