diff --git a/.env b/.env
index e77ce0e..3c23628 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -14,13 +14,8 @@ NEXTAUTH_SECRET=ed8a9681efc414df89dfd03cd188ed58
 DATABASE_PROVIDER=mysql
 # DATABASE_URL=mysql://cart:cart2023@192.168.0.10:3306/cart_dev
 DATABASE_URL=mysql://root:Zelen0ku4e@192.168.0.10:3306/cart_dev
-
 # DATABASE_URL=mysql://cart:cartpw@20.101.62.76:3307/cart
 
-# sqlite
-# DATABASE_PROVIDER=sqlite
-# DATABASE_URL=file:./prisma/local.db
-
 APPLE_ID=
 APPLE_TEAM_ID=
 APPLE_PRIVATE_KEY=
diff --git a/.env.prod_staging b/.env.prod_staging
index 4542e30..65f02bc 100644
--- a/.env.prod_staging
+++ b/.env.prod_staging
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ NEXT_PUBLIC_PORT=
 NEXT_PUBLIC_HOST=staging.mwhitnessing.com
 NEXTAUTH_URL= https://staging.mwhitnessing.com
 
+
 # Linux: `openssl rand -hex 32` or go to https://generate-secret.now.sh/32
 NEXTAUTH_SECRET=1dd8a5457970d1dda50600be28e935ecc4513ff27c49c431849e6746f158d638
 # ? do we need to duplicate this? already defined in the deoployment yml file
diff --git a/.env.production b/.env.production
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65f02bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.production
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+NEXT_PUBLIC_PROTOCOL=https
+NEXT_PUBLIC_PORT=
+NEXT_PUBLIC_HOST=staging.mwhitnessing.com
+NEXTAUTH_URL= https://staging.mwhitnessing.com
+
+
+# Linux: `openssl rand -hex 32` or go to https://generate-secret.now.sh/32
+NEXTAUTH_SECRET=1dd8a5457970d1dda50600be28e935ecc4513ff27c49c431849e6746f158d638
+# ? do we need to duplicate this? already defined in the deoployment yml file
+DATABASE_URL=mysql://jwpwsofia:dwxhns9p9vp248V39xJyRthUsZ2gR9@mariadb-staging:3306/jwpwsofia
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/next.config.js b/next.config.js
index 2506e22..2bc690b 100644
--- a/next.config.js
+++ b/next.config.js
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ module.exports = {
   },
   webpack(config, { isServer }) {
 
-    config.optimization.minimize = false;
-    productionBrowserSourceMaps: true,
+    config.optimization.minimize = true,
+      productionBrowserSourceMaps = true,
 
       config.resolve.fallback = {