diff --git a/.github/workflows/cd.yml b/.github/workflows/cd.yml
index 5a3136ea..77eff8e7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cd.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Deploy
+name: CD
 
 on:
   push:
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ on:
 jobs:
   deploy:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -17,16 +16,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Configure AWS credentials
         uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
         with:
-          aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.ACCESS_KEY }}
-          aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
-          aws-region: us-east-1
-
-      - name: Retrieve AWS Secrets
-        uses: aws-actions/aws-secretsmanager-get-secrets@v1
-        with:
-          secret-ids: |
-            staging/next-staging
-          # parse-json-secrets: true
+          aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY }}
+          aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+          aws-region: ${{ secrets.AWS_REGION }}
 
       - name: Login to Amazon ECR
         id: login-ecr
@@ -40,14 +32,16 @@ jobs:
           REPOSITORY: ufabc-next-backend
           IMAGE_TAG: ${{ github.sha }}
         run: |
+          echo ${{ secrets.PRODUCTION_ENV }} > .env.production
           docker build -t $REGISTRY/$REPOSITORY:$IMAGE_TAG .
           docker push $REGISTRY/$REPOSITORY:$IMAGE_TAG
 
-      - name: Deploy to EC2 Instance
+      - name: Deploy and start container
         uses: appleboy/ssh-action@v1.0.0
         with:
-          host: ${{ secrets.EC2_HOST }}
-          username: ${{ secrets.EC2_USERNAME }}
-          key: ${{ secrets.EC2_KEY }}
+          host: ${{ secrets.HOSTNAME }}
+          username: ${{ secrets.USERNAME }}
+          key: ${{ secrets.SECRET_SSH_KEY }}
           script: |
-            cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa
+            docker pull ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCOUNT_ID }}.${{ secrets.ECR_REGISTRY }}/ufabc-next-backend:${{ github.sha }}
+            docker run -d --name ufabc-next-backend -p ${{ secrets.PORT }}:${{ secrets.PORT }} ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCOUNT_ID }}.${{ secrets.ECR_REGISTRY }}/ufabc-next-backend:${{ github.sha }}
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 307a59fc..0ef108d7 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ COPY pnpm*.yaml ./
 
 # mount pnpm store as cache & fetch dependencies
 RUN --mount=type=cache,id=pnpm-store,target=/root/.local/share/pnpm-store \
-  pnpm fetch
+  pnpm fetch --ignore-scripts
 
 FROM fetcher as builder
 # specify the app in apps/ we want to build
@@ -25,16 +25,18 @@ ENV APP_NAME=${APP_NAME}
 WORKDIR /workspace
 COPY . .
 
-RUN pnpm install --frozen-lockfile --offline --silent
+RUN pnpm i --frozen-lockfile --offline --silent
 
 # build app
+
 RUN  --mount=type=cache,target=/workspace/node_modules/.cache \
   pnpm turbo run build --filter="${APP_NAME}"
 
 # deploy app
 FROM builder as deployer
 WORKDIR /workspace
-RUN pnpm --filter ${APP_NAME} deploy --prod ./out
+RUN export NODE_ENV=prod
+RUN pnpm --filter ${APP_NAME} deploy --prod --ignore-scripts ./out
 
 FROM runtime as runner
 WORKDIR /workspace
diff --git a/apps/core/src/config/config.ts b/apps/core/src/config/config.ts
index b5379556..3d49e73c 100644
--- a/apps/core/src/config/config.ts
+++ b/apps/core/src/config/config.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { config as dotEnvConfig } from 'dotenv';
 import { z } from 'zod';
 
+// eslint-disable-next-line
 if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'test') {
   dotEnvConfig({ path: '.env.test' });
 } else {
diff --git a/packages/common/config.ts b/packages/common/config.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index a722518a..00000000
--- a/packages/common/config.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-import { config as dotEnvConfig } from 'dotenv';
-import { z } from 'zod';
-
-if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'test') {
-  dotEnvConfig({ path: '.env.test' });
-} else {
-  dotEnvConfig();
-}
-
-const envSchema = z.object({
-  // Local machine
-  NODE_ENV: z.enum(['dev', 'test', 'prod']).default('dev'),
-});
-
-const _env = envSchema.safeParse(process.env);
-
-if (!_env.success) {
-  console.error('invalid envs', _env.error.format());
-  throw new Error('Invalid environments variables');
-}
-
-export type Config = z.infer<typeof envSchema>;
-export const Config = _env.data;
diff --git a/packages/common/lib/logger.ts b/packages/common/lib/logger.ts
index 844a1728..52fa80e6 100644
--- a/packages/common/lib/logger.ts
+++ b/packages/common/lib/logger.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { pino } from 'pino';
 import { PrettyOptions } from 'pino-pretty';
-import { Config } from '../config';
 
 const pinoPrettyOptions = {
   destination: 1,
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ const loggerSetup = {
   test: false,
 };
 
-function buildLogger(nodeEnv: Config['NODE_ENV']) {
+function buildLogger(nodeEnv: string = 'dev') {
   if (nodeEnv === 'dev') {
     const logger = pino(loggerSetup.dev);
     return logger;
@@ -30,4 +29,4 @@ function buildLogger(nodeEnv: Config['NODE_ENV']) {
   }
 }
 
-export const logger = buildLogger(Config.NODE_ENV);
+export const logger = buildLogger(process.env.NODE_ENV);
diff --git a/packages/common/package.json b/packages/common/package.json
index 6e7e578f..ffc20aa2 100644
--- a/packages/common/package.json
+++ b/packages/common/package.json
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@
     "typescript": "^5.2.2"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "dotenv": "^16.3.1",
-    "pino": "^8.15.3",
-    "zod": "^3.22.2"
+    "pino": "^8.15.3"
   }
 }
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index bb13cdbd..04d2bddb 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -200,15 +200,9 @@ importers:
 
   packages/common:
     dependencies:
-      dotenv:
-        specifier: ^16.3.1
-        version: 16.3.1
       pino:
         specifier: ^8.15.3
         version: 8.15.3
-      zod:
-        specifier: ^3.22.2
-        version: 3.22.2
     devDependencies:
       '@types/node':
         specifier: ^20.8.0