diff --git a/Connections/cmctrfdb.php b/Connections/cmctrfdb.php
index e04b012..31dc955 100644
--- a/Connections/cmctrfdb.php
+++ b/Connections/cmctrfdb.php
@@ -5,15 +5,13 @@
 
 require_once __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
 
-if (!isset($_ENV['DB_HOST'])) {
-    $dotenv = Dotenv\Dotenv::createImmutable(__DIR__ . '/../');
-    $dotenv->safeLoad();
-}
+$dotenv = Dotenv\Dotenv::createImmutable(__DIR__ . '/../');
+$dotenv->safeLoad();
 
-$hostname_cmctrfdb = $_ENV['DB_HOST'] ?? 'localhost';
-$database_cmctrfdb = $_ENV['DB_DATABASE'] ?? '';
-$username_cmctrfdb = $_ENV['DB_USERNAME'] ?? '';
-$password_cmctrfdb = $_ENV['DB_PASSWORD'] ?? '';
+$hostname_cmctrfdb = $_ENV['DB_HOST'] ?? $_SERVER['DB_HOST'] ?? getenv('DB_HOST') ?: 'localhost';
+$database_cmctrfdb = $_ENV['DB_DATABASE'] ?? $_SERVER['DB_DATABASE'] ?? getenv('DB_DATABASE') ?: '';
+$username_cmctrfdb = $_ENV['DB_USERNAME'] ?? $_SERVER['DB_USERNAME'] ?? getenv('DB_USERNAME') ?: '';
+$password_cmctrfdb = $_ENV['DB_PASSWORD'] ?? $_SERVER['DB_PASSWORD'] ?? getenv('DB_PASSWORD') ?: '';
 
 $servername = $hostname_cmctrfdb;
 $username = $username_cmctrfdb;