diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8d23109..85ce9fe 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-Create an directory where you create an empty __init__.py file.
+Set the following as Environement variables:
 
-In the same directory create a config.py file and configure the following:
-
-openai_api_key = 'YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY'
-discord_bot_token = 'YOUR_DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN'
-assistant_id = 'YOUR_OPENAI_ASSISTANT_ID'
+OPENAI_API_KEY
+DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN
+ASSISTANT_ID
 
+Default settings:
 message_chunk_size = 2000
 thread_inactivity_timeout_hours = 1
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diff --git a/leogpt.py b/main.py
similarity index 95%
rename from leogpt.py
rename to main.py
index 738ce02..4d435eb 100644
--- a/leogpt.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -4,16 +4,16 @@ from openai import AsyncOpenAI
 import logging
 import asyncio
 import time
-from config import config
 from collections import defaultdict
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+import os
 
 # Configuration and Constants
-OPENAI_API_KEY = config.openai_api_key 
-DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN = config.discord_bot_token  
-ASSISTANT_ID = config.assistant_id
-MESSAGE_CHUNK_SIZE = config.message_chunk_size
-THREAD_INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT_HOURS = config.thread_inactivity_timeout_hours
+OPENAI_API_KEY = os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY")
+DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN = os.getenv("DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN")  
+ASSISTANT_ID = os.getenv("ASSISTANT_ID")
+MESSAGE_CHUNK_SIZE = 2000
+THREAD_INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT_HOURS = 1
 
 # Setting up logging
 logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO, format='%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s')