diff --git a/requirements.in b/requirements.in
index 8254995..7520d92 100644
--- a/requirements.in
+++ b/requirements.in
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 jsonschema
-python-dotenv
 wslink
 websocket-client
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/opengeodeweb_viewer/config.py b/src/opengeodeweb_viewer/config.py
index 1892b88..7e0d38d 100644
--- a/src/opengeodeweb_viewer/config.py
+++ b/src/opengeodeweb_viewer/config.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 
 def default_config():
-    os.environ["HOST"] = "0.0.0.0"
+    os.environ["DEFAULT_HOST"] = "localhost"
     os.environ["DEFAULT_PORT"] = "1234"
 
 
diff --git a/src/opengeodeweb_viewer/vtkw_server.py b/src/opengeodeweb_viewer/vtkw_server.py
index a4de26e..191b523 100644
--- a/src/opengeodeweb_viewer/vtkw_server.py
+++ b/src/opengeodeweb_viewer/vtkw_server.py
@@ -81,10 +81,6 @@ def initialize(self):
 
 
 def run_server():
-    basedir = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
-    dot_env_path = os.path.join(basedir, "../../.env")
-    if os.path.isfile(dot_env_path):
-        dotenv.load_dotenv(dot_env_path)
     PYTHON_ENV = os.environ.get("PYTHON_ENV", default="prod").strip().lower()
     if PYTHON_ENV == "prod":
         prod_config()
@@ -96,11 +92,14 @@ def run_server():
 
     _Server.add_arguments(parser)
     args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    if "host" in args:
+        args.host = os.environ["DEFAULT_HOST"]
     if not "port" in args or args.port == 8080:
         args.port = os.environ.get("DEFAULT_PORT")
     if "data_folder_path" in args:
         os.environ["DATA_FOLDER_PATH"] = args.data_folder_path
-    args.host = os.environ.get("HOST")
+
     print(f"{args=}", flush=True)
     _Server.configure(args)
     server.start_webserver(options=args, protocol=_Server)