diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index eaeef99..a67d5dd 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 STREAM_URL=http://example.com/stream
-CHECK_INTERVAL=60
-RECORD_DIRECTORY=/records
-CONNECT_TIMEOUT=10
-FIRST_BYTE_TIMEOUT=30
-WEB_SERVER_PORT=8080
+CHECK_INTERVAL=1m
+RECORDINGS_PATH=/records
+TEMP_PATH=./temp
+SERVER_ADDRESS=:8080
+RSS_FEED_URL=http://localhost:8080/rss
+LOG_LEVEL=info
diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
deleted file mode 100644
index 7717528..0000000
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[MESSAGES CONTROL]
-disable=line-too-long
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 1e16b91..9d2117f 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -29,18 +29,17 @@ COPY --from=builder /icecast-ripper /app/icecast-ripper
 # These should ideally be mounted as volumes in production
 RUN mkdir -p /app/recordings /app/temp
 
-# Expose the server port (if different from default, adjust accordingly)
+# Expose the server port
 EXPOSE 8080
 
 # Set default environment variables (can be overridden)
-ENV DATABASE_PATH=/app/icecast-ripper.db
 ENV RECORDINGS_PATH=/app/recordings
 ENV TEMP_PATH=/app/temp
 ENV SERVER_ADDRESS=:8080
 ENV LOG_LEVEL=info
+ENV CHECK_INTERVAL=1m
+ENV RSS_FEED_URL=http://localhost:8080/rss
 # ENV STREAM_URL= # Required: Must be set at runtime
-# ENV CHECK_INTERVAL=1m # Optional: Defaults to 1m
-# ENV RSS_FEED_URL= # Optional: Defaults to http://<container_ip>:8080/rss
 
 # Command to run the application
 ENTRYPOINT ["/app/icecast-ripper"]
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 3346b33..a2a25ad 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -7,10 +7,13 @@ services:
       - "8080:8080"
     environment:
       - STREAM_URL=http://example.com/stream
-      - CHECK_INTERVAL=60
-      - OUTPUT_DIRECTORY=/records
-      - CONNECT_TIMEOUT=10
-      - FIRST_BYTE_TIMEOUT=30
-      - WEB_SERVER_PORT=8080
+      - CHECK_INTERVAL=1m
+      - RECORDINGS_PATH=/records
+      - TEMP_PATH=/app/temp
+      - SERVER_ADDRESS=:8080
+      - RSS_FEED_URL=http://localhost:8080/rss
+      - LOG_LEVEL=info
     volumes:
       - ./records:/records
+      - ./temp:/app/temp
+      - ./data:/app/data
diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
index eba2fc4..2c8f8a7 100644
--- a/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ type Config struct {
 	CheckInterval  time.Duration `mapstructure:"CHECK_INTERVAL"`
 	RecordingsPath string        `mapstructure:"RECORDINGS_PATH"`
 	TempPath       string        `mapstructure:"TEMP_PATH"`
-	DatabasePath   string        `mapstructure:"DATABASE_PATH"`
 	ServerAddress  string        `mapstructure:"SERVER_ADDRESS"`
 	RSSFeedURL     string        `mapstructure:"RSS_FEED_URL"`
 	LogLevel       string        `mapstructure:"LOG_LEVEL"`
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@ func LoadConfig() (*Config, error) {
 		"CHECK_INTERVAL":  "1m",
 		"RECORDINGS_PATH": "./recordings",
 		"TEMP_PATH":       "./temp",
-		"DATABASE_PATH":   "./icecast-ripper.db",
 		"SERVER_ADDRESS":  ":8080",
 		"RSS_FEED_URL":    "http://localhost:8080/rss",
 		"LOG_LEVEL":       "info",