diff --git a/app/config.js b/app/config.js
index c18121b3..18824330 100644
--- a/app/config.js
+++ b/app/config.js
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ const dotenv = require('dotenv');
 const dotenvExpand = require('dotenv-expand');
 const process = require('process');
 
-let env = dotenv.config();
-dotenvExpand.expand(env);
+const env = {};
+let dotEnvConfig = dotenv.config({ processEnv: env });
+dotEnvConfig = dotenvExpand.expand({ parsed: env, processEnv: env });
 
 const getAppHttpHost = () => env.APP_HTTP_HOST||'nm3clol-express-app';
 const getAppHttpPort = () => process.env.PORT||env.APP_HTTP_PORT||3000;