diff --git a/.github/workflows/api.yaml b/.github/workflows/api.yaml
index 04d5565..d2858be 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/api.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/api.yaml
@@ -77,3 +77,5 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build application
         working-directory: ./api
         run: yarn test
+        env:
+          MONGO_URL: ${{ secrets.MONGO_URL }}
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6704566..9eb0d33 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -102,3 +102,6 @@ dist
 
 # TernJS port file
 .tern-port
+
+# Env files
+api/config/*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/api/config/dev.env b/api/config/dev.env
deleted file mode 100644
index dba90cf..0000000
--- a/api/config/dev.env
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-MONGO_URL=dev-mongo
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/api/config/production.env b/api/config/production.env
deleted file mode 100644
index bd0d1d5..0000000
--- a/api/config/production.env
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-MONGO_URL=production-mongo
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/api/config/test.env b/api/config/test.env
deleted file mode 100644
index 5b0bcb6..0000000
--- a/api/config/test.env
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-MONGO_URL=test-mongo
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/api/src/api/home.js b/api/src/api/home.js
index 9a1cf16..b641d3a 100644
--- a/api/src/api/home.js
+++ b/api/src/api/home.js
@@ -7,13 +7,11 @@ const Home = require('../models/home');
 router.get(
   '/',
   errorWrap(async (req, res) => {
-    // MongoDB connection
-    // const homeText = await Home.findOne();
-    const homeText = "You've connected the database! Isn't it so beautiful???";
+    const home = await Home.findOne();
     res.status(200).json({
       message: `Successfully returned home text`,
       success: true,
-      result: homeText,
+      result: home.text,
     });
   }),
 );
diff --git a/api/src/app.js b/api/src/app.js
index d9901f6..f68d976 100644
--- a/api/src/app.js
+++ b/api/src/app.js
@@ -13,24 +13,24 @@ const bodyParser = require('body-parser');
 const app = express();
 const { errorHandler } = require('./middleware');
 
-if (process.env.NODE_ENV != 'production') {
+const environment = process.env.NODE_ENV || 'dev';
+if (environment != 'production') {
   dotenv.config({
-    path: path.resolve(__dirname, `../config/${process.env.NODE_ENV}.env`),
+    path: path.resolve(__dirname, `../config/${environment}.env`),
   });
 }
 
 // CONNECTION TO MONGO
+mongoose.connect(process.env.MONGO_URL, {
+  useNewUrlParser: true,
+  useUnifiedTopology: true,
+});
 
-// mongoose.connect(process.env.MONGO_URL, {
-//   useNewUrlParser: true,
-//   useUnifiedTopology: true,
-// });
-
-// mongoose.Promise = global.Promise;
+mongoose.Promise = global.Promise;
 
-// mongoose.connection
-//   .once('open', () => console.log('Connected to MongoLab instance.'))
-//   .on('error', error => console.log('Error connecting to MongoLab:', error));
+mongoose.connection
+  .once('open', () => console.log('Connected to MongoLab instance.'))
+  .on('error', (error) => console.log('Error connecting to MongoLab:', error));
 
 app.use(helmet());
 app.use(cors());
diff --git a/api/test/home.test.js b/api/test/home.test.js
index f7e3d6f..a3f1807 100644
--- a/api/test/home.test.js
+++ b/api/test/home.test.js
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ const app = require('../src/app');
 const mongoose = require('mongoose');
 const request = require('supertest');
 
+afterAll(async () => {
+  await mongoose.connection.close();
+});
+
 describe('GET / ', () => {
   test('API should return working message', async () => {
     const response = await request(app).get('/');