diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index a40d5e901..7546e040d 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - "./:/service"
     environment:
-      - PYTHONPATH="/service"
-      - REDIS_URL=redis://redis
       - DATABASE_URL=postgresql://postgres@postgres:5432/postgres
       - MASTER_KEY=${MASTER_KEY:-KTVciAUQFpFh2WdJ/oiHJlxl6FvzRZp8kYzAAv3l2OA=}
       - DOMAIN=localhost
diff --git a/env b/env
index 32955fe56..d2e6205ff 100644
--- a/env
+++ b/env
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-export PYTHONPATH="/service"
-export REDIS_URL="redis://redis"
 export DATABASE_URL="postgresql://postgres@postgres:5432/postgres"
 export MASTER_KEY="-KTVciAUQFpFh2WdJ/oiHJlxl6FvzRZp8kYzAAv3l2OA="
 export DOMAIN="localhost"
diff --git a/files/__main__.py b/files/__main__.py
index ba60b4f3f..b4cd5a8bc 100644
--- a/files/__main__.py
+++ b/files/__main__.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ from flaskext.markdown import Markdown
 from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base
 from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker, scoped_session
 from sqlalchemy import *
-from sqlalchemy.pool import QueuePool
 import gevent
 from werkzeug.middleware.proxy_fix import ProxyFix
 import redis
@@ -76,16 +75,10 @@ limiter = Limiter(
 	strategy="fixed-window"
 )
 
-_engine=create_engine(
-	app.config['DATABASE_URL'],
-	poolclass=QueuePool,
-	pool_size=97,
-	pool_use_lifo=True
-)
-
-
 Base = declarative_base()
 
+engine = create_engine(app.config['DATABASE_URL'])
+
 db_session = scoped_session(sessionmaker(engine))