diff --git a/llm-server/.env.example b/llm-server/.env.example
index a33e3a927..41c9a9aa1 100644
--- a/llm-server/.env.example
+++ b/llm-server/.env.example
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ OPENAI_API_TYPE=openai
 OPENAI_API_KEY=
 PINECONE_API_KEY=
 PINECONE_ENV=
-MONGODB_URL=mongodb://mongodb:27017/opencopilot
+# MONGODB_URL=mongodb://dbuser:dbpass@mongodb:27017/opencopilot?authSource=admin&retryWrites=true&w=majority
+MONGODB_URL=mongodb://dbuser:dbpass@localhost:27017/opencopilot?authSource=admin&retryWrites=true&w=majority
 
 QDRANT_URL=http://qdrant:6333
 STORE=QDRANT
diff --git a/llm-server/app.py b/llm-server/app.py
index 3b917081d..6906593ac 100644
--- a/llm-server/app.py
+++ b/llm-server/app.py
@@ -18,10 +18,6 @@
 from prompts.base import api_base_prompt, non_api_base_prompt
 
 app = Flask(__name__)
-app.config["MONGO_URI"] = os.getenv(
-    "MONGODB_URL", "mongodb://localhost:27017/opencopilot"
-)
-mongo = PyMongo(app)
 
 app.register_blueprint(workflow, url_prefix="/workflow")
 
diff --git a/llm-server/utils/db.py b/llm-server/utils/db.py
index 25c1ca6f0..3ccd2003c 100644
--- a/llm-server/utils/db.py
+++ b/llm-server/utils/db.py
@@ -1,20 +1,27 @@
 # type: ignore
 from pymongo import MongoClient
 from pymongo.database import Database as PyMongoDatabase
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
 
+import os
+load_dotenv()
 
 class Database:
-    _instance: MongoClient = None
-
-    def __new__(cls, app=None):
-        if cls._instance is None:
-            cls._instance = super().__new__(cls)
-            cls._instance.client = MongoClient(
-                "localhost", 27017, username="dbuser", password="dbpass"
-            )
-            cls._instance.db = cls._instance.client.opencopilot
-        return cls._instance
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def get_db() -> PyMongoDatabase:
-        return Database._instance.db  # Access _instance directly from the class
+
+  _instance: MongoClient = None
+
+  def __new__(cls, app=None):
+    
+    if cls._instance is None:
+      cls._instance = super().__new__(cls)  
+
+      mongo_url = os.environ.get("MONGODB_URL")
+      cls._instance.client = MongoClient(mongo_url)  
+
+      cls._instance.db = cls._instance.client.opencopilot
+
+    return cls._instance
+
+  @staticmethod
+  def get_db() -> PyMongoDatabase:
+    return Database._instance.db
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diff --git a/nginx/nginx.conf b/nginx/nginx.conf
index 296712b1d..484f3c1f9 100644
--- a/nginx/nginx.conf
+++ b/nginx/nginx.conf
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ http {
 
     server {
         listen 80;
+        location /backend/flows/ {
+            rewrite /backend/flows/(.*) /workflow/$1 break;
+            proxy_pass http://llm-server:8002/;
+        }
 
         location /backend/ {
             proxy_pass http://backend:5000/;
@@ -24,4 +28,4 @@ http {
             proxy_pass http://dashboard:8000/;
         }
     }
-}
+}
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