diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index 9434d91d9f67e58721d594b15f79bb1fb71fd955..8b33549330aa2d426ba293dbfa7b7396cf75cee6 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -34,9 +34,6 @@ DB_USER = manage_sensitive("db_user")
 DB_PASSWORD = manage_sensitive("db_password")
 OPENAI_API_KEY = manage_sensitive("openai_api_key")
 
-# openai
-os.environ["OPENAI_API_KEY"] = OPENAI_API_KEY
-
 # db connection
 def get_db_connection():
     conn_str = (
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index c60279fa0f816bc17ea678299f408862a169d6e0..bc86f511e326868f70bb05978024b89c38a07d9e 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ services:
       - db_user
       - db_password
       - openai_api_key 
+  dns:
+    - 172.29.160.1
 secrets:
   db_server:
     file: secrets/db_server.txt