diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
index abb945a..9676922 100644
--- a/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 package config
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"os"
 
@@ -36,10 +37,10 @@ func CreateEnvFile() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (L Login) LoadCredentials() Login {
+func (L *Login) LoadCredentials() error {
 	err := godotenv.Load(".env")
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal("Error loading .env file")
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to load env file")
 	}
 	L.User = os.Getenv("DATABASE_USER")
 	L.Pass = os.Getenv("DATABASE_PASSWORD")
@@ -47,5 +48,5 @@ func (L Login) LoadCredentials() Login {
 	L.Port = os.Getenv("DATABASE_PORT")
 	L.Name = os.Getenv("DATABASE_NAME")
 
-	return L
+	return nil
 }
diff --git a/internal/database/db.go b/internal/database/db.go
index 4b25d39..04001fa 100644
--- a/internal/database/db.go
+++ b/internal/database/db.go
@@ -8,8 +8,14 @@ import (
 )
 
 func Connect() (*sql.DB, error) {
-	credentials := config.LoadCredentials()
-	dsn := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s@tcp(%s:%s)/%s", credentials.User, credentials.Pass, credentials.Ip, credentials.Port, credentials.Name)
+	var lo config.Login
+	err := lo.LoadCredentials
+	if err != {
+	
+		print("failed to load configuration file")
+
+	}
+	dsn := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s@tcp(%s:%s)/%s", lo.User, lo.Pass, lo.IP, lo.Port, lo.Name)
 
 	db, err := sql.Open("mysql", dsn)
 	if err != nil {