Remove DB settings from settings service

server/service/settingsService.js

@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 const SERVICE_NAME = "SettingsService";
-import dotenv from "dotenv";
-dotenv.config();
 const envConfig = {
 	logLevel: process.env.LOG_LEVEL,
 	clientHost: process.env.CLIENT_HOST,
@@ -20,8 +18,6 @@ const envConfig = {
  * SettingsService
  *
  * This service is responsible for loading and managing the application settings.
- * It gives priority to environment variables and will only load settings
- * from the database if they are not set in the environment.
  */
 class SettingsService {
 	static SERVICE_NAME = SERVICE_NAME;
@@ -34,40 +30,17 @@ class SettingsService {
 		this.settings = { ...envConfig };
 	}
 	/**
-	 * Load settings from the database and merge with environment settings.
-	 * If there are any settings that weren't set by environment variables, use user settings from the database.
-	 * @returns {Promise<Object>} The merged settings.
-	 * @throws Will throw an error if settings are not found in the database or if settings have not been loaded.
-	 */ async loadSettings() {
-		try {
-			const dbSettings = await this.appSettings.findOne();
-			if (!this.settings) {
-				throw new Error("Settings not found");
-			}
-
-			// If there are any settings that weren't set by environment variables, use user settings from DB
-			for (const key in envConfig) {
-				if (
-					typeof envConfig?.[key] === "undefined" &&
-					typeof dbSettings?.[key] !== "undefined"
-				) {
-					this.settings[key] = dbSettings[key];
-				}
-			}
-
-			await this.appSettings.updateOne({}, { $set: this.settings }, { upsert: true });
-			return this.settings;
-		} catch (error) {
-			error.service === undefined ? (error.service = SERVICE_NAME) : null;
-			error.method === undefined ? (error.method = "loadSettings") : null;
-			throw error;
-		}
+	 * Load settings from env settings
+	 * @returns {Object>} The settings.
+	 */
+	loadSettings() {
+		return this.settings;
 	}
 	/**
 	 * Reload settings by calling loadSettings.
 	 * @returns {Promise<Object>} The reloaded settings.
 	 */
-	async reloadSettings() {
+	reloadSettings() {
 		return this.loadSettings();
 	}
 	/**