diff --git a/api/src/dotenv.ts b/api/src/dotenv.ts
index 08fec0d35..c772e5b7a 100644
--- a/api/src/dotenv.ts
+++ b/api/src/dotenv.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,15 @@ import { config } from 'dotenv';
 
 const env =
     process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development' || process.env.NODE_ENV === 'test'
-        ? config({ debug: true, path: `./.env.${process.env.NODE_ENV}`, encoding: 'utf-8' })
+        ? config({
+              debug: true,
+              path: `./.env.${process.env.NODE_ENV}`,
+              encoding: 'utf-8',
+              override: true,
+          })
         : config({
               path: '/usr/local/unraid-api/.env',
               encoding: 'utf-8',
           });
 
-export default env;
\ No newline at end of file
+export default env;
diff --git a/api/src/environment.ts b/api/src/environment.ts
index a66ee8d41..39652e552 100644
--- a/api/src/environment.ts
+++ b/api/src/environment.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ import { version } from 'package.json';
 export const API_VERSION =
     process.env.npm_package_version ?? version ?? new Error('API_VERSION not set');
 
-export const NODE_ENV = process.env.NODE_ENV as 'development' | 'test' | 'staging' | 'production' ?? 'production';
+export const NODE_ENV =
+    (process.env.NODE_ENV as 'development' | 'test' | 'staging' | 'production') ?? 'production';
 export const environment = {
     IS_MAIN_PROCESS: false,
 };
@@ -11,7 +12,9 @@ export const CHOKIDAR_USEPOLLING = process.env.CHOKIDAR_USEPOLLING === 'true';
 export const IS_DOCKER = process.env.IS_DOCKER === 'true';
 export const DEBUG = process.env.DEBUG === 'true';
 export const INTROSPECTION = process.env.INTROSPECTION === 'true';
-export const ENVIRONMENT = process.env.ENVIRONMENT as 'production' | 'staging' | 'development' ?? 'production';
+export const ENVIRONMENT = process.env.ENVIRONMENT
+    ? (process.env.ENVIRONMENT as 'production' | 'staging' | 'development')
+    : 'production';
 export const GRAPHQL_INTROSPECTION = Boolean(INTROSPECTION ?? DEBUG ?? ENVIRONMENT !== 'production');
 export const PORT = process.env.PORT ?? '/var/run/unraid-api.sock';
 export const DRY_RUN = process.env.DRY_RUN === 'true';
@@ -19,15 +22,13 @@ export const BYPASS_PERMISSION_CHECKS = process.env.BYPASS_PERMISSION_CHECKS ===
 export const BYPASS_CORS_CHECKS = process.env.BYPASS_CORS_CHECKS === 'true';
 export const LOG_CORS = process.env.LOG_CORS === 'true';
 export const LOG_TYPE = (process.env.LOG_TYPE as 'pretty' | 'raw') ?? 'pretty';
-export const LOG_LEVEL = process.env.LOG_LEVEL?.toUpperCase() as
-    | 'TRACE'
-    | 'DEBUG'
-    | 'INFO'
-    | 'WARN'
-    | 'ERROR'
-    | 'FATAL' ?? process.env.ENVIRONMENT === 'production' ? 'INFO' : 'TRACE';
-export const MOTHERSHIP_GRAPHQL_LINK =
-    process.env.MOTHERSHIP_GRAPHQL_LINK ??
-    (process.env.ENVIRONMENT === 'staging'
-        ? 'https://staging.mothership.unraid.net/ws'
-        : 'https://mothership.unraid.net/ws');
\ No newline at end of file
+export const LOG_LEVEL = process.env.LOG_LEVEL
+    ? (process.env.LOG_LEVEL.toUpperCase() as 'TRACE' | 'DEBUG' | 'INFO' | 'WARN' | 'ERROR' | 'FATAL')
+    : process.env.ENVIRONMENT === 'production'
+      ? 'INFO'
+      : 'TRACE';
+export const MOTHERSHIP_GRAPHQL_LINK = process.env.MOTHERSHIP_GRAPHQL_LINK
+    ? process.env.MOTHERSHIP_GRAPHQL_LINK
+    : ENVIRONMENT === 'staging'
+      ? 'https://staging.mothership.unraid.net/ws'
+      : 'https://mothership.unraid.net/ws';
diff --git a/api/src/index.ts b/api/src/index.ts
index 2e4f55710..68dc9c134 100644
--- a/api/src/index.ts
+++ b/api/src/index.ts
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ import exitHook from 'exit-hook';
 import { WebSocket } from 'ws';
 
 import { logger } from '@app/core/log';
-import { setupLogRotation } from '@app/core/logrotate/setup-logrotate';
-import { setupAuthRequest } from '@app/core/sso/auth-request-setup';
 import { fileExistsSync } from '@app/core/utils/files/file-exists';
 import { environment, PORT } from '@app/environment';
 import * as envVars from '@app/environment';
diff --git a/api/src/unraid-api/cli/log.service.ts b/api/src/unraid-api/cli/log.service.ts
index ad1f5424e..e3389f687 100644
--- a/api/src/unraid-api/cli/log.service.ts
+++ b/api/src/unraid-api/cli/log.service.ts
@@ -13,10 +13,11 @@ export class LogService {
 
     shouldLog(level: LogLevel): boolean {
         const logLevelsLowToHigh = levels;
-        return (
+        const shouldLog = (
             logLevelsLowToHigh.indexOf(level) >=
             logLevelsLowToHigh.indexOf(LOG_LEVEL.toLowerCase() as LogLevel)
         );
+        return shouldLog;
     }
 
     log(message: string): void {
diff --git a/api/src/unraid-api/cli/start.command.ts b/api/src/unraid-api/cli/start.command.ts
index 7f9975a9b..a604fdfb5 100644
--- a/api/src/unraid-api/cli/start.command.ts
+++ b/api/src/unraid-api/cli/start.command.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import type { LogLevel } from '@app/core/log';
 import { ECOSYSTEM_PATH, PM2_PATH } from '@app/consts';
 import { levels } from '@app/core/log';
 import { LogService } from '@app/unraid-api/cli/log.service';
+import { LOG_LEVEL, NODE_ENV } from '@app/environment';
 
 interface StartCommandOptions {
     'log-level'?: string;
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ export class StartCommand extends CommandRunner {
 
     async configurePm2(): Promise<void> {
         if (existsSync('/tmp/pm2-configured')) {
+            this.logger.debug('PM2 already configured');
             return;
         }
         // Write a temp file when first started to prevent needing to run this again
@@ -58,7 +60,6 @@ export class StartCommand extends CommandRunner {
 
     async run(_: string[], options: StartCommandOptions): Promise<void> {
         this.logger.info('Starting the Unraid API');
-
         await this.configurePm2();
 
         const envLog = options['log-level'] ? `LOG_LEVEL=${options['log-level']}` : '';