diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
index 811c12f..7756adb 100755
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -8,30 +8,23 @@ chown -R cloudron:cloudron /app/data
 
 cd /app/data
 
-if [ ! -f /app/data/.env ]; then
-## Write new .env to import on restarts of the app
-ROMM_AUTH_GEN=$(/usr/bin/openssl rand -hex 32)
-cat >/app/data/.env <<EOL
-ROMM_DB_DRIVER=postgresql
-DB_HOST=${CLOUDRON_POSTGRESQL_HOST}
-DB_PORT=${CLOUDRON_POSTGRESQL_PORT}
-DB_NAME=${CLOUDRON_POSTGRESQL_DATABASE}
-DB_USER=${CLOUDRON_POSTGRESQL_USERNAME}
-DB_PASSWD=${CLOUDRON_POSTGRESQL_PASSWORD}
-ROMM_AUTH_SECRET_KEY=${ROMM_AUTH_GEN}
-IGDB_CLIENT_ID=
-IGDB_CLIENT_SECRET=
-MOBYGAMES_API_KEY=
-STEAMGRIDDB_API_KEY=
-OIDC_ENABLED=true
-OIDC_PROVIDER=${CLOUDRON_OIDC_PROVIDER_NAME}
-OIDC_CLIENT_ID=${CLOUDRON_OIDC_CLIENT_ID}
-OIDC_CLIENT_SECRET=${CLOUDRON_OIDC_CLIENT_SECRET}
-OIDC_REDIRECT_URI="/api/oauth/openid"
-OIDC_SERVER_APPLICATION_URL=${CLOUDRON_OIDC_AUTH_ENDPOINT}
-EOL
-
-source /app/data/.env
+export ROMM_DB_DRIVER=postgresql
+export DB_HOST=${CLOUDRON_POSTGRESQL_HOST}
+export DB_PORT=${CLOUDRON_POSTGRESQL_PORT}
+export DB_NAME=${CLOUDRON_POSTGRESQL_DATABASE}
+export DB_USER=${CLOUDRON_POSTGRESQL_USERNAME}
+export DB_PASSWD=${CLOUDRON_POSTGRESQL_PASSWORD}
+export ROMM_AUTH_SECRET_KEY=$(/usr/bin/openssl rand -hex 32)
+export IGDB_CLIENT_ID=
+export IGDB_CLIENT_SECRET=
+export MOBYGAMES_API_KEY=
+export STEAMGRIDDB_API_KEY=
+export OIDC_ENABLED=true
+export OIDC_PROVIDER=${CLOUDRON_OIDC_PROVIDER_NAME}
+export OIDC_CLIENT_ID=${CLOUDRON_OIDC_CLIENT_ID}
+export OIDC_CLIENT_SECRET=${CLOUDRON_OIDC_CLIENT_SECRET}
+export OIDC_REDIRECT_URI="/api/oauth/openid"
+export OIDC_SERVER_APPLICATION_URL=${CLOUDRON_OIDC_AUTH_ENDPOINT}
 
 echo "==> Starting supervisor"
 exec /usr/bin/supervisord --configuration /etc/supervisor/supervisord.conf --nodaemon -i Romm