diff --git a/backend/config/config.go b/backend/config/config.go
index c78ab7a..f061eb6 100644
--- a/backend/config/config.go
+++ b/backend/config/config.go
@@ -28,14 +28,31 @@ func Load() (*Config, error) {
 	viper.SetDefault("PORT", "8080")
 	viper.SetDefault("JWT_ALGORITHM", "HS256")
 	viper.SetDefault("JWT_SECRET", "default_jwt_secret_please_change")
-	viper.SetDefault("JWT_EXP_ACCESS", "5")
-	viper.SetDefault("JWT_EXP_REFRESH", "10080")
+	viper.SetDefault("JWT_EXP_ACCESS", 5)
+	viper.SetDefault("JWT_EXP_REFRESH", 10080)
 	viper.SetDefault("JWT_AUDIENCE", "easywish")
 	viper.SetDefault("JWT_ISSUER", "easywish")
 	viper.SetDefault("ENVIRONMENT", "production")
 
 	viper.AutomaticEnv()
 
+	// Viper's AutomaticEnv() expects lowercase keys for unmarshalling into structs by default, 
+	// while the environment variables and struct tags are in uppercase. 
+	// Here's the stupidity we have to do to fix it:
+	viper.SetEnvKeyReplacer(strings.NewReplacer(".", "_"))
+	viper.BindEnv("HOSTNAME")
+	viper.BindEnv("PORT")
+	viper.BindEnv("POSTGRES_URL")
+	viper.BindEnv("REDIS_URL")
+	viper.BindEnv("MINIO_URL")
+	viper.BindEnv("JWT_ALGORITHM")
+	viper.BindEnv("JWT_SECRET")
+	viper.BindEnv("JWT_ISSUER")
+	viper.BindEnv("JWT_AUDIENCE")
+	viper.BindEnv("JWT_EXP_ACCESS")
+	viper.BindEnv("JWT_EXP_REFRESH")
+	viper.BindEnv("ENVIRONMENT")
+
 	required := []string{
 		"POSTGRES_URL",
 		"REDIS_URL",
@@ -57,6 +74,9 @@ func Load() (*Config, error) {
 	}
 
 	config = &cfg
+
+	fmt.Printf("The pg url is '%s'", config.DatabaseUrl)
+
 	return &cfg, nil
 }