diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 42a03c5..3c63787 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -41,3 +41,4 @@ bin/
 ### Mac OS ###
 .DS_Store
 .idea/.name
+*.log
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/eu/maiora/Application.kt b/src/main/kotlin/eu/maiora/Application.kt
index d82eece..80cf04c 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/eu/maiora/Application.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/eu/maiora/Application.kt
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import io.ktor.server.engine.*
 import io.ktor.server.netty.*
 import io.ktor.server.plugins.callloging.*
 import io.ktor.server.plugins.cors.routing.*
+import java.io.FileInputStream
+import java.util.*
 
 fun main() {
     embeddedServer(Netty, port = 8098, host = "0.0.0.0", module = Application::module)
@@ -17,9 +19,10 @@ fun main() {
 
 fun Application.module() {
     val config = ApplicationConfig("application.conf")
-    val dbUrl = config.property("ktor.database.url").getString()
-    val username = config.property("ktor.database.username").getString()
-    val password = config.property("ktor.database.password").getString()
+    val configFile = loadConfig()
+    val dbUrl = configFile.getProperty("ktor.database.url")
+    val username = configFile.getProperty("ktor.database.username")
+    val password = configFile.getProperty("ktor.database.password")
     val secret = config.property("ktor.jwt.secret").getString()
     configureDatabases(dbUrl, username, password)
     configureSecurity(secret)
@@ -39,3 +42,10 @@ fun Application.module() {
         allowMethod(HttpMethod.Delete)
     }
 }
+
+fun loadConfig(): Properties {
+    val properties = Properties()
+    val inputStream = FileInputStream("/home/ristocloudadm/config.properties")
+    properties.load(inputStream)
+    return properties
+}
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.conf b/src/main/resources/application.conf
index 2037c99..8d1e65d 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.conf
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.conf
@@ -1,18 +1,4 @@
 ktor {
-     database {
-;         url = "jdbc:postgresql://192.168.20.49:5432/caritas"
-;         username = "caritas"
-;         password = "caritas"
-;         driver = "org.postgresql.Driver"
-          driver = "com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver"
-          url = "jdbc:sqlserver://192.168.20.45;databaseName=EP_FAER;integratedSecurity=false;encrypt=true;trustServerCertificate=true;"
-          username = "SA"
-          password = "I5fz9l1a"
-          ;driver = "oracle.jdbc.OracleDriver"
-          ;url = "jdbc:oracle:thin:@//192.168.20.101:1521/SIR"
-          ;username = "EP_DONORIONE"
-          ;password = "ep_donorione"
-     }
      jwt {
          # secret per JWT generato partendo dalla stringa '?Backend_API*06022025!' codificato in Base64
          secret = "P0JhY2tlbmRfQVBJKjA2MDIyMDI1IQ=="