diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e46bf28..70a8350 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ sqlx = { version = "0.8.6", features = [
 ] }
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
 tower = "0.5"
-tower-http = { version = "0.6", features = ["trace", "cors"] }
+tower-http = { version = "0.6", features = ["trace"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
 uuid = { version = "1.22.0", features = ["v4"] }
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 4f36e63..5a55b89 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 services:
   db:
     image: postgres:16
-    container_name: upvoters_db
+    container_name: uprs_db
     restart: always
     environment:
-      POSTGRES_USER: upvoters
+      POSTGRES_USER: uprs
       POSTGRES_PASSWORD: password123
-      POSTGRES_DB: upvoters
+      POSTGRES_DB: uprs
     volumes:
       - pgdata:/var/lib/postgresql/data
       - ./db/migrations:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d # run initial schema
@@ -15,11 +15,10 @@ services:
 
   app:
     build: .
-    container_name: upvoters_app
+    container_name: uprs_app
     restart: always
     environment:
-      POSTGRES_CONNECTION_STRING: postgres://upvoters:password123@db:5432/upvoters
-      ALLOWED_ORIGINS: http://localhost:1313
+      POSTGRES_CONNECTION_STRING: postgres://uprs:password123@db:5432/uprs
     ports:
       - "3000:3000"
     depends_on:
diff --git a/src/env.rs b/src/env.rs
index 5b44f38..3222dc5 100644
--- a/src/env.rs
+++ b/src/env.rs
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ use std::env;
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct Env {
     pub postgres_connection_string: String,
-    pub allowed_origins: Vec<String>,
-    pub port: String,
 }
 
 impl Env {
@@ -12,19 +10,8 @@ impl Env {
         let postgres_connection_string = env::var("POSTGRES_CONNECTION_STRING")
             .expect("Missing POSTGRES_CONNECTION_STRING as an environment variable");
 
-        let allowed_origins = env::var("ALLOWED_ORIGINS")
-            .expect("Missing ALLOWED_ORIGINS as an environment variable")
-            .split(',')
-            .map(|s| s.trim().to_string())
-            .collect();
-
-        let port = env::var("PORT")
-            .unwrap_or_else(|_| "3000".to_string());
-
         Env {
             postgres_connection_string,
-            allowed_origins,
-            port,
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index d8d7450..de4b4f6 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -5,25 +5,9 @@ pub mod test_helpers;
 pub mod votes;
 
 use axum::Router;
-use axum::http::{HeaderValue, Method, header};
 use state::AppState;
-use tower_http::cors::CorsLayer;
 use tower_http::trace::TraceLayer;
 
 pub fn app(state: AppState) -> Router {
-    let origins: Vec<HeaderValue> = state
-        .env
-        .allowed_origins
-        .iter()
-        .map(|o| o.parse().expect("Invalid origin in ALLOWED_ORIGINS"))
-        .collect();
-    let cors = CorsLayer::new()
-        .allow_origin(origins)
-        .allow_methods([Method::GET, Method::POST, Method::DELETE])
-        .allow_headers([header::CONTENT_TYPE])
-        .allow_credentials(true);
-
-    routes::router(state)
-        .layer(TraceLayer::new_for_http())
-        .layer(cors)
+    routes::router(state).layer(TraceLayer::new_for_http())
 }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index f7280c3..0514583 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -12,11 +12,9 @@ async fn main() {
         .with(tracing_subscriber::fmt::layer())
         .init();
 
-    let state = AppState::new().await;
-    let port = &state.env.port;
-    let listener = tokio::net::TcpListener::bind(format!("0.0.0.0:{port}")).await.unwrap();
+    let listener = tokio::net::TcpListener::bind("0.0.0.0:3000").await.unwrap();
     tracing::info!("listening on {}", listener.local_addr().unwrap());
-    axum::serve(listener, upvoters::app(state))
+    axum::serve(listener, upvoters::app(AppState::new().await))
         .await
         .unwrap();
 }
diff --git a/src/test_helpers.rs b/src/test_helpers.rs
index ba20ce3..1ea5d68 100644
--- a/src/test_helpers.rs
+++ b/src/test_helpers.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pub mod db {
     use sqlx::PgPool;
 
     const DEFAULT_CONNECTION_STRING: &str =
-        "postgres://upvoters:password123@localhost:5432/upvoters";
+        "postgres://uprs:password123@localhost:5432/uprs";
 
     pub async fn test_pool() -> PgPool {
         let conn = std::env::var("POSTGRES_CONNECTION_STRING")
diff --git a/src/votes/handlers.rs b/src/votes/handlers.rs
index ced29a9..3eeb713 100644
--- a/src/votes/handlers.rs
+++ b/src/votes/handlers.rs
@@ -141,8 +141,6 @@ mod tests {
             db,
             env: Env {
                 postgres_connection_string: String::new(),
-                allowed_origins: vec![],
-                port: "3000".to_string(),
             },
         }
     }