diff --git a/api.py b/api.py
index 55f949c96..7017d24da 100644
--- a/api.py
+++ b/api.py
@@ -1,23 +1,9 @@
-import json
-import logging
 import os
-from enum import Enum
-from typing import Dict, Any
-
+import json
 import uvicorn
-from fastapi import FastAPI, BackgroundTasks, HTTPException
-from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse
-from pydantic import BaseModel
-
-from cognitive_architecture.database.relationaldb.database import AsyncSessionLocal
-from cognitive_architecture.database.relationaldb.database_crud import session_scope
-from cognitive_architecture.vectorstore_manager import Memory
-from dotenv import load_dotenv
-from main import add_documents_to_graph_db, user_context_enrichment
-from cognitive_architecture.config import Config
 from fastapi import Depends
 
-OPENAI_API_KEY = os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY", "")
+import logging
 
 # Set up logging
 logging.basicConfig(
@@ -27,11 +13,23 @@ logging.basicConfig(
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-load_dotenv()
+from cognitive_architecture.config import Config
 
 config = Config()
 config.load()
 
+from typing import Dict, Any
+from fastapi import FastAPI, BackgroundTasks, HTTPException
+from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse
+from pydantic import BaseModel
+
+from cognitive_architecture.database.relationaldb.database import AsyncSessionLocal
+from cognitive_architecture.database.relationaldb.database_crud import session_scope
+from cognitive_architecture.vectorstore_manager import Memory
+from main import add_documents_to_graph_db, user_context_enrichment
+
+OPENAI_API_KEY = os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY", "")
+
 app = FastAPI(debug=True)
 #
 # from auth.cognito.JWTBearer import JWTBearer
diff --git a/cognitive_architecture/config.py b/cognitive_architecture/config.py
index d92fe5803..d5cc58184 100644
--- a/cognitive_architecture/config.py
+++ b/cognitive_architecture/config.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class Config:
     db_path = Path(__file__).resolve().parent / "database/data"
 
     vectordb: str = os.getenv("VECTORDB", "weaviate")
-    db_type: str = os.getenv("DB_TYPE", "postgres")
+    db_type: str = os.getenv("DB_TYPE", "sqlite")
     db_name: str = os.getenv("DB_NAME", "cognee.db")
     db_host: str = os.getenv("DB_HOST", "localhost")
     db_port: str = os.getenv("DB_PORT", "5432")
diff --git a/cognitive_architecture/database/create_database.py b/cognitive_architecture/database/create_database.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e7617c2c3..000000000
--- a/cognitive_architecture/database/create_database.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-"""This module provides functionalities for creating and managing databases."""
-
-import asyncio
-import os
-import logging
-from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
-from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import create_async_engine
-from relationaldb.models import memory, metadatas, operation, sessions, user, docs
-from sqlalchemy import create_engine, text
-from dotenv import load_dotenv
-from relationaldb.database import (
-    Base,get_sqlalchemy_database_url)
-from cognitive_architecture.config import Config
-config = Config()
-config.load()
-
-load_dotenv()
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
-
-
-
-class DatabaseManager:
-    """Manages database creation, deletion, and table initialization."""
-    def __init__(self):
-        """Initialize the Database Url with a given configuration."""
-        self.engine = create_async_engine(get_sqlalchemy_database_url(), echo=True)
-        self.db_type = config.db_type
-
-    @asynccontextmanager
-    async def get_connection(self):
-        """Initialize the DatabaseManager with a given configuration."""
-        if self.db_type in ["sqlite", "duckdb"]:
-            # For SQLite and DuckDB, the engine itself manages connections
-            yield self.engine
-        else:
-            async with self.engine.connect() as connection:
-                yield connection
-
-    async def database_exists(self, db_name):
-        """Check if a database exists."""
-        if self.db_type in ["sqlite", "duckdb"]:
-            # For SQLite and DuckDB, check if the database file exists
-            return os.path.exists(db_name)
-        else:
-            query = text(f"SELECT 1 FROM pg_database WHERE datname='{db_name}'")
-            async with self.get_connection() as connection:
-                result = await connection.execute(query)
-                return await result.fetchone() is not None
-
-    async def create_database(self, db_name):
-        """Create a new database."""
-        if self.db_type not in ["sqlite", "duckdb"]:
-            # For databases like PostgreSQL, create the database explicitly
-            async with self.get_connection() as connection:
-                await connection.execute(text(f"CREATE DATABASE {db_name}"))
-
-    async def drop_database(self, db_name):
-        """Drop an existing database."""
-        if self.db_type in ["sqlite", "duckdb"]:
-            # For SQLite and DuckDB, simply remove the database file
-            os.remove(db_name)
-        else:
-            async with self.get_connection() as connection:
-                await connection.execute(text(f"DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS {db_name}"))
-
-    async def create_tables(self):
-        """Create tables based on the SQLAlchemy Base metadata."""
-        async with self.engine.begin() as conn:
-            await conn.run_sync(Base.metadata.create_all)
-
-
diff --git a/cognitive_architecture/database/data/cognee.db b/cognitive_architecture/database/data/cognee.db
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..32d599adb
Binary files /dev/null and b/cognitive_architecture/database/data/cognee.db differ
diff --git a/cognitive_architecture/database/database_manager.py b/cognitive_architecture/database/database_manager.py
index 30f95957e..ab988ecc7 100644
--- a/cognitive_architecture/database/database_manager.py
+++ b/cognitive_architecture/database/database_manager.py
@@ -1,30 +1,67 @@
-"""This module is used to create the database and tables for the cognitive architecture."""
-import asyncio
-import logging
+"""This module provides functionalities for creating and managing databases."""
 
-from dotenv import load_dotenv
-from cognitive_architecture.config import Config
-from cognitive_architecture.database.create_database import DatabaseManager
+import os
+
+from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
+from sqlalchemy import create_engine, text
+from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import create_async_engine
+from config import Config
+from database.relationaldb.database import Base, get_sqlalchemy_database_url
+from database.relationaldb.models import memory, metadatas, operation, sessions, user, docs
+
+globalConfig = Config()
+
+class DatabaseManager:
+    """Manages database creation, deletion, and table initialization."""
+    def __init__(self):
+        """Initialize the Database Url with a given configuration."""
+        self.engine = create_async_engine(get_sqlalchemy_database_url("sqlite"), echo = True)
+        self.db_type = globalConfig.db_type
+
+    @asynccontextmanager
+    async def get_connection(self):
+        """Initialize the DatabaseManager with a given configuration."""
+        if self.db_type in ["sqlite", "duckdb"]:
+            # For SQLite and DuckDB, the engine itself manages connections
+            yield self.engine
+        else:
+            async with self.engine.connect() as connection:
+                yield connection
+
+    async def database_exists(self, db_name):
+        """Check if a database exists."""
+        if self.db_type in ["sqlite", "duckdb"]:
+            # For SQLite and DuckDB, check if the database file exists
+            return os.path.exists(db_name)
+        else:
+            query = text(f"SELECT 1 FROM pg_database WHERE datname='{db_name}'")
+            async with self.get_connection() as connection:
+                result = await connection.execute(query)
+                return await result.fetchone() is not None
+
+    async def create_database(self, db_name):
+        """Create a new database."""
+        if self.db_type not in ["sqlite", "duckdb"]:
+            # For databases like PostgreSQL, create the database explicitly
+            async with self.get_connection() as connection:
+                await connection.execute(text(f"CREATE DATABASE {db_name}"))
+
+    async def drop_database(self, db_name):
+        """Drop an existing database."""
+        if self.db_type in ["sqlite", "duckdb"]:
+            # For SQLite and DuckDB, simply remove the database file
+            os.remove(db_name)
+        else:
+            async with self.get_connection() as connection:
+                await connection.execute(text(f"DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS {db_name}"))
+
+    async def create_tables(self):
+        """Create tables based on the SQLAlchemy Base metadata."""
+        try:
+          async with self.engine.begin() as conn:
+              await conn.run_sync(Base.metadata.create_all)
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(e)
+            raise e
 
 
-config = Config()
-config.load()
-
-load_dotenv()
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-async def main():
-    """Runs as a part of startup docker scripts to create the database and tables."""
-
-
-    db_manager = DatabaseManager()
-    database_name = config.db_name
-
-    if not await db_manager.database_exists(database_name):
-        print(f"Database {database_name} does not exist. Creating...")
-        await db_manager.create_database(database_name)
-        print(f"Database {database_name} created successfully.")
-
-    await db_manager.create_tables()
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    asyncio.run(main())
diff --git a/cognitive_architecture/database/graphdb/graph.py b/cognitive_architecture/database/graphdb/graph.py
index d75e92afc..604e89d26 100644
--- a/cognitive_architecture/database/graphdb/graph.py
+++ b/cognitive_architecture/database/graphdb/graph.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import networkx as nx
 
 from langchain.graphs import Neo4jGraph
 import os
-from dotenv import load_dotenv
 
 import openai
 import instructor
@@ -41,7 +40,6 @@ from typing import Any, Dict, Optional, List
 DEFAULT_PRESET = "promethai_chat"
 preset_options = [DEFAULT_PRESET]
 PROMETHAI_DIR = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser("~"), ".")
-load_dotenv()
 
 OPENAI_API_KEY = os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY", "")
 from ...config import Config
diff --git a/cognitive_architecture/database/relationaldb/database.py b/cognitive_architecture/database/relationaldb/database.py
index 9c463b798..b0410a557 100644
--- a/cognitive_architecture/database/relationaldb/database.py
+++ b/cognitive_architecture/database/relationaldb/database.py
@@ -1,21 +1,25 @@
 """Database configuration and connection."""
 from pathlib import Path
-from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
-from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import create_async_engine, AsyncSession
-from sqlalchemy.orm import declarative_base, sessionmaker
-from dotenv import load_dotenv
+# from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
+from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import create_async_engine, async_sessionmaker, AsyncSession
+from sqlalchemy.orm import declarative_base
 from cognitive_architecture.config import Config
-config = Config()
-
-load_dotenv()
-
 
+globalConfig = Config()
 
 # in seconds
 MAX_RETRIES = 3
 RETRY_DELAY = 5
 
-def get_sqlalchemy_database_url(db_type='sqlite', db_name=config.db_name, base_path=config.db_path, user=config.db_user, password=config.db_password, host=config.db_host, port=config.db_port):
+def get_sqlalchemy_database_url(
+    db_type = globalConfig.db_type,
+    db_name = globalConfig.db_name,
+    base_path = globalConfig.db_path,
+    user = globalConfig.db_user,
+    password = globalConfig.db_password,
+    host = globalConfig.db_host,
+    port = globalConfig.db_port,
+):
     """Get the SQLAlchemy database URL based on parameters."""
     db_path = (Path(base_path) / db_name).absolute()
     if db_type == "sqlite":
@@ -39,11 +43,11 @@ SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL = get_sqlalchemy_database_url()
 engine = create_async_engine(
     SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL,
     pool_recycle=3600,
-    echo=config.sqlalchemy_logging,
+    echo=globalConfig.sqlalchemy_logging,
 )
 
 
-AsyncSessionLocal = sessionmaker(
+AsyncSessionLocal = async_sessionmaker(
     bind=engine,
     class_=AsyncSession,
     expire_on_commit=False,
@@ -51,13 +55,13 @@ AsyncSessionLocal = sessionmaker(
 
 Base = declarative_base()
 
-@asynccontextmanager
-async def get_db():
-    """Provide a database session to the context."""
-    db = AsyncSessionLocal()
-    try:
-        yield db
-    finally:
-        await db.close()
+# @asynccontextmanager
+# async def get_db():
+#     """Provide a database session to the context."""
+#     db = AsyncSessionLocal()
+#     try:
+#         yield db
+#     finally:
+#         await db.close()
 
 
diff --git a/cognitive_architecture/database/relationaldb/models/memory.py b/cognitive_architecture/database/relationaldb/models/memory.py
index d19f8d23e..8d88c00aa 100644
--- a/cognitive_architecture/database/relationaldb/models/memory.py
+++ b/cognitive_architecture/database/relationaldb/models/memory.py
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
-# memory.py
 from datetime import datetime
 from sqlalchemy import Column, String, DateTime, ForeignKey
 from sqlalchemy.orm import relationship
-import os
-import sys
 from ..database import Base
 
 
diff --git a/cognitive_architecture/database/vectordb/basevectordb.py b/cognitive_architecture/database/vectordb/basevectordb.py
index 7c5f1d8ff..7abd40166 100644
--- a/cognitive_architecture/database/vectordb/basevectordb.py
+++ b/cognitive_architecture/database/vectordb/basevectordb.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ print(os.getcwd())
 logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
 # import marvin
 import requests
-from dotenv import load_dotenv
 from langchain.document_loaders import PyPDFLoader
 from langchain.retrievers import WeaviateHybridSearchRetriever
 from weaviate.gql.get import HybridFusion
@@ -24,7 +23,6 @@ from cognitive_architecture.database.relationaldb.models.docs import DocsModel
 from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker
 from cognitive_architecture.database.relationaldb.database import engine
 
-load_dotenv()
 from typing import Optional
 import time
 import tracemalloc
diff --git a/cognitive_architecture/database/vectordb/vectordb.py b/cognitive_architecture/database/vectordb/vectordb.py
index a569335ee..84fab37a9 100644
--- a/cognitive_architecture/database/vectordb/vectordb.py
+++ b/cognitive_architecture/database/vectordb/vectordb.py
@@ -16,16 +16,9 @@ import tracemalloc
 tracemalloc.start()
 import os
 from langchain.embeddings.openai import OpenAIEmbeddings
-from dotenv import load_dotenv
 from langchain.schema import Document
 import weaviate
 
-load_dotenv()
-from ...config import Config
-
-config = Config()
-config.load()
-
 LTM_MEMORY_ID_DEFAULT = "00000"
 ST_MEMORY_ID_DEFAULT = "0000"
 BUFFER_ID_DEFAULT = "0000"
@@ -371,11 +364,6 @@ class WeaviateVectorDB(VectorDB):
                 .with_hybrid(query=observation, fusion_type=HybridFusion.RELATIVE_SCORE)
             )
             query_output = base_query.do()
-            # from weaviate.classes import Filter
-            # client = weaviate.connect_to_wcs(
-            #     cluster_url=config.weaviate_url,
-            #     auth_credentials=weaviate.AuthApiKey(config.weaviate_api_key)
-            # )
 
             return query_output
         elif search_type == "generate":
diff --git a/cognitive_architecture/fetch_secret.py b/cognitive_architecture/fetch_secret.py
index 3ea56039b..9c8b992d6 100644
--- a/cognitive_architecture/fetch_secret.py
+++ b/cognitive_architecture/fetch_secret.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ ENV_FILE_PATH = os.path.abspath("../.env")
 if os.path.exists(ENV_FILE_PATH):
     # Load default environment variables (.env)
     load_dotenv()
-    print("Cognee is already running...")
+    print("Environment variables are already loaded.")
 else:
     fetch_secret(
         f"promethai-{environment}-backend-secretso-promethaijs-dotenv",
diff --git a/cognitive_architecture/llm/queries.py b/cognitive_architecture/llm/queries.py
index a9c2fb5ea..265fe5086 100644
--- a/cognitive_architecture/llm/queries.py
+++ b/cognitive_architecture/llm/queries.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 import os
 
-from dotenv import load_dotenv
-
 from ..shared.data_models import Node, Edge, KnowledgeGraph, GraphQLQuery, MemorySummary
 from ..config import Config
 import instructor
@@ -17,7 +15,6 @@ OPENAI_API_KEY = config.openai_key
 
 aclient = instructor.patch(OpenAI())
 
-load_dotenv()
 import logging
 
 
diff --git a/cognitive_architecture/setup_database.py b/cognitive_architecture/setup_database.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..52fef3424
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cognitive_architecture/setup_database.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+"""This module is used to create the database and tables for the cognitive architecture."""
+import logging
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+async def main():
+    """Runs as a part of startup docker scripts to create the database and tables."""
+    from config import Config
+    config = Config()
+    config.load()
+
+    from database.database_manager import DatabaseManager
+
+    db_manager = DatabaseManager()
+    database_name = config.db_name
+
+    if not await db_manager.database_exists(database_name):
+        print(f"Database {database_name} does not exist. Creating...")
+        await db_manager.create_database(database_name)
+        print(f"Database {database_name} created successfully.")
+
+    await db_manager.create_tables()
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    import asyncio
+
+    asyncio.run(main())
diff --git a/cognitive_architecture/shared/language_processing.py b/cognitive_architecture/shared/language_processing.py
index a59c7e656..bb112cd07 100644
--- a/cognitive_architecture/shared/language_processing.py
+++ b/cognitive_architecture/shared/language_processing.py
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@ import boto3
 from botocore.exceptions import BotoCoreError, ClientError
 from langdetect import detect, LangDetectException
 import iso639
-from dotenv import load_dotenv
-
-load_dotenv()
 
 import logging
 
diff --git a/cognitive_architecture/utils.py b/cognitive_architecture/utils.py
index e81cdc097..a5335e884 100644
--- a/cognitive_architecture/utils.py
+++ b/cognitive_architecture/utils.py
@@ -13,10 +13,6 @@ from cognitive_architecture.database.relationaldb.models.user import User
 from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
 from sqlalchemy.future import select
 import logging
-from cognitive_architecture.database.relationaldb.database import AsyncSessionLocal
-from dotenv import load_dotenv
-
-load_dotenv()
 
 
 class Node:
diff --git a/cognitive_architecture/vectorstore_manager.py b/cognitive_architecture/vectorstore_manager.py
index b39573c50..013b112e8 100644
--- a/cognitive_architecture/vectorstore_manager.py
+++ b/cognitive_architecture/vectorstore_manager.py
@@ -1,21 +1,19 @@
 import logging
 
-from sqlalchemy.future import select
 logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
+
+from sqlalchemy.future import select
 from cognitive_architecture.database.relationaldb.models.user import User
 from cognitive_architecture.database.relationaldb.models.memory import MemoryModel
 import ast
 import tracemalloc
 from cognitive_architecture.database.relationaldb.database_crud import add_entity
 tracemalloc.start()
-from dotenv import load_dotenv
 import uuid
 from cognitive_architecture.database.vectordb.basevectordb import BaseMemory
 from cognitive_architecture.config import Config
-load_dotenv()
-config = Config()
-config.load()
 
+globalConfig = Config()
 
 class DynamicBaseMemory(BaseMemory):
     def __init__(
@@ -121,7 +119,7 @@ class Memory:
         user_id: str = "676",
         session=None,
         index_name: str = None,
-        db_type: str = config.vectordb,
+        db_type: str = globalConfig.vectordb,
         namespace: str = None,
         memory_id: str = None,
         memory_class=None,
@@ -142,9 +140,8 @@ class Memory:
         # )
 
     def load_environment_variables(self) -> None:
-        load_dotenv()
-        self.OPENAI_TEMPERATURE = config.openai_temperature
-        self.OPENAI_API_KEY = config.openai_key
+        self.OPENAI_TEMPERATURE = globalConfig.openai_temperature
+        self.OPENAI_API_KEY = globalConfig.openai_key
 
     @classmethod
     async def create_memory(
@@ -194,7 +191,7 @@ class Memory:
             user_id,
             str(memory_id),
             index_name=memory_label,
-            db_type=config.vectordb,
+            db_type=globalConfig.vectordb,
             **kwargs,
         )
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 80e6826cd..927198116 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ services:
     environment:
       - HOST=0.0.0.0
       - ENVIRONMENT=local
+      - PYTHONPATH=.
     profiles: ["exclude-from-up"]
     ports:
       - 8000:8000
@@ -32,8 +33,9 @@ services:
       - 80:80
       - 50051:50051
       - 5678:5678
+      - 5432:5432
     depends_on:
-      - postgres
+    #   - postgres
       - neo4j
     deploy:
       resources:
@@ -41,18 +43,18 @@ services:
           cpus: "4.0"
           memory: 8GB
 
-  postgres:
-    image: postgres
-    container_name: postgres
-    environment:
-      - POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD=trust
-      - POSTGRES_USER=bla
-      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=bla
-      - POSTGRES_DB=bubu
-    networks:
-      - cognee_backend
-    ports:
-      - "5432:5432"
+  # postgres:
+  #   image: postgres
+  #   container_name: postgres
+  #   environment:
+  #     - POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD=trust
+  #     - POSTGRES_USER=bla
+  #     - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=bla
+  #     - POSTGRES_DB=bubu
+  #   networks:
+  #     - cognee_backend
+  #   ports:
+  #     - "5432:5432"
 
 networks:
   cognee_backend:
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index e3fb504d9..fa55a3d54 100755
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ else
     echo '"local" environment is active, skipping fetch_secret.py'
 fi
 
-echo "Running create_database.py"
+echo "Creating database..."
 
-python cognitive_architecture/database/create_database.py
+python cognitive_architecture/setup_database.py
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-    echo "Error: create_database.py failed"
+    echo "Error: setup_database.py failed"
     exit 1
 fi
 
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 06da08033..2a7b3b6e3 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
 from cognitive_architecture.database.graphdb.graph import Neo4jGraphDB
 from cognitive_architecture.database.relationaldb.models.memory import MemoryModel
 import os
-from dotenv import load_dotenv
 from cognitive_architecture.database.relationaldb.database_crud import (
     session_scope,
     update_entity_graph_summary,
@@ -38,12 +37,12 @@ aclient = instructor.patch(OpenAI())
 DEFAULT_PRESET = "promethai_chat"
 preset_options = [DEFAULT_PRESET]
 PROMETHAI_DIR = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser("~"), ".")
-load_dotenv()
 OPENAI_API_KEY = os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY", "")
 from cognitive_architecture.config import Config
 
 config = Config()
 config.load()
+
 from cognitive_architecture.utils import get_document_names
 from sqlalchemy.orm import selectinload, joinedload, contains_eager
 import logging
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2fa803d95..b486bf14c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ debugpy = "^1.8.0"
 lancedb = "^0.5.5"
 pyarrow = "^15.0.0"
 pylint = "^3.0.3"
+aiosqlite = "^0.19.0"
 
 [build-system]
 requires = ["poetry-core"]