diff --git a/BudgetApp/Program.cs b/BudgetApp/Program.cs
index 6b7ec00..79852a6 100644
--- a/BudgetApp/Program.cs
+++ b/BudgetApp/Program.cs
@@ -14,15 +14,18 @@ builder.WebHost.ConfigureKestrel(options =>
 {
     options.ConfigureHttpsDefaults(adapterOptions =>
     {
-        var pemCertFile = "app/data/certs/cert.pem";
-        var pemKeyFile = "app/data/certs/key.pem";
-
+        //Get key file path from environment variable or configuration
+        var pemCertFile = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("PEM_CERT_FILE") ?? builder.Configuration["PemCertFile"] ?? "/app/data/certs/cert.pem";
+        var pemKeyFile = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("PEM_KEY_FILE") ?? builder.Configuration["PemKeyFile"] ?? "/app/data/certs/key.pem";
+        
         if (File.Exists(pemCertFile) && File.Exists(pemKeyFile))
         {
             adapterOptions.ServerCertificate = X509Certificate2.CreateFromPemFile(pemCertFile, pemKeyFile);
         }
         else
         {
+            Console.WriteLine("PEM certificate or key file not found. Falling back to default development certificate.");
+
             // No certificate found — fallback to default development certificate
             adapterOptions.ServerCertificate = null;
         }
@@ -102,7 +105,7 @@ builder.Services.AddScoped<AppState>();
 
 builder.Services.AddCascadingAuthenticationState();
 
-if (bool.Parse(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("ENABLE_HSTS") ?? "false"))
+if (bool.Parse(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("ENABLE_HSTS") ?? "true"))
 {
     builder.Services.AddHsts(options =>
     {
diff --git a/BudgetApp/budgetapp.db-shm b/BudgetApp/budgetapp.db-shm
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diff --git a/BudgetApp/budgetapp.db-wal b/BudgetApp/budgetapp.db-wal
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