diff --git a/hosting/docker-compose.yaml b/hosting/docker-compose.yaml
index 49f8cddccd..5e21cc9efd 100644
--- a/hosting/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/hosting/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ services:
     environment:
       SELF_HOSTED: 1
       PORT: 4003
+      JWT_SECRET: ${JWT_SECRET}
       MINIO_ACCESS_KEY: ${MINIO_ACCESS_KEY}
       MINIO_SECRET_KEY: ${MINIO_SECRET_KEY}
       MINIO_URL: http://minio-service:9000
diff --git a/hosting/envoy.dev.yaml.hbs b/hosting/envoy.dev.yaml.hbs
index c2795fdb5f..40cfc551ef 100644
--- a/hosting/envoy.dev.yaml.hbs
+++ b/hosting/envoy.dev.yaml.hbs
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ static_resources:
                 route:
                   cluster: builder-dev
                   prefix_rewrite: "/builder/"
+
+              # special case in dev to redirect no path to builder
+              - match: { path: "/" } 
+                redirect: { path_redirect: "/builder/" }
  
               # minio is on the default route because this works
               # best, minio + AWS SDK doesn't handle path proxy
diff --git a/packages/server/scripts/dev/manage.js b/packages/server/scripts/dev/manage.js
index 7a318ff6ff..20037c7e3c 100644
--- a/packages/server/scripts/dev/manage.js
+++ b/packages/server/scripts/dev/manage.js
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ async function init() {
   fs.writeFileSync(envoyOutputPath, processStringSync(contents, config))
 
   const envFilePath = path.join(process.cwd(), ".env")
-  if (fs.existsSync(envFilePath)) {
-    return
-  }
   const envFileJson = {
     PORT: 4001,
     MINIO_URL: "http://localhost:10000/",
diff --git a/packages/server/src/app.js b/packages/server/src/app.js
index e5e9b77084..88776fadac 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/app.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/app.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// need to load environment first
+const env = require("./environment")
 const Koa = require("koa")
 const destroyable = require("server-destroy")
 const electron = require("electron")
@@ -5,7 +7,6 @@ const koaBody = require("koa-body")
 const logger = require("koa-pino-logger")
 const http = require("http")
 const api = require("./api")
-const env = require("./environment")
 const eventEmitter = require("./events")
 const automations = require("./automations/index")
 const Sentry = require("@sentry/node")
diff --git a/packages/worker/scripts/dev/manage.js b/packages/worker/scripts/dev/manage.js
index b7e92f6d15..f363bd05ac 100644
--- a/packages/worker/scripts/dev/manage.js
+++ b/packages/worker/scripts/dev/manage.js
@@ -4,12 +4,10 @@ const fs = require("fs")
 
 async function init() {
   const envFilePath = path.join(process.cwd(), ".env")
-  if (fs.existsSync(envFilePath)) {
-    return
-  }
   const envFileJson = {
     SELF_HOSTED: 1,
     PORT: 4002,
+    JWT_SECRET: "testsecret",
     MINIO_ACCESS_KEY: "budibase",
     MINIO_SECRET_KEY: "budibase",
     COUCH_DB_USER: "budibase",
diff --git a/packages/worker/src/index.js b/packages/worker/src/index.js
index 2e031b9f64..55f2705ed1 100644
--- a/packages/worker/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/worker/src/index.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// need to load environment first
+const env = require("./environment")
 const Koa = require("koa")
 const destroyable = require("server-destroy")
 const koaBody = require("koa-body")
@@ -5,7 +7,6 @@ const { passport } = require("@budibase/auth")
 const logger = require("koa-pino-logger")
 const http = require("http")
 const api = require("./api")
-const env = require("./environment")
 
 const app = new Koa()