diff --git a/.env b/.env
deleted file mode 100644
index 30d0985..0000000
--- a/.env
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# Change to DEVELOPMENT to use local dev api server
-REACT_APP_API_ENVIRONMENT=PRODUCTION
-REACT_APP_EVENT_NAME=HackGT 12
-REACT_APP_HEXATHON_ID=683f9a9ab75ad31cd0f2ec67
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4d29575..b59ec02 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -21,3 +21,4 @@
 npm-debug.log*
 yarn-debug.log*
 yarn-error.log*
+.env
diff --git a/src/App.tsx b/src/App.tsx
index cabd67e..6a513bd 100644
--- a/src/App.tsx
+++ b/src/App.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import Display from "./components/outline/Display";
 import TeamJoin from "./components/teams/TeamJoin";
 
 export const app = initializeApp({
-  apiKey: "AIzaSyCsukUZtMkI5FD_etGfefO4Sr7fHkZM7Rg",
+  apiKey: process.env.REACT_APP_FIREBASE_API_KEY,
   authDomain: "auth.hexlabs.org",
 });
 setPersistence(getAuth(app), inMemoryPersistence);