diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e71880c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+DATABASE_URL=jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5433/postgres
+DATABASE_USERNAME=username
+DATABASE_PASSWORD=password
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.yaml b/src/main/resources/application.yaml
index 2ece1f0..b39d7ef 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.yaml
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.yaml
@@ -1,22 +1,3 @@
-jwt:
-  secret: ${JWT_SECRET}
-authorization:
-  roles:
-    - name: ROLE_USER
-      access-expiry: '1d'
-      refresh-expiry: '90d'
-      privileges:
-        - READ_PRIVILEGE
-    - name: ROLE_ADMIN
-      access-expiry: '30m'
-      refresh-expiry: '2h'
-      privileges:
-        - WRITE_PRIVILEGE
-        - CHANGE_PASSWORD_PRIVILEGE
-  hierarchy: |
-    ROLE_ADMIN > ROLE_USER
-  default-role: ROLE_USER
-
 spring:
   application:
     name: anyame-user-service