diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 417326a8..4f67e208 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-.env
+/htdocs/.env
 **/.DS_Store
 htdocs/**/*.DS_Store
diff --git a/htdocs/.DS_Store b/htdocs/.DS_Store
index b911afed..97f72efb 100644
Binary files a/htdocs/.DS_Store and b/htdocs/.DS_Store differ
diff --git a/.env.example b/htdocs/.env.example
similarity index 100%
rename from .env.example
rename to htdocs/.env.example
diff --git a/htdocs/assets/.DS_Store b/htdocs/assets/.DS_Store
index fd09ee45..cd74e605 100755
Binary files a/htdocs/assets/.DS_Store and b/htdocs/assets/.DS_Store differ
diff --git a/htdocs/assets/js/home.js b/htdocs/assets/js/_home.js
similarity index 100%
rename from htdocs/assets/js/home.js
rename to htdocs/assets/js/_home.js
diff --git a/htdocs/core/.DS_Store b/htdocs/core/.DS_Store
index 0fc52f90..ff5fb147 100644
Binary files a/htdocs/core/.DS_Store and b/htdocs/core/.DS_Store differ
diff --git a/htdocs/core/config.php b/htdocs/core/config.php
index 85265222..7236c456 100755
--- a/htdocs/core/config.php
+++ b/htdocs/core/config.php
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 <?php
-// Load environment variables
+// Load Composer's autoloader
 require_once __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php'; // Correct path for vendor directory in core
-$dotenv = Dotenv\Dotenv::createImmutable(__DIR__ . '/../../');
+
+// Initialize dotenv and load environment variables
+$dotenv = Dotenv\Dotenv::createImmutable(__DIR__ . '/../'); // Adjusted to point to htdocs/.env
 $dotenv->load();
 
 // Database configuration
diff --git a/htdocs/index.php b/htdocs/index.php
index 8f702667..1e50e763 100755
--- a/htdocs/index.php
+++ b/htdocs/index.php
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 <?php
-
 // Enable error reporting
 ini_set('display_errors', 1);
 ini_set('display_startup_errors', 1);
@@ -7,15 +6,12 @@ error_reporting(E_ALL);
 
 // Include the configuration file
 include "core/config.php";
+
 // Start session management
 session_start();
 
-// Include Composer's autoloader
-require_once __DIR__ . '/core/vendor/autoload.php';
-
-
 // Initialize dotenv and load environment variables
-$dotenv = Dotenv\Dotenv::createImmutable(__DIR__ . '/../');
+$dotenv = Dotenv\Dotenv::createImmutable(__DIR__);
 $dotenv->load();
 
 // Retrieve environment variables
@@ -129,7 +125,7 @@ include "assets/_header.php";
         </section>
     </main>
     <?php include 'assets/_footer.php'; ?>
-    <script src="assets/js/home.js"></script>
+    <script src="assets/js/_home.js"></script>
     <script src="assets/js/developer_tools.js"></script>
 </body>
 </html>