diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 29f578c..b091910 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -175,8 +175,6 @@ steps:
     path: /var/run/docker.sock
   - name: dockerconfig
     path: /drone/auth/.docker/config.json
-  - name: mongo-init
-    path: /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/mongo-init.js
 - name: Send Status Notifications
   image: plugins/webhook
   privileged: true
@@ -204,8 +202,6 @@ volumes:
 - name: env-secrets
   host:
     path: /volume1/docker/beethoven/labs-auth/staging.env
-- name: mongo-init
-  path: /drone/auth/mongo-init.js
 
 depends_on:
   - Test Pipeline
diff --git a/.env.dev b/.env.dev
index b4ca1a3..f074d3c 100644
--- a/.env.dev
+++ b/.env.dev
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@ ROUTE_PREFIX=/auth
 LOGIN_ROUTE=/login
 RESET_ROUTE=/reset
 
-DB_ADMIN_USERNAME=root
-DB_ADMIN_PASSWORD=password
+# DB_ADMIN_USERNAME=root
+# DB_ADMIN_PASSWORD=password
 DB_USERNAME=user
 DB_PASSWORD=password
 DB_NAME=auth
 
-MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME=$DB_ADMIN_USERNAME
-MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD=$DB_ADMIN_PASSWORD
+MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME=$DB_USERNAME
+MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD=$DB_PASSWORD
 MONGO_INITDB_DATABASE=$DB_NAME
 
 SESSION_KEY=shjhakjfhfjdshjksdhfdshfhfduyeyb73te4
diff --git a/docker-compose.dev.yml b/docker-compose.dev.yml
index 99bdc0c..3dab749 100644
--- a/docker-compose.dev.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.dev.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ services:
         volumes:
             - auth-db:/data/db
             - auth-db:/data/configdb
-            - ./mongo-init.js:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/mongo-init.js:ro
+            # - ./mongo-init.js:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/mongo-init.js:ro
         restart: unless-stopped
         image: mongo:latest
     auth-service:
diff --git a/mongo-init.js b/mongo-init.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 56542b7..0000000
--- a/mongo-init.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-/* eslint-disable no-undef */
-db = db.getSiblingDB(process.env.DB_NAME);
-db.createUser({
-    user: process.env.DB_USERNAME,
-    pwd: process.env.DB_PASSWORD,
-    roles: [
-        {
-            role: 'readWrite',
-            db: process.env.DB_NAME,
-        },
-    ],
-});