diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cd6df67..c71efac 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ watch_frontend:
 
 watch_backend:
 	@echo "Building Opengist binary..."
-	DEV=1 ./node_modules/.bin/nodemon --watch '**/*' -e html,yml,go,js --signal SIGTERM --exec 'go run . --config config.yml'
+	OG_DEV=1 ./node_modules/.bin/nodemon --watch '**/*' -e html,yml,go,js --signal SIGTERM --exec 'go run . --config config.yml'
 
 watch:
 	@bash ./watch.sh
diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
index aab17da..157b286 100644
--- a/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -2,15 +2,16 @@ package config
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
-	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
-	"github.com/thomiceli/opengist/internal/utils"
-	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"reflect"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
+	"github.com/thomiceli/opengist/internal/utils"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
 
 var OpengistVersion = "1.4.0-dev"
@@ -173,6 +174,7 @@ func loadConfigFromYaml(c *config, configPath string) error {
 	configEnv := os.Getenv("CONFIG")
 	if configEnv != "" {
 		fmt.Println("Using config from environment variable: CONFIG")
+		fmt.Println("!! This method of setting the config is deprecated and will be removed in a future version of Opengist")
 		d := yaml.NewDecoder(strings.NewReader(configEnv))
 		if err := d.Decode(&c); err != nil {
 			return err
diff --git a/internal/web/run.go b/internal/web/run.go
index 00802c8..a83f1dd 100644
--- a/internal/web/run.go
+++ b/internal/web/run.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
-var dev = os.Getenv("DEV") == "1"
+var dev = os.Getenv("OG_DEV") == "1"
 var store *sessions.CookieStore
 var re = regexp.MustCompile("[^a-z0-9]+")
 var fm = template.FuncMap{