diff --git a/bot/example/conf.json5 b/bot/example/conf.json5
index d0023f53a..360e88067 100644
--- a/bot/example/conf.json5
+++ b/bot/example/conf.json5
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 		CLIENT_SECRET: "CSfoobar",
 		CLIENT_ID: "CIfoobar",
 	},
-	MONGO_URL: "mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017",
 	DISCORD: {
 		TOKEN: "foobar",
 		SERVER_ID: "123123123",
diff --git a/bot/example/example.env b/bot/example/example.env
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c7c7311d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bot/example/example.env
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+MONGO_URL="127.0.0.1:27017/tachi_bot_db"
+NODE_ENV="dev"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bot/src/config.ts b/bot/src/config.ts
index 09516182c..33d876f87 100644
--- a/bot/src/config.ts
+++ b/bot/src/config.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ export interface BotConfig {
 		CLIENT_SECRET: string;
 		CLIENT_ID: string;
 	};
-	MONGO_URL: string;
 	DISCORD: {
 		TOKEN: string;
 		SERVER_ID: string;
@@ -93,6 +92,7 @@ function ParseBotConfig(fileLoc = "conf.json5"): BotConfig {
 
 export interface ProcessEnvironment {
 	nodeEnv: "production" | "dev" | "staging" | "test";
+	mongoUrl: string;
 }
 
 function ParseEnvVars() {
@@ -100,9 +100,11 @@ function ParseEnvVars() {
 		process.env,
 		{
 			NODE_ENV: p.isIn("production", "dev", "staging", "test"),
+			// mei implicitly reads this.
 			LOG_LEVEL: p.optional(
 				p.isIn("debug", "verbose", "info", "warn", "error", "severe", "crit")
 			),
+			MONGO_URL: "string",
 		},
 		{},
 		{ allowExcessKeys: true }
@@ -116,6 +118,7 @@ function ParseEnvVars() {
 
 	return {
 		nodeEnv: process.env.NODE_ENV,
+		mongoUrl: process.env.MONGO_URL,
 	} as ProcessEnvironment;
 }
 
diff --git a/bot/src/database/mongo.ts b/bot/src/database/mongo.ts
index 9637f114b..6568e0418 100644
--- a/bot/src/database/mongo.ts
+++ b/bot/src/database/mongo.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 import { Snowflake } from "discord.js/typings/index.js";
 import monk from "monk";
 import { integer } from "tachi-common";
+import { ProcessEnv } from "../config";
 import { LoggerLayers } from "../data/data";
-import { BotConfig } from "../config";
 import { CreateLayeredLogger } from "../utils/logger";
 
 const logger = CreateLayeredLogger(LoggerLayers.database);
 
-logger.info(`Connecting to ${BotConfig.MONGO_URL}...`);
+logger.info(`Connecting to ${ProcessEnv.mongoUrl}...`);
 
-const monkDB = monk(BotConfig.MONGO_URL);
+const monkDB = monk(ProcessEnv.mongoUrl);
 
 monkDB
 	.then(() => {
diff --git a/bot/src/interactionHandlers/handleIsCommand.ts b/bot/src/interactionHandlers/handleIsCommand.ts
index 956369f98..d426eb721 100644
--- a/bot/src/interactionHandlers/handleIsCommand.ts
+++ b/bot/src/interactionHandlers/handleIsCommand.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { CommandInteraction } from "discord.js";
+import { SLASH_COMMANDS } from "../commands/commands";
 import { LoggerLayers } from "../data/data";
 import { DiscordUserMapDocument } from "../database/mongo";
-import { SLASH_COMMANDS } from "../slashCommands/register";
 import { CreateLayeredLogger } from "../utils/logger";
 
 const logger = CreateLayeredLogger(LoggerLayers.slashCommands);