diff --git a/server/app/db/conn.py b/server/app/db/conn.py
index b597fe3..19c7540 100644
--- a/server/app/db/conn.py
+++ b/server/app/db/conn.py
@@ -15,12 +15,17 @@ def connect_db() -> mysql.connector.MySQLConnection:
 
     Credential values are validated and an exception is raised if any are missing.
     """
-    load_dotenv()
+    load_dotenv(override=True)
     host = os.getenv("DB_HOST")
     user = os.getenv("DB_USER")
     password = os.getenv("DB_PASSWORD")
     database = os.getenv("DB_DATABASE")
 
+    print(host)
+    print(user)
+    print(password)
+    print(database)
+
     if None in [host, user, password, database]:
         raise DBException("Missing database credentials")