try to fix this spaghetti of a code

package-lock.json

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
       "dependencies": {
         "bcrypt": "^6.0.0",
         "cookie-parser": "^1.4.7",
-        "dotenv": "^16.5.0",
+        "dotenv": "^17.4.2",
         "express": "^5.1.0",
         "jsonwebtoken": "^9.0.2",
         "sqlite": "^5.1.1",
@@ -361,9 +361,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/dotenv": {
-      "version": "16.6.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dotenv/-/dotenv-16.6.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-uBq4egWHTcTt33a72vpSG0z3HnPuIl6NqYcTrKEg2azoEyl2hpW0zqlxysq2pK9HlDIHyHyakeYaYnSAwd8bow==",
+      "version": "17.4.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dotenv/-/dotenv-17.4.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-nI4U3TottKAcAD9LLud4Cb7b2QztQMUEfHbvhTH09bqXTxnSie8WnjPALV/WMCrJZ6UV/qHJ6L03OqO3LcdYZw==",
       "license": "BSD-2-Clause",
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=12"