diff --git a/config/config.ts b/config/config.ts
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--- a/config/config.ts
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-export = {
-  development: {
-    app: {
-      name: 'User Account Management',
-      port: process.env.PORT || 9989,
-      host: 'http://localhost:9989',
-      sessionSecret: 'thisisasecret'
-    },
-    passport: {
-      strategy: 'saml',
-      saml: {
-        path: process.env.SAML_PATH || '/saml/SSO',
-        entryPoint: 'https://transfer.hft-stuttgart.de/idp2/saml2/idp/SSOService.php',
-        issuer: 'sp-account.m4lab.hft-stuttgart.de',
-        logoutUrl: 'https://transfer.hft-stuttgart.de/idp/saml2/idp2/SingleLogoutService.php'
-      }
-    },
-    database: {
-      host: 'localhost', // DB host
-      user: 'DBManager', // DB username
-      password: 'Stuttgart2019', // DB password
-      port: 3306, // MySQL port
-      dbUser: 'userdb', // User DB
-      host_project: 'localhost', // DB host project db
-      dbProject: 'projectdb' // Project DB
-    },
-    mailer: {
-      host: 'mailhost', // hostname
-      secureConnection: false, // TLS requires secureConnection to be false
-      port: 587, // port for secure SMTP
-      TLS: true,
-      authUser: 'mailuser',
-      authPass: 'mailpass',
-      tlsCiphers: 'SSLv3',
-      from: 'mailfrom'
-    },
-    gitlab: {
-      token_readWriteProjects: 'PfP27Tj4dNo9zgQ_c6XP'
-    }
-  },
-  testing: {
-    app: {
-      name: 'User Account Management',
-      port: process.env.PORT || 9989,
-      host: 'https://m4lab.hft-stuttgart.de/account',
-      sessionSecret: 'thisisasecret'
-    },
-    passport: {
-      strategy: 'saml',
-      saml: {
-        path: process.env.SAML_PATH || '/saml/SSO',
-        entryPoint: process.env.SAML_ENTRY_POINT || 'saml entry point',
-        issuer: 'SAML issuer', // testing metadata
-        logoutUrl: 'SAML logout URL'
-      }
-    },
-    database: {
-      host: 'dbhost', // DB host
-      user: 'dbuser', // DB username
-      password: 'dbpass', // DB password
-      port: 3306, // MySQL port
-      dbUser: 'userdb', // User DB
-      host_project: 'dbhost', // DB host project db
-      dbProject: 'projectdb' // Project DB
-    },
-    mailer: {
-      host: 'mailhost', // hostname
-      secureConnection: false, // TLS requires secureConnection to be false
-      port: 587, // port for secure SMTP
-      TLS: true,
-      authUser: 'mailuser',
-      authPass: 'mailpass',
-      tlsCiphers: 'SSLv3',
-      from: 'mailfrom'
-    },
-    gitlab: {
-      token_readWriteProjects: 'token-goes-here'
-    }
-  }
-}