diff --git a/apps/agora/api/.env.example b/apps/agora/api/.env.example
index e0c94ffc5..629f369b4 100644
--- a/apps/agora/api/.env.example
+++ b/apps/agora/api/.env.example
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
-MONGODB_URI="mongodb://root:changeme@agora-mongo:27017/agora?authSource=admin"
+MONGODB_PASS="changeme"
+MONGODB_USER="root"
+MONGODB_HOST="agora-mongo"
 NODE_ENV="development"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apps/agora/api/src/api.ts b/apps/agora/api/src/api.ts
index f1ff703a9..61944581f 100644
--- a/apps/agora/api/src/api.ts
+++ b/apps/agora/api/src/api.ts
@@ -14,13 +14,27 @@ import {
   teamsRoute,
 } from './components';
 
-const mongoUri = process.env.MONGODB_URI;
+const mongodbUser = process.env.MONGODB_USER;
+const mongodbPass = process.env.MONGODB_PASS;
+const mongodbHost = process.env.MONGODB_HOST;
 
-if (!mongoUri) {
-  console.error('No MONGODB_URI environment variable has been defined.');
+if (!mongodbUser) {
+  console.error('No MONGODB_USER environment variable has been defined.');
   process.exit(1);
 }
 
+if (!mongodbPass) {
+  console.error('No MONGODB_PASS environment variable has been defined.');
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+if (!mongodbHost) {
+  console.error('No MONGODB_HOST environment variable has been defined.');
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+const mongoUri = `mongodb://${mongodbUser}:${mongodbPass}@${mongodbHost}:27017/agora?authSource=admin`;
+
 mongoose
   .connect(mongoUri)
   .then(() => console.log('Connected to MongoDB'))
diff --git a/apps/agora/app/src/config/config.json b/apps/agora/app/src/config/config.json
index 966efbcbb..a13f16c93 100644
--- a/apps/agora/app/src/config/config.json
+++ b/apps/agora/app/src/config/config.json
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
   "csrApiUrl": "http://localhost:3333/v1",
   "ssrApiUrl": "http://agora-api:3333/v1",
   "rollbarToken": "e788198867474855a996485580b08d03",
-  "tagName": "agora/v0.0.2"
+  "tagName": "agora/v4.0.0-rc1"
 }