diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e2524f6d..9482e9f0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Changed
 
 - Harmonized the axis style of charts
+- Made setting `NODE_ENV: production` optional (to avoid `ENOENT: no such file or directory` errors on startup)
 - Removed the environment variable `ENABLE_FEATURE_CUSTOM_SYMBOLS`
 
 ## 1.242.0 - 2023-03-04
diff --git a/apps/api/src/app/frontend.middleware.ts b/apps/api/src/app/frontend.middleware.ts
index a43afa3f..ea860b0e 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/app/frontend.middleware.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/app/frontend.middleware.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 import * as path from 'path';
 
+import { environment } from '@ghostfolio/api/environments/environment';
 import { ConfigurationService } from '@ghostfolio/api/services/configuration.service';
 import { DEFAULT_LANGUAGE_CODE } from '@ghostfolio/common/config';
 import { DATE_FORMAT } from '@ghostfolio/common/helper';
 import { Injectable, NestMiddleware } from '@nestjs/common';
-import { ConfigService } from '@nestjs/config';
 import { format } from 'date-fns';
 import { NextFunction, Request, Response } from 'express';
 
@@ -18,18 +18,10 @@ export class FrontendMiddleware implements NestMiddleware {
   public indexHtmlIt = '';
   public indexHtmlNl = '';
   public indexHtmlPt = '';
-  public isProduction: boolean;
 
   public constructor(
-    private readonly configService: ConfigService,
     private readonly configurationService: ConfigurationService
   ) {
-    const NODE_ENV =
-      this.configService.get<'development' | 'production'>('NODE_ENV') ??
-      'development';
-
-    this.isProduction = NODE_ENV === 'production';
-
     try {
       this.indexHtmlDe = fs.readFileSync(
         this.getPathOfIndexHtmlFile('de'),
@@ -100,7 +92,7 @@ export class FrontendMiddleware implements NestMiddleware {
     if (
       request.path.startsWith('/api/') ||
       this.isFileRequest(request.url) ||
-      !this.isProduction
+      !environment.production
     ) {
       // Skip
       next();
diff --git a/apps/api/src/main.ts b/apps/api/src/main.ts
index e53ade52..6def14ad 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/main.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/main.ts
@@ -10,15 +10,10 @@ async function bootstrap() {
   const configApp = await NestFactory.create(AppModule);
   const configService = configApp.get<ConfigService>(ConfigService);
 
-  const NODE_ENV =
-    configService.get<'development' | 'production'>('NODE_ENV') ??
-    'development';
-
   const app = await NestFactory.create(AppModule, {
-    logger:
-      NODE_ENV === 'production'
-        ? ['error', 'log', 'warn']
-        : ['debug', 'error', 'log', 'verbose', 'warn']
+    logger: environment.production
+      ? ['error', 'log', 'warn']
+      : ['debug', 'error', 'log', 'verbose', 'warn']
   });
   app.enableCors();
   app.enableVersioning({