From 92579b028a6a9d07ba054f4c1867121ecb165095 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Hoyau <a.hoyau@silexlabs.org>
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2019 18:09:10 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] let server find env vars if .env is not defined (required for
 heroku)

---
 server.js | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index 78aeefa6..557f0d33 100755
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -3,7 +3,13 @@
  * Module dependencies.
  */
 
-require('dotenv').config({path: './.env'});
+const fs = require('fs');
+if(fs.existsSync(__dirname + '/.env')) {
+	require('dotenv').config({path: './.env'});
+}
+else {
+	console.warn('unable to find .env file, expecting env vars');
+}
 
 if(!process.env.NODE_ENV){
     process.env.NODE_ENV = 'development';