diff --git a/services/blog/app/core/config.py b/services/blog/app/core/config.py
index 14df2a7..6037329 100644
--- a/services/blog/app/core/config.py
+++ b/services/blog/app/core/config.py
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
     USER_SERVICE_URL: str = "http://user_service:8002"
 
     # Cloudinary
-    CLOUDINARY_CLOUD_NAME: str = ""
-    CLOUDINARY_API_KEY:    str = ""
-    CLOUDINARY_API_SECRET: str = ""
+    CLOUDINARY_CLOUD_NAME: str 
+    CLOUDINARY_API_KEY:    str
+    CLOUDINARY_API_SECRET: str
 
     class Config:
         env_file = ".env"
diff --git a/services/produce/app/core/config.py b/services/produce/app/core/config.py
index 6cd48d7..7c232a8 100644
--- a/services/produce/app/core/config.py
+++ b/services/produce/app/core/config.py
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
     INTERNAL_SECRET:        str
     USER_SERVICE_URL:       str = "http://user_service:8002"
     REDIS_URL:              str = "redis://redis:6379/0"
-    CLOUDINARY_CLOUD_NAME:  str = ""
-    CLOUDINARY_API_KEY:     str = ""
-    CLOUDINARY_API_SECRET:  str = ""
+    CLOUDINARY_CLOUD_NAME:  str
+    CLOUDINARY_API_KEY:     str
+    CLOUDINARY_API_SECRET:  str
     ML_GATEWAY_URL:         str = ""  # Set to http://ml-gateway:8000 when ML stack is running
     NOTIFICATION_SERVICE_URL: str = "http://notification_service:8007"