diff --git a/packages/hoppscotch-backend/docker-compose.yml b/packages/hoppscotch-backend/docker-compose.yml
index a27bd2c7d..f9f606083 100644
--- a/packages/hoppscotch-backend/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/packages/hoppscotch-backend/docker-compose.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ version: '3.0'
 services:
   local:
     build: .
+    env_file:
+      - .env
     command: [ "pnpm", "run", "start:dev" ]
     environment:
       - PRODUCTION=false
diff --git a/packages/hoppscotch-backend/src/auth/helper.ts b/packages/hoppscotch-backend/src/auth/helper.ts
index 50231a5a2..979dc46dd 100644
--- a/packages/hoppscotch-backend/src/auth/helper.ts
+++ b/packages/hoppscotch-backend/src/auth/helper.ts
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export const authCookieHandler = (
 };
 
 /**
- * Sets and returns the cookies in the response object on successful authentication
+ * Decode the cookie header from incoming websocket connects and returns a auth token pair
  * @param rawCookies cookies from the websocket connection
  * @returns AuthTokens for JWT strategy to use
  */