diff --git a/app/__init__.py b/app/__init__.py
index 28508cb1f..f34177786 100644
--- a/app/__init__.py
+++ b/app/__init__.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ def create_app(app_name=None):
     application = Flask(__name__)
 
     application.config.from_object(os.environ['NOTIFY_API_ENVIRONMENT'])
+
     if app_name:
         application.config['NOTIFY_APP_NAME'] = app_name
 
diff --git a/aws_run_celery.py b/aws_run_celery.py
index 814e07f4b..bbc64d2ad 100644
--- a/aws_run_celery.py
+++ b/aws_run_celery.py
@@ -2,11 +2,19 @@
 from app import notify_celery, create_app
 from credstash import getAllSecrets
 import os
+from config import configs
+
+default_env_file = '/home/ubuntu/environment'
+environment = 'live'
+
+if os.path.isfile(default_env_file):
+    with open(default_env_file, 'r') as environment_file:
+        environment = environment_file.readline().strip()
 
 # on aws get secrets and export to env
-secrets = getAllSecrets(region="eu-west-1")
-for key, val in secrets.items():
-    os.environ[key] = val
+os.environ.update(getAllSecrets(region="eu-west-1"))
+
+os.environ['NOTIFY_API_ENVIRONMENT'] = configs[environment]
 
 application = create_app()
 application.app_context().push()
diff --git a/config.py b/config.py
index c2b6ce984..0234e9e7b 100644
--- a/config.py
+++ b/config.py
@@ -84,3 +84,9 @@ class Development(Config):
 
 class Test(Development):
     pass
+
+configs = {
+    'live': 'config_live.Live',
+    'staging': 'config_staging.Staging',
+    'preview': 'config.Config'
+}
diff --git a/config_live.py b/config_live.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..57236f71c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config_live.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import os
+from config import Config
+
+
+class Live(Config):
+    ADMIN_BASE_URL = os.environ['LIVE_ADMIN_BASE_URL']
+    ADMIN_CLIENT_SECRET = os.environ['LIVE_ADMIN_CLIENT_SECRET']
+    DANGEROUS_SALT = os.environ['LIVE_DANGEROUS_SALT']
+    NOTIFICATION_QUEUE_PREFIX = os.environ['LIVE_NOTIFICATION_QUEUE_PREFIX']
+    NOTIFY_JOB_QUEUE = os.environ['LIVE_NOTIFY_JOB_QUEUE']
+    SECRET_KEY = os.environ['LIVE_SECRET_KEY']
+    SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = os.environ['LIVE_SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI']
+    VERIFY_CODE_FROM_EMAIL_ADDRESS = os.environ['LIVE_VERIFY_CODE_FROM_EMAIL_ADDRESS']
+    NOTIFY_EMAIL_DOMAIN = os.environ['LIVE_NOTIFY_EMAIL_DOMAIN']
+    FIRETEXT_API_KEY = os.getenv("LIVE_FIRETEXT_API_KEY")
+    TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN = os.getenv('LIVE_TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN')
diff --git a/config_staging.py b/config_staging.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3c36cc1b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config_staging.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import os
+from config import Config
+
+
+class Staging(Config):
+    ADMIN_BASE_URL = os.environ['STAGING_ADMIN_BASE_URL']
+    ADMIN_CLIENT_SECRET = os.environ['STAGING_ADMIN_CLIENT_SECRET']
+    DANGEROUS_SALT = os.environ['STAGING_DANGEROUS_SALT']
+    NOTIFICATION_QUEUE_PREFIX = os.environ['STAGING_NOTIFICATION_QUEUE_PREFIX']
+    NOTIFY_JOB_QUEUE = os.environ['STAGING_NOTIFY_JOB_QUEUE']
+    SECRET_KEY = os.environ['STAGING_SECRET_KEY']
+    SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = os.environ['STAGING_SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI']
+    VERIFY_CODE_FROM_EMAIL_ADDRESS = os.environ['STAGING_VERIFY_CODE_FROM_EMAIL_ADDRESS']
+    NOTIFY_EMAIL_DOMAIN = os.environ['STAGING_NOTIFY_EMAIL_DOMAIN']
+    FIRETEXT_API_KEY = os.getenv("STAGING_FIRETEXT_API_KEY")
+    TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN = os.getenv('STAGING_TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN')
diff --git a/wsgi.py b/wsgi.py
index 3e9e20d2f..4149fb92a 100644
--- a/wsgi.py
+++ b/wsgi.py
@@ -2,13 +2,21 @@ import os
 
 from app import create_app
 from credstash import getAllSecrets
+from config import configs
+
+
+default_env_file = '/home/ubuntu/environment'
+environment = 'live'
+
+if os.path.isfile(default_env_file):
+    with open(default_env_file, 'r') as environment_file:
+        environment = environment_file.readline().strip()
 
 # on aws get secrets and export to env
-secrets = getAllSecrets(region="eu-west-1")
-for key, val in secrets.items():
-    os.environ[key] = val
+os.environ.update(getAllSecrets(region="eu-west-1"))
+os.environ['NOTIFY_API_ENVIRONMENT'] = configs[environment]
 
 application = create_app()
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-        application.run()
+    application.run()