diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index aeb09206..93661fe3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     "commit": "git-cz",
     "act:test-install": "act --container-architecture linux/amd64 -j test-install",
     "act:docker": "act --container-architecture linux/amd64 --secret-file github.secrets -j build-images",
-    "start:dev": "sudo ./scripts/start-dev.sh",
+    "start:dev": "./scripts/start-dev.sh",
     "start:rc": "docker-compose -f docker-compose.rc.yml --env-file .env up --build",
     "start:prod": "docker-compose --env-file .env up --build",
     "start:pg": "docker run --name test-db -p 5433:5432 -d --rm -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=postgres postgres",
diff --git a/scripts/start-dev.sh b/scripts/start-dev.sh
index 852cf526..05166ac6 100755
--- a/scripts/start-dev.sh
+++ b/scripts/start-dev.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,97 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -e # Exit immediately if a command exits with a non-zero status.
+
 source "${BASH_SOURCE%/*}/common.sh"
 
+### --------------------------------
+### General variables
+### --------------------------------
 ROOT_FOLDER="${PWD}"
+STATE_FOLDER="${ROOT_FOLDER}/state"
+SED_ROOT_FOLDER="$(echo "$ROOT_FOLDER" | sed 's/\//\\\//g')"
+NGINX_PORT=80
+NGINX_PORT_SSL=443
+DOMAIN=tipi.localhost
+DNS_IP=9.9.9.9 # Default to Quad9 DNS
+ARCHITECTURE="$(uname -m)"
+TZ="UTC"
+JWT_SECRET=secret
+POSTGRES_PASSWORD=postgres
+TIPI_VERSION=$(get_json_field "${ROOT_FOLDER}/package.json" version)
+INTERNAL_IP=localhost
+storage_path="${ROOT_FOLDER}"
+STORAGE_PATH_ESCAPED="$(echo "${storage_path}" | sed 's/\//\\\//g')"
+
+### --------------------------------
+### Apps repository configuration
+### --------------------------------
+apps_repository="https://github.com/meienberger/runtipi-appstore"
+APPS_REPOSITORY_ESCAPED="$(echo ${apps_repository} | sed 's/\//\\\//g')"
+REPO_ID="$("${ROOT_FOLDER}"/scripts/git.sh get_hash ${apps_repository})"
+
+# Override configs with settings.json
+if [[ -f "${STATE_FOLDER}/settings.json" ]]; then
+    if [[ "$(get_json_field "${STATE_FOLDER}/settings.json" appsRepoUrl)" != "null" ]]; then
+        apps_repository=$(get_json_field "${STATE_FOLDER}/settings.json" appsRepoUrl)
+        APPS_REPOSITORY_ESCAPED="$(echo "${apps_repository}" | sed 's/\//\\\//g')"
+        REPO_ID="$("${ROOT_FOLDER}"/scripts/git.sh get_hash "${apps_repository}")"
+    fi
+fi
+
+### --------------------------------
+### Watcher and system-info
+### --------------------------------
+if [[ ! -f "${ROOT_FOLDER}/state/events" ]]; then
+    touch "${ROOT_FOLDER}/state/events"
+fi
+
+if [[ ! -f "${ROOT_FOLDER}/state/system-info.json" ]]; then
+    echo "{}" >"${ROOT_FOLDER}/state/system-info.json"
+fi
 
-kill_watcher
 chmod -R a+rwx "${ROOT_FOLDER}/state/events"
 chmod -R a+rwx "${ROOT_FOLDER}/state/system-info.json"
+kill_watcher
 "${ROOT_FOLDER}/scripts/watcher.sh" &
 
+### --------------------------------
+### env file generation
+### --------------------------------
+ENV_FILE=$(mktemp)
+[[ -f "${ROOT_FOLDER}/.env" ]] && rm -f "${ROOT_FOLDER}/.env"
+[[ -f "$ROOT_FOLDER/templates/env-sample" ]] && cp "$ROOT_FOLDER/templates/env-sample" "$ENV_FILE"
+
+OS=$(uname)
+sed_args=(-i)
+# If os is macos, use gnu sed
+if [[ "$OS" == "Darwin" ]]; then
+    echo "Using gnu sed"
+    sed_args=(-i '')
+fi
+
+for template in ${ENV_FILE}; do
+    sed "${sed_args[@]}" "s/<dns_ip>/${DNS_IP}/g" "${template}"
+    sed "${sed_args[@]}" "s/<internal_ip>/${INTERNAL_IP}/g" "${template}"
+    sed "${sed_args[@]}" "s/<tz>/${TZ}/g" "${template}"
+    sed "${sed_args[@]}" "s/<jwt_secret>/${JWT_SECRET}/g" "${template}"
+    sed "${sed_args[@]}" "s/<root_folder>/${SED_ROOT_FOLDER}/g" "${template}"
+    sed "${sed_args[@]}" "s/<tipi_version>/${TIPI_VERSION}/g" "${template}"
+    sed "${sed_args[@]}" "s/<architecture>/${ARCHITECTURE}/g" "${template}"
+    sed "${sed_args[@]}" "s/<nginx_port>/${NGINX_PORT}/g" "${template}"
+    sed "${sed_args[@]}" "s/<nginx_port_ssl>/${NGINX_PORT_SSL}/g" "${template}"
+    sed "${sed_args[@]}" "s/<postgres_password>/${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}/g" "${template}"
+    sed "${sed_args[@]}" "s/<apps_repo_id>/${REPO_ID}/g" "${template}"
+    sed "${sed_args[@]}" "s/<apps_repo_url>/${APPS_REPOSITORY_ESCAPED}/g" "${template}"
+    sed "${sed_args[@]}" "s/<domain>/${DOMAIN}/g" "${template}"
+    sed "${sed_args[@]}" "s/<storage_path>/${STORAGE_PATH_ESCAPED}/g" "${template}"
+done
+
+mv -f "$ENV_FILE" "$ROOT_FOLDER/.env.dev"
+cp "$ROOT_FOLDER/.env.dev" "$ROOT_FOLDER/.env"
+chmod a+rwx "$ROOT_FOLDER/.env"
+chmod a+rwx "${ROOT_FOLDER}/.env.dev"
+
+### --------------------------------
+### Start the project
+### --------------------------------
 docker compose -f docker-compose.dev.yml --env-file "${ROOT_FOLDER}/.env.dev" up --build
diff --git a/scripts/start.sh b/scripts/start.sh
index fb67efc4..3f5f8924 100755
--- a/scripts/start.sh
+++ b/scripts/start.sh
@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@ if [[ "$ARCHITECTURE" == "aarch64" ]]; then
   ARCHITECTURE="arm64"
 fi
 
-# Parse arguments
+### --------------------------------
+### CLI arguments
+### --------------------------------
 while [ -n "$1" ]; do
   case "$1" in
   --rc) rc="true" ;;
@@ -143,15 +145,6 @@ export DOCKER_CLIENT_TIMEOUT=240
 export COMPOSE_HTTP_TIMEOUT=240
 
 echo "Generating config files..."
-# Remove current .env file
-[[ -f "${ROOT_FOLDER}/.env" ]] && rm -f "${ROOT_FOLDER}/.env"
-
-# Store paths to intermediary config files
-ENV_FILE=$(mktemp)
-
-# Copy template configs to intermediary configs
-[[ -f "$ROOT_FOLDER/templates/env-sample" ]] && cp "$ROOT_FOLDER/templates/env-sample" "$ENV_FILE"
-
 # Override vars with values from settings.json
 if [[ -f "${STATE_FOLDER}/settings.json" ]]; then
 
@@ -167,12 +160,9 @@ if [[ -f "${STATE_FOLDER}/settings.json" ]]; then
 
   # If appsRepoUrl is set in settings.json, use it
   if [[ "$(get_json_field "${STATE_FOLDER}/settings.json" appsRepoUrl)" != "null" ]]; then
-    APPS_REPOSITORY_ESCAPED="$(echo ${apps_repository} | sed 's/\//\\\//g')"
-  fi
-
-  # If appsRepoId is set in settings.json, use it
-  if [[ "$(get_json_field "${STATE_FOLDER}/settings.json" appsRepoId)" != "null" ]]; then
-    REPO_ID=$(get_json_field "${STATE_FOLDER}/settings.json" appsRepoId)
+    apps_repository=$(get_json_field "${STATE_FOLDER}/settings.json" appsRepoUrl)
+    APPS_REPOSITORY_ESCAPED="$(echo "${apps_repository}" | sed 's/\//\\\//g')"
+    REPO_ID="$("${ROOT_FOLDER}"/scripts/git.sh get_hash "${apps_repository}")"
   fi
 
   # If port is set in settings.json, use it
@@ -197,10 +187,16 @@ if [[ -f "${STATE_FOLDER}/settings.json" ]]; then
   fi
 fi
 
-# Set array with all new values
 new_values="DOMAIN=${DOMAIN}\nDNS_IP=${DNS_IP}\nAPPS_REPOSITORY=${APPS_REPOSITORY_ESCAPED}\nREPO_ID=${REPO_ID}\nNGINX_PORT=${NGINX_PORT}\nNGINX_PORT_SSL=${NGINX_PORT_SSL}\nINTERNAL_IP=${INTERNAL_IP}\nSTORAGE_PATH=${STORAGE_PATH_ESCAPED}\nTZ=${TZ}\nJWT_SECRET=${JWT_SECRET}\nROOT_FOLDER=${SED_ROOT_FOLDER}\nTIPI_VERSION=${TIPI_VERSION}\nARCHITECTURE=${ARCHITECTURE}"
 write_log "Final values: \n${new_values}"
 
+### --------------------------------
+### env file generation
+### --------------------------------
+ENV_FILE=$(mktemp)
+[[ -f "${ROOT_FOLDER}/.env" ]] && rm -f "${ROOT_FOLDER}/.env"
+[[ -f "$ROOT_FOLDER/templates/env-sample" ]] && cp "$ROOT_FOLDER/templates/env-sample" "$ENV_FILE"
+
 for template in ${ENV_FILE}; do
   sed -i "s/<dns_ip>/${DNS_IP}/g" "${template}"
   sed -i "s/<internal_ip>/${INTERNAL_IP}/g" "${template}"