should work on both localhost and outside.

server/src/index.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import 'dotenv/config';
 import express from 'express';
 import cors from 'cors';
 import { toNodeHandler } from 'better-auth/node';
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ import protocolsRouter from './routes/protocols';
 import path from 'path';
 
 const app = express();
+console.log(process.env.BETTER_AUTH_URL, process.env.BETTER_AUTH_SECRET);
 const PORT = process.env.PORT || 3001;
 const UPLOADS_DIR = process.env.UPLOADS_DIR || path.join(__dirname, '../uploads');
 
@@ -41,4 +43,6 @@ app.get('/api/health', (_req, res) => res.json({ ok: true }));
 
 app.listen(PORT, () => {
   console.log(`LabWise API running on http://localhost:${PORT}`);
+  console.log('BETTER_AUTH_URL:', process.env.BETTER_AUTH_URL);
+  console.log('BETTER_AUTH_SECRET:', process.env.BETTER_AUTH_SECRET);
 });