diff --git a/backend/emails/emails.js b/backend/emails/emails.js
index 43fd076..9f96882 100644
--- a/backend/emails/emails.js
+++ b/backend/emails/emails.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const currencyFormatter = new Intl.NumberFormat('en-CA', {
 
 const getEmailToSection = async (reporter_id, recipients) => {
     const emailToSet = new Set(
-        process.env.EMAIL_RECIPIENTS?.split(',') || [
+        process.env.WATO_FINANCE_EMAIL_RECIPIENTS?.split(',') || [
             'jw4he@watonomous.ca',
             'v2zheng@watonomous.ca',
             'william.li@watonomous.ca',
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ const getEmailToSection = async (reporter_id, recipients) => {
     }
 
     if (recipients.includes(EMAIL_RECIPIENTS.finance)) {
-        // emailToSet.add(process.env.FINANCE_EMAIL)
+        // emailToSet.add(process.env.WATO_FINANCE_FINANCE_EMAIL)
     }
 
     if (recipients.includes(EMAIL_RECIPIENTS.reporter)) {
@@ -122,9 +122,9 @@ const getTicketLinkHTML = (ticketPath) => `
     <p>
         View the ticket here: 
         <a
-            href=${process.env.CLIENT_URL}${ticketPath}
+            href=${process.env.WATO_FINANCE_CLIENT_URL}${ticketPath}
         >
-            ${process.env.CLIENT_URL}${ticketPath}
+            ${process.env.WATO_FINANCE_CLIENT_URL}${ticketPath}
         </a>
     </p>
 `
diff --git a/backend/routes/files.routes.js b/backend/routes/files.routes.js
index 2436919..3cf4f92 100644
--- a/backend/routes/files.routes.js
+++ b/backend/routes/files.routes.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const upload = multer({
     storage: multerS3({
         s3: s3Client,
         contentType: multerS3.AUTO_CONTENT_TYPE,
-        bucket: process.env.AWS_FINANCE_BUCKET_NAME,
+        bucket: process.env.WATO_FINANCE_AWS_FINANCE_BUCKET_NAME,
         storageClass: 'STANDARD_IA',
         metadata: function (req, file, cb) {
             cb(null, {
diff --git a/backend/server.js b/backend/server.js
index 67c4b78..d033482 100644
--- a/backend/server.js
+++ b/backend/server.js
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ const mongoose = require('mongoose')
 require('dotenv').config()
 
 const app = express()
-const port = process.env.PORT || 5000
+const port = process.env.WATO_FINANCE_PORT || 5000
 
 app.use(cors())
 app.use(express.json())
 
-const uri = process.env.ATLAS_URI
+const uri = process.env.WATO_FINANCE_ATLAS_URI
 mongoose.connect(uri, {
     useNewUrlParser: true,
     useUnifiedTopology: true,
diff --git a/backend/service/files.service.js b/backend/service/files.service.js
index 10284dc..4086c65 100644
--- a/backend/service/files.service.js
+++ b/backend/service/files.service.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const getAllFilesByReference = async (reference) => {
         files.map(async (file) => {
             // generate a presigned url for each file
             const presignedUrl = await generatePresignedUrl(
-                process.env.AWS_FINANCE_BUCKET_NAME,
+                process.env.WATO_FINANCE_AWS_FINANCE_BUCKET_NAME,
                 getS3FileKey(file.reference_code, file.name)
             )
             return {
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ const deleteFile = async (referenceCode, fileName) => {
     // first delete from s3 first, as its ok to have orphaned files in mongo (no cost) since we only store metadata
     // then delete from db
     await deleteS3File(
-        process.env.AWS_FINANCE_BUCKET_NAME,
+        process.env.WATO_FINANCE_AWS_FINANCE_BUCKET_NAME,
         getS3FileKey(referenceCode, fileName)
     )
     return File.findOneAndDelete({
diff --git a/backend/service/sendEmail.js b/backend/service/sendEmail.js
index 580ddcf..a98634b 100644
--- a/backend/service/sendEmail.js
+++ b/backend/service/sendEmail.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 const Mailjet = require('node-mailjet')
 
 const mailjet = Mailjet.apiConnect(
-    process.env.MAILJET_API_KEY,
-    process.env.MAILJET_SECRET_KEY
+    process.env.WATO_FINANCE_MAILJET_API_KEY,
+    process.env.WATO_FINANCE_MAILJET_SECRET_KEY
 )
 
 const sendEmail = async ({ To, Subject, HTMLPart }) => {
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const sendEmail = async ({ To, Subject, HTMLPart }) => {
             Messages: [
                 {
                     From: {
-                        Email: process.env.FINANCE_EMAIL,
+                        Email: process.env.WATO_FINANCE_FINANCE_EMAIL,
                     },
                     To,
                     Subject,
diff --git a/backend/utils/seedData.js b/backend/utils/seedData.js
index ea27c3a..7de2966 100644
--- a/backend/utils/seedData.js
+++ b/backend/utils/seedData.js
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ const numFundingItemsToCreatePerSponsorshipFund = 2
 const numPersonalPurchasesToCreatePerFundingItem = 2
 const numUWFinancePurchasesToCreatePerFundingItem = 2
 
-const backend_url = process.env.BACKEND_URL || 'http://localhost:5000'
+const backend_url =
+    process.env.WATO_FINANCE_BACKEND_URL || 'http://localhost:5000'
 
 const lorem = new LoremIpsum({
     wordsPerSentence: {
diff --git a/frontend/src/axiosConfig.js b/frontend/src/axiosConfig.js
index 73afd06..d07da4f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/axiosConfig.js
+++ b/frontend/src/axiosConfig.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import axios from 'axios'
 import app from './firebase'
 import { getAuth } from 'firebase/auth'
 export const axiosPreset = axios.create({
-    baseURL: `${process.env.REACT_APP_BACKEND_URL}`,
+    baseURL: `${process.env.REACT_APP_WATO_FINANCE_BACKEND_URL}`,
 })
 
 // dont have access to currentuser at axiosPreset creation, so append on at request time
diff --git a/frontend/src/contexts/AuthContext.js b/frontend/src/contexts/AuthContext.js
index 3c7f79e..3c582b0 100644
--- a/frontend/src/contexts/AuthContext.js
+++ b/frontend/src/contexts/AuthContext.js
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ export const AuthProvider = ({ children }) => {
             const identifier = searchWithEmail ? userEmail : userWatiam
 
             const retrievedGroup = await axiosPreset.get(
-                `${process.env.REACT_APP_BACKEND_URL}/googlegroups/${identifier}`
+                `${process.env.REACT_APP_WATO_FINANCE_BACKEND_URL}/googlegroups/${identifier}`
             )
             setCurrentUserGroup(retrievedGroup?.data?.title)
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/firebase.js b/frontend/src/firebase.js
index 5ce3208..0f810fd 100644
--- a/frontend/src/firebase.js
+++ b/frontend/src/firebase.js
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 import { initializeApp } from 'firebase/app'
 
 const firebaseConfig = {
-    apiKey: process.env.REACT_APP_API_KEY,
-    authDomain: process.env.REACT_APP_AUTH_DOMAIN,
-    projectId: process.env.REACT_APP_PROJECT_ID,
-    storageBucket: process.env.REACT_APP_STORAGE_BUCKET,
-    messagingSenderId: process.env.REACT_APP_MESSAGING_SENDER_ID,
-    appId: process.env.REACT_APP_APP_ID,
+    apiKey: process.env.REACT_APP_WATO_FINANCE_API_KEY,
+    authDomain: process.env.REACT_APP_WATO_FINANCE_AUTH_DOMAIN,
+    projectId: process.env.REACT_APP_WATO_FINANCE_PROJECT_ID,
+    storageBucket: process.env.REACT_APP_WATO_FINANCE_STORAGE_BUCKET,
+    messagingSenderId: process.env.REACT_APP_WATO_FINANCE_MESSAGING_SENDER_ID,
+    appId: process.env.REACT_APP_WATO_FINANCE_APP_ID,
 }
 
 const app = initializeApp(firebaseConfig)