diff --git a/Requirements.md b/ProjectRequirements.md
similarity index 100%
rename from Requirements.md
rename to ProjectRequirements.md
diff --git a/deployment/cloud-run/service.yaml b/deployment/cloud-run/service.yaml
index 947752e..b7f9c3a 100644
--- a/deployment/cloud-run/service.yaml
+++ b/deployment/cloud-run/service.yaml
@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@ spec:
           value: "gen-lang-client-0424120530"
         - name: FIRESTORE_CREDENTIALS_FILE
           value: "/var/secrets/google/key.json"
+        - name: GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS
+          value: "/var/secrets/google/key.json"
         - name: GCS_BUCKET_NAME
-          value: "your-bucket-name"
+          value: "gen-lang-client-0424120530-images"
         - name: API_KEY_SECRET
           valueFrom:
             secretKeyRef:
@@ -31,8 +33,26 @@ spec:
               name: sereact-vector-db-key
               key: latest
         - name: VECTOR_DB_ENVIRONMENT
-          value: "your-pinecone-env"
+          value: "gcp-starter"
         - name: VECTOR_DB_INDEX_NAME
           value: "image-embeddings"
         - name: LOG_LEVEL
-          value: "INFO" 
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+          value: "INFO"
+        volumeMounts:
+        - name: gcp-sa-key
+          mountPath: /var/secrets/google
+          readOnly: true
+        startupProbe:
+          httpGet:
+            path: /
+            port: 8000
+          initialDelaySeconds: 20
+          periodSeconds: 5
+          failureThreshold: 10
+      volumes:
+      - name: gcp-sa-key
+        secret:
+          secretName: sereact-gcp-sa-key
+          items:
+          - key: latest
+            path: key.json 
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diff --git a/scripts/start.sh b/scripts/start.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad16ae0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/start.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Activate virtual environment based on platform
+if [ -d "venv" ]; then
+  if [ -f "venv/Scripts/activate" ]; then
+    # Windows with Git Bash
+    source venv/Scripts/activate
+  else
+    # Linux/macOS
+    source venv/bin/activate
+  fi
+  echo "Virtual environment activated"
+else
+  echo "WARNING: Virtual environment not found!"
+fi
+
+# Set development environment variables
+export ENVIRONMENT=development
+export LOG_LEVEL=DEBUG
+
+# Check for .env file and load it
+if [ -f ".env" ]; then
+  echo "Loading environment variables from .env file"
+  export $(grep -v '^#' .env | xargs)
+else
+  echo "WARNING: No .env file found. Using defaults or environment variables."
+fi
+
+# Start server in development mode with hot reloading
+echo "Starting development server..."
+uvicorn main:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000 --reload 
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diff --git a/temp_key.json b/temp_key.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..54970f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/temp_key.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"type":"service_account","project_id":"gen-lang-client-0424120530","private_key_id":"placeholder","private_key":"placeholder","client_email":"placeholder@gen-lang-client-0424120530.iam.gserviceaccount.com","client_id":"placeholder","auth_uri":"https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth","token_uri":"https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token","auth_provider_x509_cert_url":"https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v1/certs","client_x509_cert_url":"placeholder","universe_domain":"googleapis.com"}