diff --git a/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/index.tsx b/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/index.tsx
index 9486c44927..56b0cabb43 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/index.tsx
+++ b/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/index.tsx
@@ -1,52 +1,20 @@
-import { StrictMode } from 'react';
+import { StrictMode, useEffect } from "react";
 import { useSignals, useSignalEffect } from "@preact/signals-react/runtime";
-import { useEffect } from "react";
-import { BrowserRouter } from 'react-router-dom';
-import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom/client';
-import { authentication, persistLogin } from "~/signals";
-import { PageEnigma } from './pages/PageEnigma/PageEnigma';
+import { BrowserRouter } from "react-router-dom";
+import { PageEnigma } from "./pages/PageEnigma/PageEnigma";
 import { createRoot } from "react-dom/client";
-//import App from './app/app';
-//import { App } from './root';
-
-import {
-  Links,
-  Meta,
-  Outlet,
-  Scripts,
-  ScrollRestoration,
-  useLoaderData,
-} from "@remix-run/react";
-
 import "./styles/normalize.css";
 import "./styles/tailwind.css";
 import "./styles/base.css";
 import "@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core/styles.css";
-
 import { config } from "@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core";
-
 import EnvironmentVariables from "~/Classes/EnvironmentVariables";
-import { pageHeight, pageWidth } from "~/signals";
-
+import { pageHeight, pageWidth, persistLogin } from "~/signals";
 import { showWizard } from "~/pages/PageEnigma/Wizard/signals/wizard";
-import { BuildEnvironmentType, GetBuildEnvironment } from "./BuildEnvironment";
+import { posthog } from "posthog-js";
 
 config.autoAddCss = false; /* eslint-disable import/first */
 
-//const root = ReactDOM.createRoot(
-//  document.getElementById('root') as HTMLElement
-//);
-//
-//root.render(
-//  <StrictMode>
-//    <BrowserRouter>
-//      <App/>
-//    </BrowserRouter>
-//  </StrictMode>
-//);
-
-//createRoot(document.getElementById("root")!).render(<PageEnigma/>);
-
 // TODO(bt,2025-04-19): Make these configurable
 const ENV = {
   BASE_API: "https://api.storyteller.ai",
@@ -65,17 +33,18 @@ const GlobalSettingsManager = ({ env }: { env: Record<string, string> }) => {
 
   /// Initizations that depends on ENV vars ///
   function PostHogInit() {
-    const data = EnvironmentVariables.values;
-    const apiKey = data.REACT_APP_PUBLIC_POSTHOG_KEY as string;
-    //posthog.init(apiKey, {
-    //  //HACK: This is the default host from Netlify, but need to figure out why it isn't working on prod.
-    //  // api_host: data.DEPLOY_PRIME_URL + "/ingest" as string,
-    //  api_host: "https://studio.storyteller.ai/ingest" as string,
-    //  ui_host: data.REACT_APP_PUBLIC_POSTHOG_UI as string,
-    //});
+    const apiKey = import.meta.env.VITE_POSTHOG_API_KEY;
+    posthog.init(apiKey, {
+      api_host: "https://us.i.posthog.com/",
+      ui_host: "https://us.i.posthog.com/",
+    });
   }
+
   useEffect(() => {
     EnvironmentVariables.initialize(env);
+    if (import.meta.env.DEV) {
+      return;
+    }
     PostHogInit();
   }, [env]);
 
@@ -114,8 +83,8 @@ createRoot(document.getElementById("root")!).render(
       <BrowserRouter>
         <GlobalSettingsManager env={ENV} />
         <div className="topbar-spacer" />
-        <PageEnigma/>
+        <PageEnigma />
       </BrowserRouter>
     </StrictMode>
-  </>
+  </>,
 );
diff --git a/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/root.tsx b/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/root.tsx
index 9207037d8c..00d097dae7 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/root.tsx
+++ b/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/root.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import { useEffect } from "react";
-import { useSignals } from "@preact/signals-react/runtime";
 import { LinksFunction } from "@remix-run/deno";
 import { posthog } from "posthog-js";
 import { PostHogProvider } from "posthog-js/react";
@@ -9,13 +7,11 @@ import {
   Outlet,
   Scripts,
   ScrollRestoration,
-  useLoaderData,
 } from "@remix-run/react";
 
 import normalizeCss from "./styles/normalize.css?url";
 import tailwindCss from "./styles/tailwind.css?url";
 import baseCss from "./styles/base.css?url";
-import { Environment, Configs } from "./configs";
 //import { api } from "@storyteller/api";
 
 // The following import prevents a Font Awesome icon server-side rendering bug,
@@ -24,12 +20,6 @@ import "@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core/styles.css";
 // Prevent fontawesome from adding its CSS since we did it manually above:
 import { config } from "@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core";
 
-import EnvironmentVariables from "~/Classes/EnvironmentVariables";
-import { pageHeight, pageWidth } from "~/signals";
-
-import { showWizard } from "~/pages/PageEnigma/Wizard/signals/wizard";
-import { BuildEnvironmentType, GetBuildEnvironment } from "./BuildEnvironment";
-
 config.autoAddCss = false; /* eslint-disable import/first */
 
 export const links: LinksFunction = () => [
@@ -60,57 +50,7 @@ export const links: LinksFunction = () => [
   },
 ];
 
-// .env part 2 add to this
-export async function loader() {
-  const environmentType = GetBuildEnvironment().getBuildEnvironmentType();
-  const configs = new Configs(environmentType);
-
-  let uploadApiVideo = "https://upload.storyteller.ai";
-
-  switch (environmentType) {
-    case BuildEnvironmentType.Dev:
-      uploadApiVideo = "http://localhost:12345";
-      break;
-  }
-  
-  //console.log(">>>> API LIBRARY IMPORT TEST", api());
-
-  const env = {
-    // @ts-expect-error ProvessEnv is correct
-    BASE_API: process.env.BASE_API || configs.baseApi || "%BUILD_BASE_API%",
-    // @ts-expect-error ProvessEnv is correct
-    GOOGLE_API: process.env.GOOGLE_API || configs.googleApi || "%BUILD_GOOGLE_API%",
-    // @ts-expect-error ProvessEnv is correct
-    FUNNEL_API: process.env.FUNNEL_API || configs.funnelApi || "%BUILD_FUNNEL_API%",
-    // @ts-expect-error ProvessEnv is correct
-    CDN_API: process.env.CDN_API || configs.cdnApi || "%BUILD_CDN_API%",
-    // @ts-expect-error ProvessEnv is correct
-    GRAVATAR_API: process.env.GRAVATAR_API || configs.gravatarApi || "%BUILD_GRAVATAR_API%",
-    // @ts-expect-error ProvessEnv is correct
-    DEPLOY_PRIME_URL: process.env.DEPLOY_PRIME_URL || configs.deployPrimeUrl || "%DEPLOY_PRIME_URL%",
-    REACT_APP_PUBLIC_POSTHOG_KEY:
-      // @ts-expect-error ProvessEnv is correct
-      process.env.REACT_APP_PUBLIC_POSTHOG_KEY ||
-      "%REACT_APP_PUBLIC_POSTHOG_KEY%",
-    REACT_APP_PUBLIC_POSTHOG_UI:
-      // @ts-expect-error ProvessEnv is correct
-      process.env.REACT_APP_PUBLIC_POSTHOG_UI ||
-      "%REACT_APP_PUBLIC_POSTHOG_UI%",
-    // @ts-expect-error ProvessEnv is correct
-    CONTEXT: process.env.CONTEXT || configs.deployContext || "%CONTEXT%",
-    // @ts-expect-error ProvessEnv is correct
-    DEPLOY_CONTEXT: process.env.DEPLOY_CONTEXT || configs.deployContext || "%DEPLOY_CONTEXT%",
-
-    // .env part 3
-    //UPLOAD_API_VIDEO: process.env.UPLOAD_API_VIDEO || configs.uploadApiVideo || "%UPLOAD_API_VIDEO%",
-    UPLOAD_API_VIDEO: uploadApiVideo,
-  } as Record<string, string | boolean>;
-  return { ENV: env };
-}
-
 export default function App() {
-  const data = useLoaderData() as { ENV: Record<string, string> };
-
   return (
     <html lang="en">
       <head>
@@ -120,7 +60,6 @@ export default function App() {
         <Links />
       </head>
       <body className="overflow-hidden bg-ui-background">
-        {data && <GlobalSettingsManager env={data.ENV} />}
         <div className="topbar-spacer" />
         <PostHogProvider client={posthog}>
           <Outlet />
@@ -131,48 +70,3 @@ export default function App() {
     </html>
   );
 }
-
-const GlobalSettingsManager = ({ env }: { env: Record<string, string> }) => {
-  useSignals();
-
-  /// Initizations that depends on ENV vars ///
-  function PostHogInit() {
-    const data = EnvironmentVariables.values;
-    const apiKey = data.REACT_APP_PUBLIC_POSTHOG_KEY as string;
-    posthog.init(apiKey, {
-      //HACK: This is the default host from Netlify, but need to figure out why it isn't working on prod.
-      // api_host: data.DEPLOY_PRIME_URL + "/ingest" as string,
-      api_host: "https://studio.storyteller.ai/ingest" as string,
-      ui_host: data.REACT_APP_PUBLIC_POSTHOG_UI as string,
-    });
-  }
-  useEffect(() => {
-    EnvironmentVariables.initialize(env);
-    PostHogInit();
-  }, [env]);
-
-  /// Initizations that run only once on 1ST mount ///
-  function setPage() {
-    // TODO address this issue with zooming
-    pageHeight.value = window.innerHeight;
-    pageWidth.value = window.innerWidth;
-  }
-  function initWizard() {
-    if (showWizard.value) {
-      return;
-    }
-    const wizard = localStorage.getItem("storyteller-wizard");
-    showWizard.value = wizard ? "" : "initial";
-    localStorage.setItem("storyteller-wizard", "shown");
-  }
-  useEffect(() => {
-    initWizard();
-    setPage();
-    window.addEventListener("resize", setPage);
-    return () => {
-      window.removeEventListener("resize", setPage);
-    };
-  }, []);
-
-  return null;
-};