diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index cc12b4d5..840d7866 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
-OPENAI_API_KEY=""
-WOLFRAM_ALPHA_APPID=""
-ZAPIER_NLA_API_KEY=""
+OPENAI_API_KEY="your_openai_api_key_here"
+WOLFRAM_ALPHA_APPID="your_wolfram_alpha_appid_here"
+ZAPIER_NLA_API_KEY="your_zapier_nla_api_key_here"
 
 EVAL_PORT=8000
-MODEL_NAME=""
-CELERY_BROKER_URL=""
+MODEL_NAME="gpt-4"
+CELERY_BROKER_URL="redis://localhost:6379"
 
-SERVER=""
+SERVER="http://localhost:8000"
 USE_GPU=True
 PLAYGROUND_DIR="playground"
 
-OPENAI_API_KEY="your_openai_api_key_here"
 LOG_LEVEL="INFO"
 BOT_NAME="Orca"
 
@@ -20,10 +19,8 @@ BING_SEARCH_URL="your_bing_search_url_here"
 
 BING_SUBSCRIPTION_KEY="your_bing_subscription_key_here"
 SERPAPI_API_KEY="your_serpapi_api_key_here"
-IFTTTKey=""
-
-BRAVE_API_KEY=""
-SPOONACULAR_KEY=""
-HF_API_KEY="Huggingface api key"
+IFTTTKey="your_iftttkey_here"
 
-MODEL_NAME="gpt-4"
\ No newline at end of file
+BRAVE_API_KEY="your_brave_api_key_here"
+SPOONACULAR_KEY="your_spoonacular_key_here"
+HF_API_KEY="your_huggingface_api_key_here"
diff --git a/swarms/utils/main.py b/swarms/utils/main.py
index 1d812fbe..ca42a745 100644
--- a/swarms/utils/main.py
+++ b/swarms/utils/main.py
@@ -274,12 +274,11 @@ class StaticUploader(AbstractUploader):
 
     @staticmethod
     def from_settings(path: Path, endpoint: str) -> "StaticUploader":
-        server = os.environ.get("SERVER")
-        if server is None:
-            raise EnvironmentError("'SERVER' environment variable is not set.")
+        server = os.environ.get("SERVER", "default_server_value")
         return StaticUploader(server, path, endpoint)
 
 
+
     def get_url(self, uploaded_path: str) -> str:
         return f"{self.server}/{uploaded_path}"