diff --git a/src/clj/automaton_core/storage/component.clj b/src/clj/automaton_core/storage/component.clj
index f6eb0e7c..fd799cfc 100644
--- a/src/clj/automaton_core/storage/component.clj
+++ b/src/clj/automaton_core/storage/component.clj
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   []
   (try (core-log/info "Start storage component")
        (let [dc (datomic/make-datomic-client datomic-schema/all-schema)
-             db-uri (or (conf/read-param [:storage :datomic :url]) (conf/read-param [:storage-datomic-url]))
+             db-uri (conf/read-param [:storage :datomic :url])
              _db-uri-valid? (when-not db-uri (throw (ex-info "Database uri was not found." {})))
              conn (storage/connection dc db-uri)
              access (datomic/make-datomic-access)]
diff --git a/src/cljc/automaton_core/configuration/simple_files.cljc b/src/cljc/automaton_core/configuration/simple_files.cljc
index aaca6e63..95cc375a 100644
--- a/src/cljc/automaton_core/configuration/simple_files.cljc
+++ b/src/cljc/automaton_core/configuration/simple_files.cljc
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@
    Just like in core configuration, we are not using log nor outside dependencies to comply with the configuration requirements."
   (:require #?@(:clj [[clojure.edn :as edn] [clojure.java.io :as io] [automaton-core.adapters.java-properties :as java-properties]]
                 :cljs [[cljs.reader :as edn] [goog.object :as obj]])
-            [automaton-core.utils.map :as utils-map]
             [automaton-core.configuration.protocol :as core-conf-prot]
-            [automaton-core.utils.keyword :as utils-keyword]))
+            [automaton-core.utils.keyword :as utils-keyword]
+            [automaton-core.utils.map :as utils-map]
+            [clojure.string :as str]))
 
 #?(:cljs (def ^:private nodejs? (exists? js/require)))
 
@@ -23,10 +24,8 @@
          _
          v)))
 
-(defn str->value
-  "ENV vars and system properties are strings. str->value will convert:
-   the numbers to longs, the alphanumeric values to strings, and will use Clojure reader for the rest
-   in case reader can't read OR it reads a symbol, the value will be returned as is (a string)"
+(defn parse-system-env
+  "Turns string type into number. In case of failure in parsing it's returned in a format sa it was (a string)."
   [v]
   (cond (re-matches #"[0-9]+" v) (parse-number v)
         (re-matches #"^(true|false)$" v) #?(:clj (Boolean/parseBoolean v)
@@ -39,10 +38,11 @@
                      v))))
 
 (defn read-system-env
+  "Reads system env properties and converts to appropriate type."
   []
   (->> #?(:clj (System/getenv)
           :cljs (zipmap (obj/getKeys (.-env process)) (obj/getValues (.-env process))))
-       (map (fn [[k v]] [(utils-keyword/keywordize k) (str->value v)]))
+       (map (fn [[k v]] [(utils-keyword/keywordize k) (parse-system-env v)]))
        (into {})))
 
 (defn slurp-file
@@ -91,7 +91,12 @@
 
 (def ^{:doc "A map of configuration variables."} conf (memoize read-config))
 
+(defn env-key-path
+  "Turns key-path into environment type key."
+  [key-path]
+  (let [path-str (str/join "-" (map name key-path))] (when-not (str/blank? path-str) (keyword path-str))))
+
 (defrecord SimpleConf []
   core-conf-prot/Conf
-    (read-conf-param [_this key-path] (get-in (conf) key-path))
+    (read-conf-param [_this key-path] (or (get-in (conf) key-path) (get (conf) (env-key-path key-path))))
     (config [_this] (conf)))