diff --git a/backend/app/core/config.py b/backend/app/core/config.py
index 7a9df5b..d61a09e 100644
--- a/backend/app/core/config.py
+++ b/backend/app/core/config.py
@@ -3,25 +3,25 @@
 
 class Settings(BaseSettings):
     # Frontend Config
-    FRONTEND_URL: str
+    FRONTEND_URL: str = "http://localhost:5173"
 
     # LLM Provider
-    PROVIDER: str
+    PROVIDER: str = "azure"
 
     # Azure OpenAI Config
-    AZURE_API_VERSION: str
-    AZURE_ENDPOINT: str
-    AZURE_API_KEY: str
-    AZURE_DEPLOYMENT_NAME: str
-    AZURE_EMBEDDING_DEPLOYMENT_NAME: str
+    AZURE_API_VERSION: str = "2023-05-15"
+    AZURE_ENDPOINT: str = ""
+    AZURE_API_KEY: str = ""
+    AZURE_DEPLOYMENT_NAME: str = ""
+    AZURE_EMBEDDING_DEPLOYMENT_NAME: str = ""
 
     # Qdrant Config
-    QDRANT_URL: str
-    QDRANT_COLLECTION_NAME: str
+    QDRANT_URL: str = "http://localhost:6333"
+    QDRANT_COLLECTION_NAME: str = "default_collection"
 
     # Langfuse Config
-    LANGFUSE_SECRET_KEY: str
-    LANGFUSE_PUBLIC_KEY: str
-    LANGFUSE_HOST: str
+    LANGFUSE_SECRET_KEY: str = ""
+    LANGFUSE_PUBLIC_KEY: str = ""
+    LANGFUSE_HOST: str = ""
 
 settings = Settings()