diff --git a/.env.sample b/.env.sample
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ac643e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.sample
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+GATEWAY_HOST=localhost
+GATEWAY_PORT=3333
+
+USER_HOST=localhost
+USER_PORT=15001
+
+TASK_HOST=localhost
+TASK_PORT=15002
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4f4d87b..790cf0f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -40,3 +40,6 @@ Thumbs.db
 
 .nx/cache
 .nx/workspace-data
+
+.env
+.env.local
diff --git a/apps/gateway-e2e/src/gateway/gateway.spec.ts b/apps/gateway-e2e/src/gateway/gateway.spec.ts
index e8ac2a6..63b0b59 100644
--- a/apps/gateway-e2e/src/gateway/gateway.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/gateway-e2e/src/gateway/gateway.spec.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import axios from 'axios';
 
-describe('GET /api', () => {
+describe('GET /', () => {
   it('should return a message', async () => {
-    const res = await axios.get(`/api`);
+    const res = await axios.get(`/`);
 
     expect(res.status).toBe(200);
-    expect(res.data).toEqual({ message: 'Hello API' });
+    expect(res.data).toEqual({ message: 'Hello Gateway' });
   });
 });
diff --git a/apps/gateway-e2e/src/support/test-setup.ts b/apps/gateway-e2e/src/support/test-setup.ts
index 07f2870..ae6198b 100644
--- a/apps/gateway-e2e/src/support/test-setup.ts
+++ b/apps/gateway-e2e/src/support/test-setup.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ import axios from 'axios';
 module.exports = async function () {
   // Configure axios for tests to use.
   const host = process.env.HOST ?? 'localhost';
-  const port = process.env.PORT ?? '3000';
+  const port = process.env.PORT ?? '3333';
   axios.defaults.baseURL = `http://${host}:${port}`;
 };
diff --git a/apps/gateway/src/app/app.controller.spec.ts b/apps/gateway/src/app/app.controller.spec.ts
index de8007e..1462413 100644
--- a/apps/gateway/src/app/app.controller.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/gateway/src/app/app.controller.spec.ts
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ describe('AppController', () => {
   });
 
   describe('getData', () => {
-    it('should return "Hello API"', () => {
+    it('should return "Hello Gateway"', () => {
       const appController = app.get<AppController>(AppController);
-      expect(appController.getData()).toEqual({ message: 'Hello API' });
+      expect(appController.getData()).toEqual({ message: 'Hello Gateway' });
     });
   });
 });
diff --git a/apps/gateway/src/app/app.service.spec.ts b/apps/gateway/src/app/app.service.spec.ts
index 42cf0a2..e43c635 100644
--- a/apps/gateway/src/app/app.service.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/gateway/src/app/app.service.spec.ts
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ describe('AppService', () => {
   });
 
   describe('getData', () => {
-    it('should return "Hello API"', () => {
-      expect(service.getData()).toEqual({ message: 'Hello API' });
+    it('should return "Hello Gateway"', () => {
+      expect(service.getData()).toEqual({ message: 'Hello Gateway' });
     });
   });
 });
diff --git a/apps/gateway/src/app/app.service.ts b/apps/gateway/src/app/app.service.ts
index cd8cede..bcea422 100644
--- a/apps/gateway/src/app/app.service.ts
+++ b/apps/gateway/src/app/app.service.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ import { Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
 @Injectable()
 export class AppService {
   getData(): { message: string } {
-    return { message: 'Hello API' };
+    return { message: 'Hello Gateway' };
   }
 }
diff --git a/apps/gateway/src/main.ts b/apps/gateway/src/main.ts
index a124382..b25b640 100644
--- a/apps/gateway/src/main.ts
+++ b/apps/gateway/src/main.ts
@@ -5,17 +5,17 @@
 
 import { Logger } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { NestFactory } from '@nestjs/core';
+import { gatewayConfig } from '@graphql-federation-workspace/applications-config';
 
 import { AppModule } from './app/app.module';
 
 async function bootstrap() {
   const app = await NestFactory.create(AppModule);
-  const globalPrefix = 'api';
-  app.setGlobalPrefix(globalPrefix);
-  const port = process.env.PORT || 3000;
+  const port = gatewayConfig.port;
+
   await app.listen(port);
   Logger.log(
-    `🚀 Application is running on: http://localhost:${port}/${globalPrefix}`
+    `🚀 Application is running on: http://${gatewayConfig.host}:${port}`
   );
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/users-application-e2e/src/support/test-setup.ts b/apps/users-application-e2e/src/support/test-setup.ts
index 07f2870..6cfc4b0 100644
--- a/apps/users-application-e2e/src/support/test-setup.ts
+++ b/apps/users-application-e2e/src/support/test-setup.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ import axios from 'axios';
 module.exports = async function () {
   // Configure axios for tests to use.
   const host = process.env.HOST ?? 'localhost';
-  const port = process.env.PORT ?? '3000';
+  const port = process.env.PORT ?? '15001';
   axios.defaults.baseURL = `http://${host}:${port}`;
 };
diff --git a/apps/users-application-e2e/src/users-application/users-application.spec.ts b/apps/users-application-e2e/src/users-application/users-application.spec.ts
index e8ac2a6..b33e9ba 100644
--- a/apps/users-application-e2e/src/users-application/users-application.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/users-application-e2e/src/users-application/users-application.spec.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import axios from 'axios';
 
-describe('GET /api', () => {
+describe('GET /', () => {
   it('should return a message', async () => {
-    const res = await axios.get(`/api`);
+    const res = await axios.get(`/`);
 
     expect(res.status).toBe(200);
-    expect(res.data).toEqual({ message: 'Hello API' });
+    expect(res.data).toEqual({ message: 'Hello User Service' });
   });
 });
diff --git a/apps/users-application/src/app/app.controller.spec.ts b/apps/users-application/src/app/app.controller.spec.ts
index de8007e..e089b7a 100644
--- a/apps/users-application/src/app/app.controller.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/users-application/src/app/app.controller.spec.ts
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ describe('AppController', () => {
   });
 
   describe('getData', () => {
-    it('should return "Hello API"', () => {
+    it('should return "Hello User Service"', () => {
       const appController = app.get<AppController>(AppController);
-      expect(appController.getData()).toEqual({ message: 'Hello API' });
+      expect(appController.getData()).toEqual({ message: 'Hello User Service' });
     });
   });
 });
diff --git a/apps/users-application/src/app/app.service.spec.ts b/apps/users-application/src/app/app.service.spec.ts
index 42cf0a2..e9eea2e 100644
--- a/apps/users-application/src/app/app.service.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/users-application/src/app/app.service.spec.ts
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ describe('AppService', () => {
   });
 
   describe('getData', () => {
-    it('should return "Hello API"', () => {
-      expect(service.getData()).toEqual({ message: 'Hello API' });
+    it('should return "Hello User Service"', () => {
+      expect(service.getData()).toEqual({ message: 'Hello User Service' });
     });
   });
 });
diff --git a/apps/users-application/src/app/app.service.ts b/apps/users-application/src/app/app.service.ts
index cd8cede..b0af72b 100644
--- a/apps/users-application/src/app/app.service.ts
+++ b/apps/users-application/src/app/app.service.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ import { Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
 @Injectable()
 export class AppService {
   getData(): { message: string } {
-    return { message: 'Hello API' };
+    return { message: 'Hello User Service' };
   }
 }
diff --git a/apps/users-application/src/main.ts b/apps/users-application/src/main.ts
index a124382..73c159b 100644
--- a/apps/users-application/src/main.ts
+++ b/apps/users-application/src/main.ts
@@ -5,17 +5,17 @@
 
 import { Logger } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { NestFactory } from '@nestjs/core';
+import { userSubGraph } from '@graphql-federation-workspace/applications-config';
 
 import { AppModule } from './app/app.module';
 
 async function bootstrap() {
   const app = await NestFactory.create(AppModule);
-  const globalPrefix = 'api';
-  app.setGlobalPrefix(globalPrefix);
-  const port = process.env.PORT || 3000;
+  const port = userSubGraph.port;
+
   await app.listen(port);
   Logger.log(
-    `🚀 Application is running on: http://localhost:${port}/${globalPrefix}`
+    `🚀 Application is running on: http://${userSubGraph.host}:${port}`
   );
 }
 
diff --git a/libs/application-config/README.md b/libs/application-config/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6494920
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/application-config/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# applications-config
+
+This library was generated with [Nx](https://nx.dev).
+
+## Running unit tests
+
+Run `nx test applications-config` to execute the unit tests via [Jest](https://jestjs.io).
diff --git a/libs/application-config/eslint.config.js b/libs/application-config/eslint.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df7cfc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/application-config/eslint.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+const baseConfig = require('../../eslint.config.js');
+
+module.exports = [...baseConfig];
diff --git a/libs/application-config/jest.config.ts b/libs/application-config/jest.config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a7ffe20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/application-config/jest.config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+export default {
+  displayName: 'applications-config',
+  preset: '../../jest.preset.js',
+  testEnvironment: 'node',
+  transform: {
+    '^.+\\.[tj]s$': ['ts-jest', { tsconfig: '<rootDir>/tsconfig.spec.json' }],
+  },
+  moduleFileExtensions: ['ts', 'js', 'html'],
+  coverageDirectory: '../../coverage/libs/application-config',
+};
diff --git a/libs/application-config/project.json b/libs/application-config/project.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..54220f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/application-config/project.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "name": "applications-config",
+  "$schema": "../../node_modules/nx/schemas/project-schema.json",
+  "sourceRoot": "libs/application-config/src",
+  "projectType": "library",
+  "tags": [],
+  "// targets": "to see all targets run: nx show project applications-config --web",
+  "targets": {}
+}
diff --git a/libs/application-config/src/index.ts b/libs/application-config/src/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f4ec158
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/application-config/src/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export * from './lib/applications-config';
diff --git a/libs/application-config/src/lib/applications-config.spec.ts b/libs/application-config/src/lib/applications-config.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..72939b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/application-config/src/lib/applications-config.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+describe('Service Configurations', () => {
+  const originalEnv = process.env;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    jest.resetModules();
+    process.env = { ...originalEnv };
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    process.env = originalEnv;
+  });
+
+  it('should use default values when environment variables are not set', () => {
+    const {
+      gatewayConfig,
+      userSubGraph,
+      taskSubGraph,
+    } = require('./applications-config');
+
+    expect(gatewayConfig).toEqual({
+      host: 'localhost',
+      port: '3333',
+    });
+
+    expect(userSubGraph).toEqual({
+      host: 'localhost',
+      port: '15001',
+    });
+
+    expect(taskSubGraph).toEqual({
+      host: 'localhost',
+      port: '15002',
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('should use environment variables when they are set', () => {
+    process.env['GATEWAY_HOST'] = 'gateway.example.com';
+    process.env['GATEWAY_PORT'] = '4000';
+    process.env['USER_HOST'] = 'user.example.com';
+    process.env['USER_PORT'] = '5000';
+    process.env['TASK_HOST'] = 'task.example.com';
+    process.env['TASK_PORT'] = '6000';
+
+    jest.resetModules();
+
+    const {
+      gatewayConfig,
+      userSubGraph,
+      taskSubGraph,
+    } = require('./applications-config');
+
+    expect(gatewayConfig).toEqual({
+      host: 'gateway.example.com',
+      port: '4000',
+    });
+
+    expect(userSubGraph).toEqual({
+      host: 'user.example.com',
+      port: '5000',
+    });
+
+    expect(taskSubGraph).toEqual({
+      host: 'task.example.com',
+      port: '6000',
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/libs/application-config/src/lib/applications-config.ts b/libs/application-config/src/lib/applications-config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4b6e66b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/application-config/src/lib/applications-config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+interface ApplicationConfig {
+  host: string;
+  port: string;
+}
+
+const DEFAULT_HOST = 'localhost';
+
+const DEFAULT_PORT = {
+  user: '15001',
+  task: '15002',
+  gateway: '3333',
+};
+
+// Gateway
+export const gatewayConfig: ApplicationConfig = {
+  host: process.env['GATEWAY_HOST'] ?? DEFAULT_HOST,
+  port: process.env['GATEWAY_PORT'] ?? DEFAULT_PORT.gateway,
+};
+
+// Graphql
+export const userSubGraph: ApplicationConfig = {
+  host: process.env['USER_HOST'] ?? DEFAULT_HOST,
+  port: process.env['USER_PORT'] ?? DEFAULT_PORT.user,
+};
+
+export const taskSubGraph: ApplicationConfig = {
+  host: process.env['TASK_HOST'] ?? DEFAULT_HOST,
+  port: process.env['TASK_PORT'] ?? DEFAULT_PORT.task,
+};
diff --git a/libs/application-config/tsconfig.json b/libs/application-config/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f7169a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/application-config/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../../tsconfig.base.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "module": "commonjs",
+    "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
+    "strict": true,
+    "noImplicitOverride": true,
+    "noImplicitReturns": true,
+    "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true,
+    "noPropertyAccessFromIndexSignature": true
+  },
+  "files": [],
+  "include": [],
+  "references": [
+    {
+      "path": "./tsconfig.lib.json"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "./tsconfig.spec.json"
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/libs/application-config/tsconfig.lib.json b/libs/application-config/tsconfig.lib.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f06e80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/application-config/tsconfig.lib.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "module": "commonjs",
+    "outDir": "../../dist/out-tsc",
+    "declaration": true,
+    "types": ["node"]
+  },
+  "exclude": ["jest.config.ts", "src/**/*.spec.ts", "src/**/*.test.ts"],
+  "include": ["src/**/*.ts"]
+}
diff --git a/libs/application-config/tsconfig.spec.json b/libs/application-config/tsconfig.spec.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9b2a121
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/application-config/tsconfig.spec.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "outDir": "../../dist/out-tsc",
+    "module": "commonjs",
+    "types": ["jest", "node"]
+  },
+  "include": [
+    "jest.config.ts",
+    "src/**/*.test.ts",
+    "src/**/*.spec.ts",
+    "src/**/*.d.ts"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/tsconfig.base.json b/tsconfig.base.json
index b73cce6..70deefe 100644
--- a/tsconfig.base.json
+++ b/tsconfig.base.json
@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@
     "skipLibCheck": true,
     "skipDefaultLibCheck": true,
     "baseUrl": ".",
-    "paths": {}
+    "paths": {
+      "@graphql-federation-workspace/applications-config": [
+        "libs/application-config/src/index.ts"
+      ]
+    }
   },
   "exclude": ["node_modules", "tmp"]
 }