diff --git a/src/EllieBot/Modules/Gambling/VoteRewardService.cs b/src/EllieBot/Modules/Gambling/VoteRewardService.cs
index aa58da2..3869aca 100644
--- a/src/EllieBot/Modules/Gambling/VoteRewardService.cs
+++ b/src/EllieBot/Modules/Gambling/VoteRewardService.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 using System.Globalization;
 using Grpc.Core;
 using EllieBot.Common.ModuleBehaviors;
-using EllieBot.GrpcApi;
 using EllieBot.GrpcVotesApi;
 
 namespace EllieBot.Modules.Gambling.Services;
@@ -12,7 +11,8 @@ public class VoteRewardService(
     CurrencyService cs,
     IBotCache cache,
     DiscordSocketClient client,
-    IMessageSenderService sender
+    IMessageSenderService sender,
+    IBotCreds creds
 ) : IEService, IReadyExecutor
 {
     private TypedKey<DateTime> VoteKey(ulong userId)
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ public class VoteRewardService(
         if (shardData.ShardId != 0)
             return;
 
+        if (creds.Votes is null || creds.Votes.Host is null || creds.Votes.Port == 0)
+            return;
+
         var serverCreds = ServerCredentials.Insecure;
         var ssd = VoteService.BindService(new VotesGrpcService(this));
 
@@ -33,7 +36,7 @@ public class VoteRewardService(
         {
             Ports =
             {
-                new("127.0.0.1", 59384, serverCreds),
+                new(creds.Votes.Host, creds.Votes.Port, serverCreds),
             }
         };
 
@@ -44,8 +47,6 @@ public class VoteRewardService(
         {
             _voteFeedChannel = await client.GetChannelAsync(cid) as IMessageChannel;
         }
-
-        return;
     }
 
     public void SetVoiceChannel(IMessageChannel? channel)
@@ -118,7 +119,6 @@ public class VoteRewardService(
 public sealed class VotesGrpcService(VoteRewardService vrs)
     : VoteService.VoteServiceBase, IEService
 {
-    [GrpcNoAuthRequired]
     public override async Task<GrpcVoteResult> VoteReceived(GrpcVoteData request, ServerCallContext context)
     {
         await vrs.UserVotedAsync(ulong.Parse(request.UserId), request.Type);
diff --git a/src/EllieBot/_common/Abstractions/creds/IBotCreds.cs b/src/EllieBot/_common/Abstractions/creds/IBotCreds.cs
index 83d19b2..c844eb3 100644
--- a/src/EllieBot/_common/Abstractions/creds/IBotCreds.cs
+++ b/src/EllieBot/_common/Abstractions/creds/IBotCreds.cs
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ public interface IBotCreds
 
 public interface IVotesSettings
 {
-    string TopggServiceUrl { get; set; }
-    string TopggKey { get; set; }
-    string DiscordsServiceUrl { get; set; }
-    string DiscordsKey { get; set; }
+    string Host { get; set; }
+    int Port { get; set; }
+    string DblApiKey { get; set; }
+    string DiscordsApiKey { get; set; }
 }
 
 public interface IPatreonSettings
diff --git a/src/EllieBot/_common/Creds.cs b/src/EllieBot/_common/Creds.cs
index 8a76f57..6beecfe 100644
--- a/src/EllieBot/_common/Creds.cs
+++ b/src/EllieBot/_common/Creds.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ namespace EllieBot.Common;
 public sealed class Creds : IBotCreds
 {
     [Comment("""DO NOT CHANGE""")]
-    public int Version { get; set; } = 20;
+    public int Version { get; set; } = 21;
 
     [Comment("""Bot token. Do not share with anyone ever -> https://discordapp.com/developers/applications/""")]
     public string Token { get; set; }
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ public sealed class Creds : IBotCreds
         OwnerIds = new List<ulong>();
         TotalShards = 1;
         GoogleApiKey = string.Empty;
-        Votes = new VotesSettings(string.Empty, string.Empty, string.Empty, string.Empty);
+        Votes = new VotesSettings();
         Patreon = new PatreonSettings(string.Empty, string.Empty, string.Empty, string.Empty);
         BotListToken = string.Empty;
         CleverbotApiKey = string.Empty;
@@ -246,47 +246,10 @@ public sealed class Creds : IBotCreds
 
     public sealed record VotesSettings : IVotesSettings
     {
-        [Comment("""
-                 top.gg votes service url
-                 This is the url of your instance of the EllieBot.Votes api
-                 Example: https://votes.my.cool.bot.com
-                 """)]
-        public string TopggServiceUrl { get; set; }
-
-        [Comment("""
-                 Authorization header value sent to the TopGG service url with each request
-                 This should be equivalent to the TopggKey in your EllieBot.Votes api appsettings.json file
-                 """)]
-        public string TopggKey { get; set; }
-
-        [Comment("""
-                 discords.com votes service url
-                 This is the url of your instance of the EllieBot.Votes api
-                 Example: https://votes.my.cool.bot.com
-                 """)]
-        public string DiscordsServiceUrl { get; set; }
-
-        [Comment("""
-                 Authorization header value sent to the Discords service url with each request
-                 This should be equivalent to the DiscordsKey in your EllieBot.Votes api appsettings.json file
-                 """)]
-        public string DiscordsKey { get; set; }
-
-        public VotesSettings()
-        {
-        }
-
-        public VotesSettings(
-            string topggServiceUrl,
-            string topggKey,
-            string discordsServiceUrl,
-            string discordsKey)
-        {
-            TopggServiceUrl = topggServiceUrl;
-            TopggKey = topggKey;
-            DiscordsServiceUrl = discordsServiceUrl;
-            DiscordsKey = discordsKey;
-        }
+        public string Host { get; set; }
+        public int Port { get; set; }
+        public string DblApiKey { get; set; }
+        public string DiscordsApiKey { get; set; }
     }
 
     public sealed record GrpcApiConfig
diff --git a/src/EllieBot/_common/Impl/BotCredsProvider.cs b/src/EllieBot/_common/Impl/BotCredsProvider.cs
index e57623d..e43bc0b 100644
--- a/src/EllieBot/_common/Impl/BotCredsProvider.cs
+++ b/src/EllieBot/_common/Impl/BotCredsProvider.cs
@@ -133,9 +133,9 @@ public sealed class BotCredsProvider : IBotCredsProvider
         if (File.Exists(CREDS_FILE_NAME))
         {
             var creds = Yaml.Deserializer.Deserialize<Creds>(File.ReadAllText(CREDS_FILE_NAME));
-            if (creds.Version < 20)
+            if (creds.Version < 21)
             {
-                creds.Version = 20;
+                creds.Version = 21;
                 File.WriteAllText(CREDS_FILE_NAME, Yaml.Serializer.Serialize(creds));
             }
         }