MongoDB URI connection environment variable of password not working - mongodb

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MongoDB URI connection environment variable of password not working.
const uri =
"mongodb+srv://ronnlidd:...#cluster0-qfs54.mongodb.net/test?retryWrites=true";
With the 3 dots being the letters of my password it works fine, but if I try to do this (dotenv is installed and variable created in seperate file):
const uri =
`mongodb+srv://ronnlidd:${process.env.MONGODB_PASSWORD}#cluster0-qfs54.mongodb.net/test?retryWrites=true`;
... I get the following error message:
{ Error: querySrv ENOTFOUND _mongodb._tcp.cluster0.mongodb.net
at QueryReqWrap.onresolve [as oncomplete] (dns.js:197:19)
errno: 'ENOTFOUND',
code: 'ENOTFOUND',
syscall: 'querySrv',
hostname: '_mongodb._tcp.cluster0.mongodb.net' }
C:\CodingProjects\nodepractice\node_modules\mongodb\lib\mongo_client.js:233
throw new MongoError('MongoClient must be connected before calling MongoClient.prototype.db');
^
MongoError: MongoClient must be connected before calling MongoClient.prototype.db
at MongoClient.db (C:\CodingProjects\nodepractice\node_modules\mongodb\lib\mongo_client.js:233:11)
at client.connect.err (C:\CodingProjects\nodepractice\index.js:52:10)
at err (C:\CodingProjects\nodepractice\node_modules\mongodb\lib\utils.js:411:14)
at executeCallback (C:\CodingProjects\nodepractice\node_modules\mongodb\lib\utils.js:401:25)
at err (C:\CodingProjects\nodepractice\node_modules\mongodb\lib\operations\mongo_client_ops.js:285:21)
at parseFn (C:\CodingProjects\nodepractice\node_modules\mongodb\lib\operations\mongo_client_ops.js:197:21)
at QueryReqWrap.dns.resolveSrv [as callback] (C:\CodingProjects\nodepractice\node_modules\mongodb-core\lib\uri_parser.js:56:21)
at QueryReqWrap.onresolve [as oncomplete] (dns.js:197:10)
[nodemon] app crashed - waiting for file changes before starting...
The context of the code is this:
Above URI being defined:
const MongoClient = mongodb.MongoClient;
Below URI being defined:
const client = new MongoClient(uri, { useNewUrlParser: true });
Thanks.