diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5f0ab28..07c779b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -26,3 +26,6 @@ tmp/
 # Vim tmp files
 *.swp
 rusty-tags.vi
+
+# Environment variables
+.env
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 276c8f0..387dc2e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ simple_logger = "5.0.0"
 redis = { version = "0.25.3", features = [ "aio", "tokio-comp" ] }
 serde = { version = "1.0.199", features = [ "derive" ] }
 serde_json = "1.0.116"
+dotenv = "0.15.0"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 7c9f311..6efbddc 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ struct EventContext {
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
+    dotenv::dotenv().ok();
     simple_logger::SimpleLogger::new()
         .with_level(log::LevelFilter::Info)
         .with_module_level("inindexer::performance", log::LevelFilter::Debug)