diff --git a/.github/workflows/pytest.yaml b/.github/workflows/pytest.yaml
index 7e568cf5..76887eb0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pytest.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pytest.yaml
@@ -12,5 +12,4 @@ jobs:
       pytest_cov_dir: "quartz_solar_forecast"
       os_list: '["ubuntu-latest"]'
       python-version: "['3.10','3.11']"
-    env:
-      HF_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.HF_TOKEN }}
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+      extra_commands: echo "HF_TOKEN=${{ secrets.HF_TOKEN }}" > .env
diff --git a/quartz_solar_forecast/evaluation.py b/quartz_solar_forecast/evaluation.py
index 0e55b5a7..abafebdd 100644
--- a/quartz_solar_forecast/evaluation.py
+++ b/quartz_solar_forecast/evaluation.py
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@
 from quartz_solar_forecast.eval.pv import get_pv_metadata, get_pv_truth
 from quartz_solar_forecast.eval.utils import combine_forecast_ground_truth
 
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+
+load_dotenv()
+
 try:
 
     hf_token = os.environ["HF_TOKEN"]