diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a508493..33dffec 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ PyGithub
 chromadb
 langchain-ollama
 PyJWT
+dotenv
diff --git a/src/main.py b/src/main.py
index 3ca9c09..ab1f0b7 100644
--- a/src/main.py
+++ b/src/main.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import repo_management.repo_manager as git_repo
 from notifications.n8n import N8NWebhookJwt
 import string,os
 from datetime import datetime
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+load_dotenv()
 
 
 tril = tn.TrilumNotes()