diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8a2867d..968cf96 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ __pycache__
 .venv*
 coverage.xml
 
+# config
+.env
 
 # Home Assistant configuration
 config/*
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 7ec9bd1..057db6c 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -2127,6 +2127,20 @@ files = [
 [package.dependencies]
 six = ">=1.5"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "python-dotenv"
+version = "1.0.1"
+description = "Read key-value pairs from a .env file and set them as environment variables"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
+files = [
+    {file = "python-dotenv-1.0.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:e324ee90a023d808f1959c46bcbc04446a10ced277783dc6ee09987c37ec10ca"},
+    {file = "python_dotenv-1.0.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:f7b63ef50f1b690dddf550d03497b66d609393b40b564ed0d674909a68ebf16a"},
+]
+
+[package.extras]
+cli = ["click (>=5.0)"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "python-slugify"
 version = "8.0.1"
@@ -2938,4 +2952,4 @@ files = [
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = ">=3.11,<3.13"
-content-hash = "b0f27e0835ed5e266e5a5e22a42843d74518b5d4b62ff7aec23711847446c95b"
+content-hash = "883f3d29a49f8558adcf41b2bf56d0c24d96b209dfb0a0b9476a3395501ba8f8"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4fa3b82..d6b0b9e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ optional = true
 
 [tool.poetry.group.test.dependencies]
 pytest-homeassistant-custom-component = "^0.13.91"
+python-dotenv = "^1.0.1"
 
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 testpaths = "tests"
diff --git a/scripts/setup b/scripts/setup
index 1d18ef9..9f110fb 100755
--- a/scripts/setup
+++ b/scripts/setup
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ poetry self add poetry-plugin-export
 poetry config warnings.export false
 #poetry config virtualenvs.in-project true
 poetry completions bash >> ~/.bash_completion
-poetry install
+poetry install --with dev --with test
 
 echo alias py=python >> ~/.bash_aliases
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 5bb4f5f..f2397ea 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+import os
+
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
 from unittest.mock import patch
 import pytest
 
@@ -12,13 +15,7 @@ def auto_enable_custom_integrations(enable_custom_integrations):
     yield
 
 
-# This fixture is used to prevent HomeAssistant from attempting to create and dismiss persistent
-# notifications. These calls would fail without this fixture since the persistent_notification
-# integration is never loaded during a test.
-@pytest.fixture(name="skip_notifications", autouse=True)
-def skip_notifications_fixture():
-    """Skip notification calls."""
-    with patch("homeassistant.components.persistent_notification.async_create"), patch(
-        "homeassistant.components.persistent_notification.async_dismiss"
-    ):
-        yield
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+def auto_enable_local_env():
+    if os.path.exists(".env"):
+        load_dotenv(os.path.abspath(".env"))