diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 5ce88cd1..5a30d3a9 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
       "version": "0.1.0",
       "license": "AGPL-3.0",
       "dependencies": {
-        "@sentry/node": "^6.16.1"
+        "@sentry/node": "^6.16.1",
+        "dotenv": "^10.0.0"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
         "@babel/cli": "^7.16.7",
@@ -4301,6 +4302,14 @@
         "node": ">=8"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/dotenv": {
+      "version": "10.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dotenv/-/dotenv-10.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-rlBi9d8jpv9Sf1klPjNfFAuWDjKLwTIJJ/VxtoTwIR6hnZxcEOQCZg2oIL3MWBYw5GpUDKOEnND7LXTbIpQ03Q==",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=10"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/duplexer3": {
       "version": "0.1.4",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/duplexer3/-/duplexer3-0.1.4.tgz",
@@ -13385,6 +13394,11 @@
         "is-obj": "^2.0.0"
       }
     },
+    "dotenv": {
+      "version": "10.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dotenv/-/dotenv-10.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-rlBi9d8jpv9Sf1klPjNfFAuWDjKLwTIJJ/VxtoTwIR6hnZxcEOQCZg2oIL3MWBYw5GpUDKOEnND7LXTbIpQ03Q=="
+    },
     "duplexer3": {
       "version": "0.1.4",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/duplexer3/-/duplexer3-0.1.4.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 09232c24..3350cb4b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
     "check-types": "tsc",
     "eslint": "eslint ./src --ext .ts,.tsx",
     "lint": "npm run eslint && npm run check-types",
-    "start": "npm run build && node build/index.js",
-    "dev": "nodemon --delay 500ms --exec babel-node --extensions \".ts,.tsx\" src/index.ts",
+    "start": "npm run build && node -r dotenv/config build/index.js",
+    "dev": "nodemon --delay 500ms --exec babel-node -r dotenv/config --extensions \".ts,.tsx\" src/index.ts",
     "test": "jest"
   },
   "author": {
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
     "typescript": "^4.5.4"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@sentry/node": "^6.16.1"
+    "@sentry/node": "^6.16.1",
+    "dotenv": "^10.0.0"
   }
 }