diff --git a/gptscript/__init__.py b/gptscript/__init__.py
index e69de29..ef3adbe 100644
--- a/gptscript/__init__.py
+++ b/gptscript/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+from gptscript.gptscript import GPTScript
+from gptscript.confirm import AuthResponse
+from gptscript.frame import RunFrame, CallFrame, PromptFrame
+from gptscript.opts import GlobalOptions
+from gptscript.prompt import PromptResponse
+from gptscript.run import Run, RunBasicCommand, Options
+from gptscript.text import Text
+from gptscript.tool import ToolDef, Tool
+from gptscript.exec_utils import get_env
diff --git a/gptscript/exec_utils.py b/gptscript/exec_utils.py
index 22fd463..98e4132 100644
--- a/gptscript/exec_utils.py
+++ b/gptscript/exec_utils.py
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
+import json
 import os
 import subprocess
 import sys
+import base64
+import gzip
 
 if sys.platform == "win32":
     import msvcrt
@@ -84,3 +87,15 @@ def _stream_cmd(cmd, args=[], input=None, fds=tuple(), close_fds=True):
         return process
     except Exception as e:
         raise e
+
+
+def get_env(key, default=''):
+    v = os.environ.get(key, '')
+    if v == '':
+        return default
+    if v.startswith('{"_gz":"') and v.endswith('"}'):
+        try:
+            return gzip.decompress(base64.b64decode(v[8:-2])).decode('utf-8')
+        except Exception as e:
+            pass
+    return v
diff --git a/tests/test_gptscript.py b/tests/test_gptscript.py
index 3ea280d..84ff00e 100644
--- a/tests/test_gptscript.py
+++ b/tests/test_gptscript.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+import base64
+import gzip
+import json
 import os
 import platform
 import subprocess
@@ -13,6 +16,7 @@
 from gptscript.run import Run
 from gptscript.text import Text
 from gptscript.tool import ToolDef, ArgumentSchema, Property, Tool
+from gptscript.exec_utils import get_env
 
 
 # Ensure the OPENAI_API_KEY is set for testing
@@ -512,3 +516,10 @@ async def process_event(r: Run, frame: CallFrame | RunFrame | PromptFrame):
 
     assert not prompt_event_found, "Prompt event occurred"
     assert "prompt event occurred" in out, "Unexpected output: " + out
+
+
+def test_get_env():
+    os.environ['TEST_ENV'] = json.dumps({
+        '_gz': base64.b64encode(gzip.compress(b'test value')).decode('utf-8'),
+    }).replace(' ', '')
+    assert 'test value' == get_env('TEST_ENV')