diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index 3bf55c0..e486fd9 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ import nndownload
 import boto3
 from botocore.client import Config as BotoConfig
 
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+load_dotenv()
 
 logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 25ba17a..7bc5696 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ Flask==3.1.0
 Requests==2.32.3
 diskcache==5.6.3
 nndownload==1.19
-boto3
\ No newline at end of file
+boto3
+python-dotenv