diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index fa70624..9e3cdba 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/dustin/go-jsonpointer v0.0.0-20160814072949-ba0abeacc3dc // indirect
 	github.com/dustin/gojson v0.0.0-20160307161227-2e71ec9dd5ad // indirect
 	github.com/garyburd/go-oauth v0.0.0-20180319155456-bca2e7f09a17 // indirect
+	github.com/joho/godotenv v1.3.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210119194325-5f4716e94777 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e64ddde..13ce5ab 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ github.com/dustin/gojson v0.0.0-20160307161227-2e71ec9dd5ad h1:Qk76DOWdOp+GlyDKB
 github.com/dustin/gojson v0.0.0-20160307161227-2e71ec9dd5ad/go.mod h1:mPKfmRa823oBIgl2r20LeMSpTAteW5j7FLkc0vjmzyQ=
 github.com/garyburd/go-oauth v0.0.0-20180319155456-bca2e7f09a17 h1:GOfMz6cRgTJ9jWV0qAezv642OhPnKEG7gtUjJSdStHE=
 github.com/garyburd/go-oauth v0.0.0-20180319155456-bca2e7f09a17/go.mod h1:HfkOCN6fkKKaPSAeNq/er3xObxTW4VLeY6UUK895gLQ=
+github.com/joho/godotenv v1.3.0 h1:Zjp+RcGpHhGlrMbJzXTrZZPrWj+1vfm90La1wgB6Bhc=
+github.com/joho/godotenv v1.3.0/go.mod h1:7hK45KPybAkOC6peb+G5yklZfMxEjkZhHbwpqxOKXbg=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210119194325-5f4716e94777 h1:003p0dJM77cxMSyCPFphvZf/Y5/NXf5fzg6ufd1/Oew=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210119194325-5f4716e94777/go.mod h1:m0MpNAwzfU5UDzcl9v0D8zg8gWTRqZa9RBIspLL5mdg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20201119102817-f84b799fce68/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 3fc91f2..c75f914 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -13,21 +13,31 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/ChimeraCoder/anaconda"
+	"github.com/joho/godotenv"
 )
 
 var (
 	api *anaconda.TwitterApi
 
-	port = os.Getenv("PORT")
-
 	tweetDateLayout = "Mon Jan 2 15:04:05 -0700 2006"
 
-	accessToken       = os.Getenv("ACCESS_TOKEN")
-	accessTokenSecret = os.Getenv("ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET")
-	consumerKey       = os.Getenv("CONSUMER_KEY")
-	consumerSecret    = os.Getenv("CONSUMER_SECRET")
+	port              string
+	accessToken       string
+	accessTokenSecret string
+	consumerKey       string
+	consumerSecret    string
 )
 
+func init() {
+	godotenv.Load(os.Getenv("DOTENV_DIR") + ".env")
+
+	port = os.Getenv("PORT")
+	accessToken = os.Getenv("ACCESS_TOKEN")
+	accessTokenSecret = os.Getenv("ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET")
+	consumerKey = os.Getenv("CONSUMER_KEY")
+	consumerSecret = os.Getenv("CONSUMER_SECRET")
+}
+
 func main() {
 	if accessToken == "" || accessTokenSecret == "" || consumerKey == "" || consumerSecret == "" {
 		panic("Missing Twitter credentials")