diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 83636c3..f73a9f6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 *_vfsdata.go
 /gitdeploy
 /git-deploy
+*.env
+.env
 
 node_modules/
 dist/
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 445f011..b8dfb71 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ go 1.15
 
 require (
 	github.com/go-chi/chi v4.1.2+incompatible
+	github.com/joho/godotenv v1.3.0
 	github.com/shurcooL/httpfs v0.0.0-20190707220628-8d4bc4ba7749 // indirect
 	github.com/shurcooL/vfsgen v0.0.0-20200824052919-0d455de96546
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20200925191224-5d1fdd8fa346 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2a52997..69f567e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 github.com/go-chi/chi v4.1.2+incompatible h1:fGFk2Gmi/YKXk0OmGfBh0WgmN3XB8lVnEyNz34tQRec=
 github.com/go-chi/chi v4.1.2+incompatible/go.mod h1:eB3wogJHnLi3x/kFX2A+IbTBlXxmMeXJVKy9tTv1XzQ=
+github.com/joho/godotenv v1.3.0 h1:Zjp+RcGpHhGlrMbJzXTrZZPrWj+1vfm90La1wgB6Bhc=
+github.com/joho/godotenv v1.3.0/go.mod h1:7hK45KPybAkOC6peb+G5yklZfMxEjkZhHbwpqxOKXbg=
 github.com/shurcooL/httpfs v0.0.0-20190707220628-8d4bc4ba7749 h1:bUGsEnyNbVPw06Bs80sCeARAlK8lhwqGyi6UT8ymuGk=
 github.com/shurcooL/httpfs v0.0.0-20190707220628-8d4bc4ba7749/go.mod h1:ZY1cvUeJuFPAdZ/B6v7RHavJWZn2YPVFQ1OSXhCGOkg=
 github.com/shurcooL/vfsgen v0.0.0-20200824052919-0d455de96546 h1:pXY9qYc/MP5zdvqWEUH6SjNiu7VhSjuVFTFiTcphaLU=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index ad7b1a8..1ff29d0 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"git.ryanburnette.com/ryanburnette/git-deploy/assets"
+
 	"github.com/go-chi/chi"
 	"github.com/go-chi/chi/middleware"
+	_ "github.com/joho/godotenv/autoload"
 )
 
 var (
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index fea3f45..91c7c0a 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 ## explicit
 github.com/go-chi/chi
 github.com/go-chi/chi/middleware
+# github.com/joho/godotenv v1.3.0
+## explicit
+github.com/joho/godotenv
+github.com/joho/godotenv/autoload
 # github.com/shurcooL/httpfs v0.0.0-20190707220628-8d4bc4ba7749
 ## explicit
 github.com/shurcooL/httpfs/vfsutil