diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d4c1282..e9fd80f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/jackc/pgpassfile v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/jackc/pgservicefile v0.0.0-20240606120523-5a60cdf6a761 // indirect
 	github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.11.0 // indirect
+	github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.29.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8dd7169..53d8d65 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ github.com/jackc/pgservicefile v0.0.0-20240606120523-5a60cdf6a761 h1:iCEnooe7Ulw
 github.com/jackc/pgservicefile v0.0.0-20240606120523-5a60cdf6a761/go.mod h1:5TJZWKEWniPve33vlWYSoGYefn3gLQRzjfDlhSJ9ZKM=
 github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.11.0 h1:IzBBtyK9AHqf98cctWFifYSci2hgQR/cd56wB4p+ogg=
 github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.11.0/go.mod h1:mal1tBGAFfLHvZzaYh77YS/eC6IX9OWbRV1QIIM0Jn4=
+github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1 h1:7eLL/+HRGLY0ldzfGMeQkb7vMd0as4CfYvUVzLqw0N0=
+github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1/go.mod h1:f4LDr5Voq0i2e/R5DDNOoa2zzDfwtkZa6DnEwAbqwq4=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UVUgZn+9EI=
diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
index d912156..2300a25 100644
--- a/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -1 +1,16 @@
 package config
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/joho/godotenv"
+)
+
+func LoadEnv() error {
+	err := godotenv.Load()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Error loading .env file: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}