diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 210cb78..86eaad7 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -549,6 +549,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.100",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dotenvy"
+version = "0.15.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1aaf95b3e5c8f23aa320147307562d361db0ae0d51242340f558153b4eb2439b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "dyn-clone"
 version = "1.0.19"
@@ -1484,6 +1490,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "color-eyre",
  "cynic",
+ "dotenvy",
  "futures",
  "git-version",
  "insta",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index adf1d9e..242ad06 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ reqwest = { version = "0.12.14", default-features = false, features = [
 ] }
 git-version = "0.3.9"
 color-eyre = "0.6.3"
+dotenvy = "0.15.7"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 insta = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 3667c03..3d9b16c 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
+use dotenvy::dotenv;
 use futures::StreamExt;
 use k8s_openapi::api::core::v1::Secret;
 use kube::runtime::controller::{self, Action};
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ async fn log_status<T>(
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> color_eyre::Result<()> {
     color_eyre::install()?;
+    dotenv().ok();
 
     let env_filter = EnvFilter::try_from_default_env()
         .or_else(|_| EnvFilter::try_new("info"))