diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 8c51878..cfc1581 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Configuration
 CROSSFIT_USERNAME=Kevin8407
-CROSSFIT_PASSWORD=9vx03OSE
\ No newline at end of file
+CROSSFIT_PASSWORD=9vx03OSE
diff --git a/book_crossfit.py b/book_crossfit.py
index 9bfc291..9415a95 100755
--- a/book_crossfit.py
+++ b/book_crossfit.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import requests
 import json
 import time
+import os
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 
 # Parse session time (handles timezones if present)
@@ -10,10 +11,13 @@ from dateutil.parser import parse
 import pytz
 from urllib.parse import urlencode
 from typing import List, Dict, Optional
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+load_dotenv() 
 
 # Configuration
-USERNAME = os.environ.get('CROSSFIT_USERNAME')
-PASSWORD = os.environ.get('CROSSFIT_PASSWORD')
+
+USERNAME = os.environ.get("CROSSFIT_USERNAME")
+PASSWORD = os.environ.get("CROSSFIT_PASSWORD")
 
 if not all([USERNAME, PASSWORD]):
     raise ValueError("Missing environment variables: CROSSFIT_USERNAME and/or CROSSFIT_PASSWORD")
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c8ba662..5b5bc16 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ charset-normalizer==3.4.2
 DateTime==5.5
 idna==3.10
 python-dateutil==2.9.0.post0
+python-dotenv==1.1.1
 pytz==2025.2
 requests==2.32.4
 setuptools==80.9.0