diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..83261d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+PORT=
+HOST=
+DISCORD_ID=
+DISCORD_SECRET=
+JWT_SECRET=
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0b453ad..f0c39e0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 **/target
 **/build
 **.idea
+**.vscode
 **.iml
 /node_modules
 /.pnp
 .pnp.js
 pnpm-debug.log*
+.env
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index be907c3..975c65c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -774,6 +774,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "sha2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "kankyo"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "325a11231fa70c1d1b562655db757cefb6022876d62f173831f35bd670ae0c40"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "lazy_static"
 version = "1.4.0"
@@ -1905,6 +1911,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "hmac",
  "include_dir",
  "jwt",
+ "kankyo",
  "lazy_static",
  "openssl",
  "reqwest",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c080952..9c8ea19 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ include_dir = "0.7"
 lazy_static = "1.4"
 thiserror = "1.0"
 either = "1.7"
+kankyo = "0.3"
 
 # Explicit dependency to compile openssl from openssl-src instead as a workaround for cross-compilation
 openssl = { version = "0.10", features = ["vendored"] }
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 6ec6a6d..ff48368 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ ARG TARGETARCH
 RUN rustup target add $(echo $TARGETARCH | sed 's/arm64/aarch64/;s/amd64/x86_64/')-unknown-linux-musl
 
 ADD build.rs ./
+ADD .env ./
 ADD src ./src
 COPY --from=REACT_BUILD /app/build ./build
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 44f35ef..1d0bfcd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ variable below. Copy the secret and id from the OAuth tab to set as environment
 
 ### Environment variables
 
+Can be modified in the [.env](./.env.example) file.
+
 | PORT             | TYPE   | Default                                              | Description                                                                  | 
 |------------------|--------|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 | `PORT`           | u16    | 8000 (unmodifiable in debug)                         | The port to serve the app on                                                 |
@@ -26,7 +28,10 @@ variable below. Copy the secret and id from the OAuth tab to set as environment
 $ pnpm install
 $ pnpm build
 $ cargo build --release
+# Set environment variables manually
 $ export PORT=<port>;DISCORD_ID=<id>;DISCORD_SECRET=<secret>;HOST=<host>;JWT_SECRET=<key>POSTGRES_URL=<connection_string>;
+# or using .env
+$ mv .env.example .env
 $ ./target/release/timezone_db
 ```
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index a342fbe..45ea6fc 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ mod database;
 
 #[launch]
 fn rocket() -> Rocket<Build> {
+    if let Err(e) = kankyo::init() {
+        println!("{e}");
+    };
     let figment = Config::figment()
         .merge(("port", *constants::PORT))
         .merge(("databases.main.url", &*constants::POSTGRES_URL))