diff --git a/login/index.js b/login/index.js
index 9bc43f8..0a81a92 100644
--- a/login/index.js
+++ b/login/index.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 // https://paul-senon.medium.com/node-express-js-cookies-set-get-secure-884311606148
 
 import express from "express";
+const dotenv = require('dotenv');
 const formParser = require("body-parser").urlencoded({ extended: false });
 import { PortierClient } from "portier";
 
@@ -27,6 +28,8 @@ const cookieParser = require('cookie-parser');
 // POST /logout     Clear session cookies
 // GET  /logout     Display a button to POST /logout
 
+dotenv.config({ path: './.env' });
+
 const portier = new PortierClient({
   //broker: process.env.PORTIER_URL,
   redirectUri: process.env.BASE_URL + "/login/verify",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index aa2f0ba..844d092 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
     "cookie-parser": "^1.4.6",
     "cookie-universal-nuxt": "^2.1.5",
     "core-js": "^3.15.1",
+    "dotenv": "^10.0.0",
     "express": "^4.17.1",
     "leaflet": "^1.7.1",
     "net": "^1.0.2",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 433d3de..fb062e3 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4052,6 +4052,11 @@ dot-prop@^5.2.0:
   dependencies:
     is-obj "^2.0.0"
 
+dotenv@^10.0.0:
+  version "10.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/dotenv/-/dotenv-10.0.0.tgz#3d4227b8fb95f81096cdd2b66653fb2c7085ba81"
+  integrity sha512-rlBi9d8jpv9Sf1klPjNfFAuWDjKLwTIJJ/VxtoTwIR6hnZxcEOQCZg2oIL3MWBYw5GpUDKOEnND7LXTbIpQ03Q==
+
 dotenv@^8.1.0:
   version "8.6.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/dotenv/-/dotenv-8.6.0.tgz"