diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ed16d19..219d97c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,4 +14,5 @@
 .vscode
 .cache
 .eslintcache
-dist/*.map
\ No newline at end of file
+dist/*.map
+.env
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 246d66b..711af90 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
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                 "@rollup/plugin-typescript": "^6.0.0",
                 "@tsconfig/svelte": "^1.0.10",
+                "dotenv-cli": "^4.0.0",
                 "release-it": "^14.6.1",
                 "rollup": "^2.39.0",
                 "rollup-plugin-analyzer": "^4.0.0",
@@ -1246,6 +1247,36 @@
                 "node": ">=8"
             }
         },
+        "node_modules/dotenv": {
+            "version": "8.2.0",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dotenv/-/dotenv-8.2.0.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-8sJ78ElpbDJBHNeBzUbUVLsqKdccaa/BXF1uPTw3GrvQTBgrQrtObr2mUrE38vzYd8cEv+m/JBfDLioYcfXoaw==",
+            "dev": true,
+            "engines": {
+                "node": ">=8"
+            }
+        },
+        "node_modules/dotenv-cli": {
+            "version": "4.0.0",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dotenv-cli/-/dotenv-cli-4.0.0.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-ByKEec+ashePEXthZaA1fif9XDtcaRnkN7eGdBDx3HHRjwZ/rA1go83Cbs4yRrx3JshsCf96FjAyIA2M672+CQ==",
+            "dev": true,
+            "dependencies": {
+                "cross-spawn": "^7.0.1",
+                "dotenv": "^8.1.0",
+                "dotenv-expand": "^5.1.0",
+                "minimist": "^1.1.3"
+            },
+            "bin": {
+                "dotenv": "cli.js"
+            }
+        },
+        "node_modules/dotenv-expand": {
+            "version": "5.1.0",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dotenv-expand/-/dotenv-expand-5.1.0.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-YXQl1DSa4/PQyRfgrv6aoNjhasp/p4qs9FjJ4q4cQk+8m4r6k4ZSiEyytKG8f8W9gi8WsQtIObNmKd+tMzNTmA==",
+            "dev": true
+        },
         "node_modules/duplexer3": {
             "version": "0.1.4",
             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/duplexer3/-/duplexer3-0.1.4.tgz",
@@ -5597,6 +5628,30 @@
                 "is-obj": "^2.0.0"
             }
         },
+        "dotenv": {
+            "version": "8.2.0",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dotenv/-/dotenv-8.2.0.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-8sJ78ElpbDJBHNeBzUbUVLsqKdccaa/BXF1uPTw3GrvQTBgrQrtObr2mUrE38vzYd8cEv+m/JBfDLioYcfXoaw==",
+            "dev": true
+        },
+        "dotenv-cli": {
+            "version": "4.0.0",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dotenv-cli/-/dotenv-cli-4.0.0.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-ByKEec+ashePEXthZaA1fif9XDtcaRnkN7eGdBDx3HHRjwZ/rA1go83Cbs4yRrx3JshsCf96FjAyIA2M672+CQ==",
+            "dev": true,
+            "requires": {
+                "cross-spawn": "^7.0.1",
+                "dotenv": "^8.1.0",
+                "dotenv-expand": "^5.1.0",
+                "minimist": "^1.1.3"
+            }
+        },
+        "dotenv-expand": {
+            "version": "5.1.0",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dotenv-expand/-/dotenv-expand-5.1.0.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-YXQl1DSa4/PQyRfgrv6aoNjhasp/p4qs9FjJ4q4cQk+8m4r6k4ZSiEyytKG8f8W9gi8WsQtIObNmKd+tMzNTmA==",
+            "dev": true
+        },
         "duplexer3": {
             "version": "0.1.4",
             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/duplexer3/-/duplexer3-0.1.4.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 53bf7f7..4c631a0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
         "dev": "rollup -c -w",
         "start": "sirv public",
         "validate": "svelte-check",
-        "release": "release-it"
+        "release": "dotenv release-it"
     },
     "release-it": {
         "npm": {
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
         "@rollup/plugin-node-resolve": "^11.0.0",
         "@rollup/plugin-typescript": "^6.0.0",
         "@tsconfig/svelte": "^1.0.10",
+        "dotenv-cli": "^4.0.0",
         "release-it": "^14.6.1",
         "rollup": "^2.39.0",
         "rollup-plugin-analyzer": "^4.0.0",