diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index e35f851..7477218 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-PRAW_CLIENT_ID=""
-PRAW_CLIENT_SECRET=""
-PRAW_USERNAME=""
-PRAW_PASSWORD=""
-SUBREDDIT=""
-DB_CONNECTION_STRING="sqlite+aiosqlite:///:memory:"
+RFTB_PRAW_CLIENT_ID=""
+RFTB_PRAW_CLIENT_SECRET=""
+RFTB_PRAW_USERNAME=""
+RFTB_PRAW_PASSWORD=""
+RFTB_SUBREDDIT=""
+RFTB_DB_CONNECTION_STRING="sqlite+aiosqlite:///:memory:"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d657a40..f3e548e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ See https://redditclient.readthedocs.io/en/latest/oauth/ for details.
 
 ### 5. Set up secrets in environment variables
 ```
-$ export PRAW_CLIENT_ID="your_client_id_here"
-$ export PRAW_CLIENT_SECRET="your_client_secret_here"
-$ export PRAW_USERNAME="your_reddit_username_here"
-$ export PRAW_PASSWORD="your_reddit_password_here"
-$ export SUBREDDIT="the_name_of_a_subreddit_here"
+$ export RFTB_PRAW_CLIENT_ID="your_client_id_here"
+$ export RFTB_PRAW_CLIENT_SECRET="your_client_secret_here"
+$ export RFTB_PRAW_USERNAME="your_reddit_username_here"
+$ export RFTB_PRAW_PASSWORD="your_reddit_password_here"
+$ export RFTB_SUBREDDIT="the_name_of_a_subreddit_here"
 ```
 
 or, put the secrets in a file called .env (see .env.example)
diff --git a/rflying_tower_bot/config.py b/rflying_tower_bot/config.py
index ed47916..176f85b 100644
--- a/rflying_tower_bot/config.py
+++ b/rflying_tower_bot/config.py
@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@ def __init__(self, reddit: Reddit) -> None:
             f"{__name__}.{self.__class__.__name__}"
         )
         self.reddit: Reddit = reddit
-        self.subreddit_name: str = os.getenv("SUBREDDIT", "flying")
+        self.subreddit_name: str = os.getenv("RFTB_SUBREDDIT", "flying")
         self.rules_wiki_page = "botconfig/rflying_tower_bot"
         self.rules: Ruleset | None = None
         self.history = History(
-            os.getenv("DB_CONNECTION_STRING", "sqlite+aiosqlite:///:memory:")
+            os.getenv("RFTB_DB_CONNECTION_STRING", "sqlite+aiosqlite:///:memory:")
         )
 
     async def update_rules(self) -> None:
@@ -92,24 +92,24 @@ def __init__(self) -> None:
             f"{__name__}.{self.__class__.__name__}"
         )
 
-        self.client_id: str | None = os.getenv("PRAW_CLIENT_ID")
+        self.client_id: str | None = os.getenv("RFTB_PRAW_CLIENT_ID")
         if self.client_id is None:
-            raise TypeError("Environment variable PRAW_CLIENT_ID is not set")
+            raise TypeError("Environment variable RFTB_PRAW_CLIENT_ID is not set")
 
-        self.client_secret: str | None = os.getenv("PRAW_CLIENT_SECRET")
+        self.client_secret: str | None = os.getenv("RFTB_PRAW_CLIENT_SECRET")
         if self.client_secret is None:
-            raise TypeError("Environment variable PRAW_CLIENT_SECRET is not set")
+            raise TypeError("Environment variable RFTB_PRAW_CLIENT_SECRET is not set")
 
         self.client_user_agent: str = os.getenv(
-            "PRAW_CLIENT_USER_AGENT",
+            "RFTB_PRAW_CLIENT_USER_AGENT",
             f"Python/Linux:rFlyingTowerBot:{bot_version} (by /u/kdknigga)",
         )
 
-        self.username: str = os.getenv("PRAW_USERNAME", "rFlyingTower")
+        self.username: str = os.getenv("RFTB_PRAW_USERNAME", "rFlyingTower")
 
-        self.password: str | None = os.getenv("PRAW_PASSWORD")
+        self.password: str | None = os.getenv("RFTB_PRAW_PASSWORD")
         if self.client_secret is None:
-            raise TypeError("Environment variable PRAW_PASSWORD is not set")
+            raise TypeError("Environment variable RFTB_PRAW_PASSWORD is not set")
 
 
 async def get_current_post_flair(subreddit: Subreddit) -> dict[str, PostFlairSettings]: