diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e3198228..e8aef22f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ require (
 	gorm.io/gorm v1.25.3
 )
 
+require github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1 // indirect
+
 require (
 	github.com/bytedance/sonic v1.10.0 // indirect
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.2.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b1d101fe..2aff0cc3 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ github.com/jinzhu/inflection v1.0.0/go.mod h1:h+uFLlag+Qp1Va5pdKtLDYj+kHp5pxUVkr
 github.com/jinzhu/now v1.1.4/go.mod h1:d3SSVoowX0Lcu0IBviAWJpolVfI5UJVZZ7cO71lE/z8=
 github.com/jinzhu/now v1.1.5 h1:/o9tlHleP7gOFmsnYNz3RGnqzefHA47wQpKrrdTIwXQ=
 github.com/jinzhu/now v1.1.5/go.mod h1:d3SSVoowX0Lcu0IBviAWJpolVfI5UJVZZ7cO71lE/z8=
+github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1 h1:7eLL/+HRGLY0ldzfGMeQkb7vMd0as4CfYvUVzLqw0N0=
+github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1/go.mod h1:f4LDr5Voq0i2e/R5DDNOoa2zzDfwtkZa6DnEwAbqwq4=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.9/go.mod h1:KdQUCv79m/52Kvf8AW2vK1V8akMuk1QjK/uOdHXbAo4=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 h1:PV8peI4a0ysnczrg+LtxykD8LfKY9ML6u2jnxaEnrnM=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12/go.mod h1:e30LSqwooZae/UwlEbR2852Gd8hjQvJoHmT4TnhNGBo=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 1129166f..d60c839f 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gin-contrib/sessions"
 	"github.com/gin-contrib/sessions/cookie"
 	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
+	"github.com/joho/godotenv"
 )
 
 //go:embed web/build
@@ -23,6 +24,15 @@ var buildFS embed.FS
 var indexPage []byte
 
 func main() {
+	// This will load .env file if it exists, to set environment variables instead of exporting them one by one
+	envErr := godotenv.Load()
+	if envErr != nil {
+		common.SysLog("Cannot load .env file, using environment variables, this is not an error, just a reminder")
+	}
+
+	// Sentry is a cross-platform crash reporting and aggregation platform.
+	// It provides the ability to capture, index and store exceptions generated
+	// This will only activate when SENTRY_DSN is set, if you worry about privacy, you can set it to an empty string
 	sentrDSN := os.Getenv("SENTRY_DSN")
 	if sentrDSN != "" {
 		sentry.Init(sentry.ClientOptions{