diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 40d9aca..5e101cc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 /target
-/.idea
\ No newline at end of file
+/.idea
+.env
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f56dce9..da8b88d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ checksum = "773648b94d0e5d620f64f280777445740e61fe701025087ec8b57f45c791888b"
 name = "count_bot"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "dotenv",
  "serenity",
  "tokio",
 ]
@@ -318,6 +319,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.91",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dotenv"
+version = "0.15.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "77c90badedccf4105eca100756a0b1289e191f6fcbdadd3cee1d2f614f97da8f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "encoding_rs"
 version = "0.8.35"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 916ccd8..45e4a89 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
+dotenv = "0.15.0"
 serenity = "0.12.4"
 tokio = { version = "1.42.0", features = ["full"] }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index e7a11a9..c906f16 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
-fn main() {
-    println!("Hello, world!");
+use dotenv::dotenv;
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() {
+    dotenv().ok();
+    let token = std::env::var("TOKEN").expect("TOKEN must be set");
 }