diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d163485..8aeefd5 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2091,6 +2091,7 @@ name = "soundfx-rs"
 version = "1.5.7"
 dependencies = [
  "dashmap",
+ "dotenv",
  "env_logger",
  "lazy_static",
  "log",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 09bbb66..bf17d44 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ log = "0.4"
 serde_json = "1.0"
 dashmap = "5.3"
 serde = "1.0"
+dotenv = "0.15.0"
 
 [patch."https://github.com/serenity-rs/serenity"]
 serenity = { version = "0.11.5" }
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ suggests = "mysql-server-8.0"
 maintainer-scripts = "debian"
 assets = [
     ["target/release/soundfx-rs", "usr/bin/soundfx-rs", "755"],
-    ["conf/default", "etc/soundfx-rs/default", "600"]
+    ["conf/default.env", "etc/soundfx-rs/default.env", "600"]
 ]
 
 [package.metadata.deb.systemd-units]
diff --git a/conf/default b/conf/default
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/conf/default.env b/conf/default.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..303ab1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/default.env
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+DISCORD_TOKEN=
+DATABASE_URL=mysql://localhost/soundfx
+UPLOAD_MAX_SIZE=2097152
+MAX_SOUNDS=8
+CACHING_LOCATION=/tmp
+PATREON_GUILD=
+PATREON_ROLE=
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 8326ef8..b28ba39 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ mod event_handlers;
 mod models;
 mod utils;
 
-use std::{env, sync::Arc};
+use std::{env, path::Path, sync::Arc};
 
 use dashmap::DashMap;
 use poise::serenity_prelude::{
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ pub async fn register_application_commands(
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>> {
+    if Path::new("/etc/soundfx-rs/default.env").exists() {
+        dotenv::from_path("/etc/soundfx-rs/default.env").unwrap();
+    }
+
     env_logger::init();
 
     let discord_token = env::var("DISCORD_TOKEN").expect("Missing DISCORD_TOKEN from environment");