diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8313619e..da020cac 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,3 +6,6 @@ src/
 eval_results/
 eval_data/
 *.egg-info/
+
+.env
+.env.local
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cli/main.py b/cli/main.py
index 3f42f2e2..41212b9d 100644
--- a/cli/main.py
+++ b/cli/main.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+load_dotenv()
+
 from typing import Optional
 import datetime
 import typer
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a6154cd2..85ab1deb 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ typing-extensions
 langchain-openai
 langchain-experimental
 pandas
+python-dotenv
 yfinance
 praw
 feedparser