diff --git a/server/src/lib/env/env.ts b/server/src/lib/env/env.ts
index d59b3d542..f6478bae4 100644
--- a/server/src/lib/env/env.ts
+++ b/server/src/lib/env/env.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 // barrel file for re-exporting env variables.
+import dotenv from "dotenv";
+dotenv.config();
 
 const envVars = [
     "KTBKS_MONGO_BASE_URL",
diff --git a/server/src/main.ts b/server/src/main.ts
index 0b4d8430d..4d3a9d084 100644
--- a/server/src/main.ts
+++ b/server/src/main.ts
@@ -14,10 +14,8 @@ function FormatVersion() {
 import CreateLogCtx from "./lib/logger/logger";
 import server from "./server/server";
 import serverConfig from "./server/server-config";
-import dotenv from "dotenv";
 import { LOG_LEVEL } from "./lib/env/env";
 
-dotenv.config();
 
 const logger = CreateLogCtx(__filename);