diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f7e940e..a8def1e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1114,6 +1114,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "console",
  "dialoguer",
  "dirs",
+ "dotenv",
  "dyn-compiler",
  "indicatif",
  "regex",
@@ -1632,6 +1633,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dotenv"
+version = "0.15.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "77c90badedccf4105eca100756a0b1289e191f6fcbdadd3cee1d2f614f97da8f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "dunce"
 version = "1.0.4"
@@ -3470,7 +3477,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4979f22fdb869068da03c9f7528f8297c6fd2606bc3a4affe42e6a823fdb8da4"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
- "windows-targets 0.52.5",
+ "windows-targets 0.48.5",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/crates/cli/Cargo.toml b/crates/cli/Cargo.toml
index 98a1c7a..76f82d1 100644
--- a/crates/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ indicatif = "0.17.7"
 strum = "0.25.0"
 strum_macros = "0.25.0"
 dirs = "4.0"
+dotenv = "0.15"
 
 dyn-compiler = { path = "../dyn-compiler" }
 
diff --git a/crates/cli/src/cli.rs b/crates/cli/src/cli.rs
index 74802d6..94ace0e 100644
--- a/crates/cli/src/cli.rs
+++ b/crates/cli/src/cli.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use camino::Utf8PathBuf;
 use console::{style, Emoji};
 use dialoguer::{theme::ColorfulTheme, Input, Select};
 use dirs::home_dir;
+use dotenv::dotenv;
 use indicatif::{HumanDuration, ProgressBar, ProgressStyle};
 use std::{
     env,
@@ -24,6 +25,8 @@ use validation::is_class_hash_valid;
 use verify::VerifyProjectArgs;
 
 fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    dotenv().ok();
+
     // TODO: make this cli use a secure api
     // let api_key = match env::var("API_KEY") {
     //     Ok(api_key) => Some(api_key),