diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7c1a96c..8f6b150 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/node": "^20.2.3",
     "@types/pg": "^8.10.1",
+    "dotenv": "^16.4.5",
     "kysely": "^0.24.2",
     "pg": "^8.11.0",
     "pg-cursor": "^2.10.0",
diff --git a/src/cli.ts b/src/cli.ts
index 0598d68..db4402f 100644
--- a/src/cli.ts
+++ b/src/cli.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@ import { Pool } from 'pg'
  * Load Dotenv if the module exists.
  */
 try {
-  require('dotenv').config()
+  require('dotenv').config({
+    debug: !!process.env.DOTENV_CONFIG_DEBUG,
+    path: process.env.DOTENV_CONFIG_PATH,
+    encoding: process.env.DOTENV_CONFIG_ENCODING,
+  })
 } catch {}
 
 const { DATABASE_URL } = process.env
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index ada1772..27b6719 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ commander@^11.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/commander/-/commander-11.0.0.tgz#43e19c25dbedc8256203538e8d7e9346877a6f67"
   integrity sha512-9HMlXtt/BNoYr8ooyjjNRdIilOTkVJXB+GhxMTtOKwk0R4j4lS4NpjuqmRxroBfnfTSHQIHQB7wryHhXarNjmQ==
 
+dotenv@^16.4.5:
+  version "16.4.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/dotenv/-/dotenv-16.4.5.tgz#cdd3b3b604cb327e286b4762e13502f717cb099f"
+  integrity sha512-ZmdL2rui+eB2YwhsWzjInR8LldtZHGDoQ1ugH85ppHKwpUHL7j7rN0Ti9NCnGiQbhaZ11FpR+7ao1dNsmduNUg==
+
 kysely@^0.24.2:
   version "0.24.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/kysely/-/kysely-0.24.2.tgz#caf3be037939bd20449c0b7840e932f074b4d12c"