diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..48840a85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+  GH_TOKEN=
+  REDIS_URL=
+  PORT=
+  CACHE_TTL=
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 08e049a1..91c6d963 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+.env
+.npmrc
 node_modules
 .nyc_output
 example/dist
diff --git a/bin/update-server.js b/bin/update-server.js
index 4f39cb3a..89859c1f 100755
--- a/bin/update-server.js
+++ b/bin/update-server.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 
+require('dotenv-safe').load()
+
 'use strict'
 
 process.title = 'update-server'
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 9620d80d..fc08dc76 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 'use strict'
 
+require('dotenv-safe').load()
+
 const http = require('http')
 const fetch = require('node-fetch')
 const semver = require('semver')
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index a6481161..9ae1fcdd 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1158,6 +1158,19 @@
         "is-obj": "1.0.1"
       }
     },
+    "dotenv": {
+      "version": "5.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dotenv/-/dotenv-5.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-4As8uPrjfwb7VXC+WnLCbXK7y+Ueb2B3zgNCePYfhxS1PYeaO1YTeplffTEcbfLhvFNGLAz90VvJs9yomG7bow=="
+    },
+    "dotenv-safe": {
+      "version": "5.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dotenv-safe/-/dotenv-safe-5.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-NiS92uLQHKThcQIB4pNEQHLaosz+O1VaJ1yuBaZNj0BASGpQliSzfPKgaoFs/WvE+p8pS9STXOMW30b5uxBZog==",
+      "requires": {
+        "dotenv": "5.0.1"
+      }
+    },
     "double-ended-queue": {
       "version": "2.1.0-0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/double-ended-queue/-/double-ended-queue-2.1.0-0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 26a40cee..40abe31d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     "test": "prettier-standard '**/*.js' && standard && NODE_ENV=test nyc tap test/*.js"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "dotenv-safe": "^5.0.1",
     "ms": "^2.1.1",
     "node-fetch": "^2.1.1",
     "redis": "^2.8.0",
diff --git a/test/index.js b/test/index.js
index cf7a2d85..ed6fb795 100644
--- a/test/index.js
+++ b/test/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 'use strict'
 
+require('dotenv-safe').load()
+
 const { test } = require('tap')
 const fetch = require('node-fetch')
 const Updates = require('..')