diff --git a/agent/package.json b/agent/package.json
index 9a054a172fe09..08f84cca4eada 100644
--- a/agent/package.json
+++ b/agent/package.json
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@
         "@elizaos/plugin-nvidia-nim": "workspace:*",
         "@elizaos/plugin-0x": "workspace:*",
         "@elizaos/plugin-dkg": "workspace:*",
+        "dotenv": "^16.4.5",
         "readline": "1.3.0",
         "ws": "8.18.0",
         "yargs": "17.7.2"
diff --git a/agent/src/index.ts b/agent/src/index.ts
index c1cfd8e3359c4..c21a07b9cde1f 100644
--- a/agent/src/index.ts
+++ b/agent/src/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+// Load environment variables from .env file
+import dotenv from "dotenv";
+dotenv.config();
+
 import { PGLiteDatabaseAdapter } from "@elizaos/adapter-pglite";
 import { PostgresDatabaseAdapter } from "@elizaos/adapter-postgres";
 import { RedisClient } from "@elizaos/adapter-redis";