diff --git a/.env_copy b/.env_copy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ef3a90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env_copy
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ARTICLE_PATH=./article
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e69de29..2eea525 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.env
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 3265054..9472d2c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-playground/universal-translator v0.18.1 // indirect
 	github.com/go-playground/validator/v10 v10.11.2 // indirect
 	github.com/goccy/go-json v0.10.0 // indirect
+	github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1 // indirect
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 // indirect
 	github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.0.9 // indirect
 	github.com/leodido/go-urn v1.2.1 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 93decc6..e47e9d0 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.0/go.mod h1:FsONVRAS9T7sI+LIUmWTfcYkHO4aIWwzhcaS
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.5 h1:Khx7svrCpmxxtHBq5j2mp/xVjsi8hQMfNLvJFAlrGgU=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.5/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/google/gofuzz v1.0.0/go.mod h1:dBl0BpW6vV/+mYPU4Po3pmUjxk6FQPldtuIdl/M65Eg=
+github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1 h1:7eLL/+HRGLY0ldzfGMeQkb7vMd0as4CfYvUVzLqw0N0=
+github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1/go.mod h1:f4LDr5Voq0i2e/R5DDNOoa2zzDfwtkZa6DnEwAbqwq4=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 h1:PV8peI4a0ysnczrg+LtxykD8LfKY9ML6u2jnxaEnrnM=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12/go.mod h1:e30LSqwooZae/UwlEbR2852Gd8hjQvJoHmT4TnhNGBo=
 github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.0.9 h1:lgaqFMSdTdQYdZ04uHyN2d/eKdOMyi2YLSvlQIBFYa4=
diff --git a/handler/article.go b/handler/article.go
index f117e4b..6b529f8 100644
--- a/handler/article.go
+++ b/handler/article.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ func Article(c *gin.Context) {
 
 	id = strings.Replace(id, "-", "/", -1)
 
-	articleBasePath := "./article"
+	articleBasePath := os.Getenv("ARTICLE_PATH")
 
 	articlePath := articleBasePath + "/" + id + ".md"
 
diff --git a/handler/index.go b/handler/index.go
index 765db39..d4e208d 100644
--- a/handler/index.go
+++ b/handler/index.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 
 func Index(c *gin.Context) {
 
-	articleBasePath := "./article"
+	articleBasePath := os.Getenv("ARTICLE_PATH")
 
 	list := make([]string, 0)
 
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index c694aa3..5d187fc 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -2,10 +2,21 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"flag"
+	"log"
+	"os"
 	"strconv"
+
+	"github.com/joho/godotenv"
 )
 
 func main() {
+
+	err := godotenv.Load(".env")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("Error loading .env file")
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
 	r := Router()
 	r.LoadHTMLGlob("tmpl/*")
 	r.Static("/statics", "./statics")