diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f123eb7..508495f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ asyncio
 h5py
 pillow
 elabapi_python
+dotenv
diff --git a/src/main.py b/src/main.py
index c94d8c0..b090430 100755
--- a/src/main.py
+++ b/src/main.py
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 import os, json, requests, h5py
 import numpy as np
-
-# import dotenv
+import dotenv
 from getpass import getpass
 from APIHandler import APIHandler
 from classes import *