diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5612fa5..9450a20 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,4 +3,6 @@
 spec/
 dist/
 config.json
-.env.example
\ No newline at end of file
+a.py
+Procfile.windows 
+# procfile.windows is due to most-likely brken on few things
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.replit b/.replit
deleted file mode 100644
index f795517..0000000
--- a/.replit
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-language = "python3"
-run = "python3 src/main.py"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c1f996d..30da507 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 nextcord
+python-dotenv
diff --git a/src/.env.example b/src/.env.example
index 1851b27..848de6e 100644
--- a/src/.env.example
+++ b/src/.env.example
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-TOKEN=
-PREFIX=
\ No newline at end of file
+TOKEN=DiscordBotToken
+PREFIX=DiscordBotPrefix
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main.py b/src/main.py
index 0cfec44..9dea847 100644
--- a/src/main.py
+++ b/src/main.py
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 import os
 import nextcord
 from nextcord.ext import commands
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
 
-PREFIX = os.environ['PREFIX']
-intents = nextcord.Intents.default() 
+load_dotenv()
+TOKEN = os.getenv('TOKEN')
+PREFIX = os.getenv('PREFIX')
+intents = nextcord.Intents.default()
 intents.members = True
 
 bot = commands.Bot(command_prefix=PREFIX, intents=intents)
@@ -18,5 +21,4 @@ async def on_ready():
 async def ping(ctx):
     await ctx.reply('Pong!')
 
-
-bot.run(os.environ['TOKEN'])
+bot.run(TOKEN)