diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b63da45..2422cf6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -39,4 +39,6 @@ bin/
 .vscode/
 
 ### Mac OS ###
-.DS_Store
\ No newline at end of file
+.DS_Store
+
+.env
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 686ec28..6b7ca18 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 group = "dev.ptnr"
-version = "1.0-SNAPSHOT"
+version = "0.0.1"
 
 repositories {
     mavenCentral()
@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@ dependencies {
     }
     implementation("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.19.0")
     implementation("com.twelvemonkeys.imageio:imageio-webp:3.12.0")
+    implementation("io.github.cdimascio:dotenv-java:3.2.0")
+}
+
+tasks.jar {
+    manifest { attributes["Main-Class"] = "dev.ptnr.AyayaBot" }
+    from(configurations.runtimeClasspath.get().map { if (it.isDirectory) it else zipTree(it) })
+    duplicatesStrategy = DuplicatesStrategy.EXCLUDE
 }
 
 tasks.test {
diff --git a/src/main/java/dev/ptnr/AyayaBot.java b/src/main/java/dev/ptnr/AyayaBot.java
index 2599b5e..cda9c6b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dev/ptnr/AyayaBot.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dev/ptnr/AyayaBot.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package dev.ptnr;
 
+import io.github.cdimascio.dotenv.Dotenv;
 import net.dv8tion.jda.api.EmbedBuilder;
 import net.dv8tion.jda.api.JDA;
 import net.dv8tion.jda.api.JDABuilder;
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 
 public class AyayaBot {
     public static void main(String[] args) {
-        String token = System.getenv("DISCORD_TOKEN");
+        String token = Dotenv.load().get("DISCORD_TOKEN");
 
         JDA jda = JDABuilder.createDefault(token)
                 .addEventListeners(new BotListener())