diff --git a/brownie-config.yaml b/brownie-config.yaml
index 0c80f42..f55d8c7 100644
--- a/brownie-config.yaml
+++ b/brownie-config.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ autofetch_sources: True
 dependencies:
   - OpenZeppelin/openzeppelin-contracts@3.0.0
 
+# Automatically exports the environment variables from .env
+dotenv: .env
+
 # path remapping to support OpenZepplin imports with NPM-style path
 compiler:
   solc: