diff --git a/.env.include.example b/.env.include.example
index 971677a..b1094ef 100644
--- a/.env.include.example
+++ b/.env.include.example
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-PORKBUN_API_KEY_PATH=
-PORKBUN_SECRET_API_KEY_PATH=
+PORKBUN_API_KEY_NAME=
+PORKBUN_SECRET_API_KEY_NAME=
diff --git a/cmd/tui/main.go b/cmd/tui/main.go
index 5d6a73f..34197b0 100644
--- a/cmd/tui/main.go
+++ b/cmd/tui/main.go
@@ -5,11 +5,14 @@ import (
 	"os"
 
 	"git.juancwu.dev/juancwu/porkbacon/internal/app"
+	"git.juancwu.dev/juancwu/porkbacon/internal/config"
 	tea "github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea"
 )
 
 func main() {
-	a := app.New()
+	cfg := config.Load()
+
+	a := app.New(cfg)
 
 	p := tea.NewProgram(a)
 	if _, err := p.Run(); err != nil {
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6c14765..4cc5845 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -2,12 +2,14 @@ module git.juancwu.dev/juancwu/porkbacon
 
 go 1.25.6
 
+require (
+	github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea v1.3.10
+	github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1
+)
+
 require (
 	github.com/aymanbagabas/go-osc52/v2 v2.0.1 // indirect
-	github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles v0.21.0 // indirect
-	github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea v1.3.10 // indirect
 	github.com/charmbracelet/colorprofile v0.2.3-0.20250311203215-f60798e515dc // indirect
-	github.com/charmbracelet/harmonica v0.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/charmbracelet/x/ansi v0.10.1 // indirect
 	github.com/charmbracelet/x/cellbuf v0.0.13-0.20250311204145-2c3ea96c31dd // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 036c1a6..6bfe030 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,13 +1,9 @@
 github.com/aymanbagabas/go-osc52/v2 v2.0.1 h1:HwpRHbFMcZLEVr42D4p7XBqjyuxQH5SMiErDT4WkJ2k=
 github.com/aymanbagabas/go-osc52/v2 v2.0.1/go.mod h1:uYgXzlJ7ZpABp8OJ+exZzJJhRNQ2ASbcXHWsFqH8hp8=
-github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles v0.21.0 h1:9TdC97SdRVg/1aaXNVWfFH3nnLAwOXr8Fn6u6mfQdFs=
-github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles v0.21.0/go.mod h1:HF+v6QUR4HkEpz62dx7ym2xc71/KBHg+zKwJtMw+qtg=
 github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea v1.3.10 h1:otUDHWMMzQSB0Pkc87rm691KZ3SWa4KUlvF9nRvCICw=
 github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea v1.3.10/go.mod h1:ORQfo0fk8U+po9VaNvnV95UPWA1BitP1E0N6xJPlHr4=
 github.com/charmbracelet/colorprofile v0.2.3-0.20250311203215-f60798e515dc h1:4pZI35227imm7yK2bGPcfpFEmuY1gc2YSTShr4iJBfs=
 github.com/charmbracelet/colorprofile v0.2.3-0.20250311203215-f60798e515dc/go.mod h1:X4/0JoqgTIPSFcRA/P6INZzIuyqdFY5rm8tb41s9okk=
-github.com/charmbracelet/harmonica v0.2.0 h1:8NxJWRWg/bzKqqEaaeFNipOu77YR5t8aSwG4pgaUBiQ=
-github.com/charmbracelet/harmonica v0.2.0/go.mod h1:KSri/1RMQOZLbw7AHqgcBycp8pgJnQMYYT8QZRqZ1Ao=
 github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss v1.1.0 h1:vYXsiLHVkK7fp74RkV7b2kq9+zDLoEU4MZoFqR/noCY=
 github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss v1.1.0/go.mod h1:/6Q8FR2o+kj8rz4Dq0zQc3vYf7X+B0binUUBwA0aL30=
 github.com/charmbracelet/x/ansi v0.10.1 h1:rL3Koar5XvX0pHGfovN03f5cxLbCF2YvLeyz7D2jVDQ=
@@ -18,6 +14,8 @@ github.com/charmbracelet/x/term v0.2.1 h1:AQeHeLZ1OqSXhrAWpYUtZyX1T3zVxfpZuEQMIQ
 github.com/charmbracelet/x/term v0.2.1/go.mod h1:oQ4enTYFV7QN4m0i9mzHrViD7TQKvNEEkHUMCmsxdUg=
 github.com/erikgeiser/coninput v0.0.0-20211004153227-1c3628e74d0f h1:Y/CXytFA4m6baUTXGLOoWe4PQhGxaX0KpnayAqC48p4=
 github.com/erikgeiser/coninput v0.0.0-20211004153227-1c3628e74d0f/go.mod h1:vw97MGsxSvLiUE2X8qFplwetxpGLQrlU1Q9AUEIzCaM=
+github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1 h1:7eLL/+HRGLY0ldzfGMeQkb7vMd0as4CfYvUVzLqw0N0=
+github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1/go.mod h1:f4LDr5Voq0i2e/R5DDNOoa2zzDfwtkZa6DnEwAbqwq4=
 github.com/lucasb-eyer/go-colorful v1.2.0 h1:1nnpGOrhyZZuNyfu1QjKiUICQ74+3FNCN69Aj6K7nkY=
 github.com/lucasb-eyer/go-colorful v1.2.0/go.mod h1:R4dSotOR9KMtayYi1e77YzuveK+i7ruzyGqttikkLy0=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 h1:xfD0iDuEKnDkl03q4limB+vH+GxLEtL/jb4xVJSWWEY=
@@ -37,6 +35,8 @@ github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.4.7 h1:WUdvkW8uEhrYfLC4ZzdpI2ztxP1I582+49Oc5Mq64VQ=
 github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.4.7/go.mod h1:FN3SvrM+Zdj16jyLfmOkMNblXMcoc8DfTHruCPUcx88=
 github.com/xo/terminfo v0.0.0-20220910002029-abceb7e1c41e h1:JVG44RsyaB9T2KIHavMF/ppJZNG9ZpyihvCd0w101no=
 github.com/xo/terminfo v0.0.0-20220910002029-abceb7e1c41e/go.mod h1:RbqR21r5mrJuqunuUZ/Dhy/avygyECGrLceyNeo4LiM=
+golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20220909182711-5c715a9e8561 h1:MDc5xs78ZrZr3HMQugiXOAkSZtfTpbJLDr/lwfgO53E=
+golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20220909182711-5c715a9e8561/go.mod h1:cyybsKvd6eL0RnXn6p/Grxp8F5bW7iYuBgsNCOHpMYE=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210809222454-d867a43fc93e/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.36.0 h1:KVRy2GtZBrk1cBYA7MKu5bEZFxQk4NIDV6RLVcC8o0k=
diff --git a/internal/app/app.go b/internal/app/app.go
index 12a27f3..21065e5 100644
--- a/internal/app/app.go
+++ b/internal/app/app.go
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 package app
 
 import (
+	"git.juancwu.dev/juancwu/porkbacon/internal/config"
 	tea "github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea"
 )
 
 type App struct {
+	cfg *config.Config
 }
 
-func New() App {
-	return App{}
+func New(cfg *config.Config) App {
+	return App{cfg: cfg}
 }
 
 func (a App) Init() tea.Cmd {
diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b03ecdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package config
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/joho/godotenv"
+)
+
+type Config struct {
+	PorkbunApiKeyName       string
+	PorkbunSecretApiKeyName string
+}
+
+func Load() *Config {
+	godotenv.Load()
+
+	cfg := &Config{
+		PorkbunApiKeyName:       envRequired("PORKBUN_API_KEY_NAME"),
+		PorkbunSecretApiKeyName: envRequired("PORKBUN_SECRET_API_KEY_NAME"),
+	}
+
+	return cfg
+}
+
+func envRequired(key string) string {
+	value, ok := os.LookupEnv(key)
+	if !ok || value == "" {
+		fmt.Printf("Error: required environment variable %s not set.\n", key)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+	return value
+}