diff --git a/bot/__init__.py b/bot/__init__.py
index 9611cf2..acd17ad 100644
--- a/bot/__init__.py
+++ b/bot/__init__.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class Bot(irc3.IrcBot):
         cfg_file = os.path.join(cls.CONFIG_DIR, cfg_file)
         env_file = os.path.join(cls.CONFIG_DIR, env_file)
 
-        load_dotenv('.env')
+        load_dotenv(env_file)
 
         with open(cfg_file, 'r') as fp:
             conf = json.load(fp)