diff --git a/service/src/main/java/greencity/config/dotenv/DotEnvConditionChecker.java b/service/src/main/java/greencity/config/dotenv/DotEnvConditionChecker.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5ad209a3af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/service/src/main/java/greencity/config/dotenv/DotEnvConditionChecker.java
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package greencity.config.dotenv;
+
+import greencity.constant.AppConstant;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+
+public class DotEnvConditionChecker {
+    private static Boolean cachedValue = null;
+
+    public static boolean isEnabled() {
+        if (cachedValue == null) {
+            try {
+                cachedValue = Files
+                    .exists(Paths.get(System.getProperty("user.dir") + File.separator + AppConstant.DOTENV_FILENAME));
+            } catch (SecurityException e) {
+                cachedValue = false;
+            }
+        }
+        return cachedValue;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/service/src/main/java/greencity/config/DotenvConfig.java b/service/src/main/java/greencity/config/dotenv/DotenvConfig.java
similarity index 78%
rename from service/src/main/java/greencity/config/DotenvConfig.java
rename to service/src/main/java/greencity/config/dotenv/DotenvConfig.java
index 660495c512..b728ce3377 100644
--- a/service/src/main/java/greencity/config/DotenvConfig.java
+++ b/service/src/main/java/greencity/config/dotenv/DotenvConfig.java
@@ -1,25 +1,29 @@
-package greencity.config;
+package greencity.config.dotenv;
 
 import greencity.constant.AppConstant;
 import greencity.constant.ErrorMessage;
 import greencity.exception.exceptions.FunctionalityNotAvailableException;
 import io.github.cdimascio.dotenv.Dotenv;
 import io.github.cdimascio.dotenv.DotenvException;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnExpression;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnMissingBean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Lazy;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Primary;
 
 @Configuration
 @Lazy
 public class DotenvConfig {
     @Bean
+    @ConditionalOnMissingBean(Dotenv.class)
     public Dotenv fallbackDotenv() {
         return Dotenv.configure().ignoreIfMissing().load();
     }
 
     @Bean
-    @ConditionalOnMissingBean(Dotenv.class)
+    @ConditionalOnExpression("#{T(greencity.config.dotenv.DotEnvConditionChecker).isEnabled()}")
+    @Primary
     Dotenv dotenv() {
         try {
             return Dotenv.configure()
diff --git a/service/src/test/java/greencity/utils/dotenv/DotEnvConditionCheckerTest.java b/service/src/test/java/greencity/utils/dotenv/DotEnvConditionCheckerTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..154676e3d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/service/src/test/java/greencity/utils/dotenv/DotEnvConditionCheckerTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+package greencity.utils.dotenv;
+
+import greencity.config.dotenv.DotEnvConditionChecker;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterAll;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.mockito.MockedStatic;
+import org.mockito.Mockito;
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyString;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
+
+class DotEnvConditionCheckerTest {
+    private static MockedStatic<Paths> mockedPaths;
+    private static MockedStatic<Files> mockedFiles;
+
+    @BeforeEach
+    void setUp() throws NoSuchFieldException, IllegalAccessException {
+        Field cachedValueField = DotEnvConditionChecker.class.getDeclaredField("cachedValue");
+        cachedValueField.setAccessible(true);
+        cachedValueField.set(null, null);
+        mockedPaths.clearInvocations();
+        mockedFiles.clearInvocations();
+    }
+
+    @BeforeAll
+    public static void init() {
+        mockedFiles = Mockito.mockStatic(Files.class);
+        mockedPaths = Mockito.mockStatic(Paths.class);
+    }
+
+    @AfterAll
+    public static void cleanup() {
+        mockedPaths.close();
+        mockedFiles.close();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void checkIsEnabledReturnsTrueIfPathIsValid() {
+        Path paths = Mockito.mock(Path.class);
+
+        mockedPaths.when(() -> Paths.get(anyString())).thenReturn(paths);
+        mockedFiles.when(() -> Files.exists(paths)).thenReturn(true);
+
+        assertTrue(DotEnvConditionChecker.isEnabled());
+        mockedPaths.verify(() -> Paths.get(anyString()), times(1));
+        mockedFiles.verify(() -> Files.exists(paths), times(1));
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void checkIsEnabledReturnsFalseIfPathNotExistsTest() {
+        Path paths = Mockito.mock(Path.class);
+
+        mockedPaths.when(() -> Paths.get(anyString())).thenReturn(paths);
+        mockedFiles.when(() -> Files.exists(paths)).thenReturn(false);
+
+        assertFalse(DotEnvConditionChecker.isEnabled());
+        mockedPaths.verify(() -> Paths.get(anyString()), times(1));
+        mockedFiles.verify(() -> Files.exists(paths), times(1));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void checkIsFalseIfPathIsProtectedTest() {
+        mockedPaths.when(() -> Paths.get(anyString())).thenThrow(SecurityException.class);
+
+        assertFalse(DotEnvConditionChecker.isEnabled());
+        mockedPaths.verify(() -> Paths.get(anyString()), times(1));
+        mockedFiles.verify(() -> Files.exists(any(Path.class)), times(0));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void checkIsNoInvocationIfAlreadyCalculatedTest() throws NoSuchFieldException, IllegalAccessException {
+        Field cachedValueField = DotEnvConditionChecker.class.getDeclaredField("cachedValue");
+        cachedValueField.setAccessible(true);
+        cachedValueField.set(null, false);
+
+        assertFalse(DotEnvConditionChecker.isEnabled());
+        mockedPaths.verify(() -> Paths.get(anyString()), times(0));
+        mockedFiles.verify(() -> Files.exists(any(Path.class)), times(0));
+    }
+}