diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index cb8354b..1ee908a 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -9,12 +9,13 @@
 from werkzeug.utils import secure_filename
 from PIL import Image
 import io
+import os
 
 import google.generativeai as genai
 
 # WARNING: Do not share code with you API key hard coded in it.
 # Get your Gemini API key from: https://aistudio.google.com/app/apikey
-GOOGLE_API_KEY=""
+GOOGLE_API_KEY=os.environ.get('GOOGLE_API_KEY')
 genai.configure(api_key=GOOGLE_API_KEY)
 
 # The rate limits are low on this model, so you might need to switch to `gemini-pro`
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 439f7e8..13a83c7 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -27,10 +27,11 @@ pyasn1_modules==0.4.0
 pydantic==2.7.1
 pydantic_core==2.18.2
 pyparsing==3.1.2
+python-dotenv==1.0.1
 requests==2.31.0
 rsa==4.9
 tqdm==4.66.4
 typing_extensions==4.11.0
 uritemplate==4.1.1
 urllib3==2.2.1
-Werkzeug==3.0.3
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+Werkzeug==3.0.3