diff --git a/server/app.js b/server/app.js
index 807243d..477995a 100644
--- a/server/app.js
+++ b/server/app.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import 'dotenv/config';
 import path from 'path';
 import AutoLoad from '@fastify/autoload';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
-import 'dotenv/config';
 
 const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
 const __dirname = path.dirname(__filename);
diff --git a/server/example.env b/server/example.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7c7f693
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/example.env
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+SESSION_SECRET=replacemewitharandomstringinproduction