diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b512c09..37d7e73 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-node_modules
\ No newline at end of file
+node_modules
+.env
diff --git a/index.ts b/index.ts
index 8ba4045..89992a8 100644
--- a/index.ts
+++ b/index.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 import OpenAI from 'openai';
+import dotenv from 'dotenv';
+
+dotenv.config()
 
 const openai = new OpenAI({
-  apiKey: 'INSERT OPENAI API KEY HERE',
+  apiKey: process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY,
 });
 
 async function getOpenAiResponse(prompt: string) {