diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b722a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+REDMINE_URL="https://hq.example.com"
+REDMINE_API_KEY="abc123"
+DEBUG_MODE=FALSE
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ca08cc4..0c14092 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 /vendor/
 /data/*.csv
+.env
diff --git a/getmemberships.php b/getmemberships.php
index d926e6b..7529641 100755
--- a/getmemberships.php
+++ b/getmemberships.php
@@ -2,7 +2,12 @@
 <?php
 
 require_once 'vendor/autoload.php';
-$client = new Redmine\Client('https://hq.megaphonetech.com', '965fddd60cfb5690d15542944998058224d7289f');
+
+// Load the .env file
+$dotenv = new Dotenv\Dotenv(__DIR__);
+$dotenv->load();
+
+$client = new Redmine\Client(getenv('REDMINE_URL'), getenv('REDMINE_API_KEY'));
 $client->setCheckSslCertificate(true);
 
 $limit = 100;