diff --git a/apps/api/src/env.ts b/apps/api/src/env.ts
index 70c0755..9090f20 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/env.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/env.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import "dotenv/config";
+import "@peya-explorer/shared/load-env";
 import { z } from "zod";
 
 const envSchema = z.object({
@@ -12,4 +12,3 @@ const envSchema = z.object({
 });
 
 export const env = envSchema.parse(process.env);
-
diff --git a/apps/indexer/src/env.ts b/apps/indexer/src/env.ts
index f3bd466..3eb6f9a 100644
--- a/apps/indexer/src/env.ts
+++ b/apps/indexer/src/env.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import "dotenv/config";
+import "@peya-explorer/shared/load-env";
 import { z } from "zod";
 
 const envSchema = z.object({
@@ -13,4 +13,3 @@ const envSchema = z.object({
 });
 
 export const env = envSchema.parse(process.env);
-
diff --git a/packages/shared/package.json b/packages/shared/package.json
index 5fa1f0b..d81e49c 100644
--- a/packages/shared/package.json
+++ b/packages/shared/package.json
@@ -4,9 +4,12 @@
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "main": "./dist/index.js",
+  "exports": {
+    ".": "./dist/index.js",
+    "./load-env": "./dist/load-env.js"
+  },
   "types": "./dist/index.d.ts",
   "scripts": {
     "build": "tsc -p tsconfig.json"
   }
 }
-
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/load-env.ts b/packages/shared/src/load-env.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..43e5a1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/shared/src/load-env.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import path from "node:path";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+import dotenv from "dotenv";
+
+const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
+const repoRoot = path.resolve(__dirname, "../../../");
+
+// Workspace commands run from apps/*, so load the root-level .env explicitly.
+dotenv.config({ path: path.join(repoRoot, ".env") });