diff --git a/apps/api/src/env.ts b/apps/api/src/env.ts
index 9090f20..fa4896c 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/env.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/env.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import "@peya-explorer/shared/load-env";
+import "./load-env.js";
 import { z } from "zod";
 
 const envSchema = z.object({
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/load-env.ts b/apps/api/src/load-env.ts
similarity index 77%
rename from packages/shared/src/load-env.ts
rename to apps/api/src/load-env.ts
index 43e5a1f..8bef9e2 100644
--- a/packages/shared/src/load-env.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/load-env.ts
@@ -5,5 +5,4 @@ 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") });
diff --git a/apps/indexer/src/env.ts b/apps/indexer/src/env.ts
index 3eb6f9a..7ba8660 100644
--- a/apps/indexer/src/env.ts
+++ b/apps/indexer/src/env.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import "@peya-explorer/shared/load-env";
+import "./load-env.js";
 import { z } from "zod";
 
 const envSchema = z.object({
diff --git a/apps/indexer/src/load-env.ts b/apps/indexer/src/load-env.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8bef9e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/indexer/src/load-env.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+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, "../../../");
+
+dotenv.config({ path: path.join(repoRoot, ".env") });
diff --git a/packages/shared/package.json b/packages/shared/package.json
index d81e49c..eed0bd7 100644
--- a/packages/shared/package.json
+++ b/packages/shared/package.json
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@
   "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"