diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..228e0c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+JIRA_API_TOKEN=
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9f3a458..6824186 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@
 .config/Code/User/profiles/sync
 .config/Code/DawnWebGPUCache/
 .config/jirust/config.toml
+.env
diff --git a/.zshrc b/.zshrc
index 7a560c0..ea24341 100644
--- a/.zshrc
+++ b/.zshrc
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ export QSYS_ROOTDIR="/home/goodhumored/intelFPGA/22.1std/quartus/sopc_builder/bi
 export LM_LICENSE_FILE=C:\\flexlm\\lic_modelsim.txt
 export PATH=$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH
 
+source .env
+
 source ~/.aliases.sh
 
 eval "$(fzf --zsh)"