diff --git a/squirrel/api.py b/squirrel/api.py
index 805712a..d490d61 100644
--- a/squirrel/api.py
+++ b/squirrel/api.py
@@ -1,24 +1,26 @@
 from math import ceil
-from fastapi import FastAPI, Request
+from fastapi import FastAPI, Request, BackgroundTasks
 from fastapi.staticfiles import StaticFiles
 from fastapi.templating import Jinja2Templates
 from typing import Any
 import logging
 import subprocess
 import os.path
+from dotenv import dotenv_values
 
 from recoll import recoll
 
-from fastapi import BackgroundTasks
-
-# from .config import settings
 
 logger = logging.getLogger()
 logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
 
-SQUIRREL_FOLDER = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
+config = {**dotenv_values(".env"), **os.environ}
 
-DOC_FOLDER = "/mnt/docs"
+SQUIRREL_APP = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)) + "/app"
+
+SQUIRREL_ICONS = config.get("SQUIRREL_ICONS", "/usr/share/icons/breeze/mimetypes/32")
+
+DOC_FOLDER = config.get("SQUIRREL_DOCS", "/mnt/docs")
 
 STRIP_CHARS = len(DOC_FOLDER) + len("file:///")
 
@@ -38,14 +40,14 @@ class Recoll(object):
 repo = Recoll()
 
 app = FastAPI()
-app.mount("/static", StaticFiles(directory=f"{SQUIRREL_FOLDER}/app/static"))
+app.mount("/static", StaticFiles(directory=f"{SQUIRREL_APP}/static"))
 app.mount("/docs", StaticFiles(directory=DOC_FOLDER))
 app.mount(
     "/icons",
-    StaticFiles(directory="/usr/share/icons/breeze/mimetypes/32", follow_symlink=True),
+    StaticFiles(directory=SQUIRREL_ICONS, follow_symlink=True),
 )
 
-templates = Jinja2Templates(directory=f"{SQUIRREL_FOLDER}/app/templates")
+templates = Jinja2Templates(directory=f"{SQUIRREL_APP}/templates")
 
 
 @app.get("/")