diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2d6539e..69a4566 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "telegram-phone-number-checker"
-version = "1.0.4"
+version = "1.0.5"
 description = "Check if phone numbers are connected to Telegram accounts."
 authors = ["Bellingcat"]
 license = "MIT"
diff --git a/telegram_phone_number_checker/main.py b/telegram_phone_number_checker/main.py
index a1b862a..93e51f6 100644
--- a/telegram_phone_number_checker/main.py
+++ b/telegram_phone_number_checker/main.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import os, json, re
 from telethon.sync import TelegramClient, errors, functions
 from telethon.tl.types import InputPhoneContact
-from dotenv import load_dotenv
+from dotenv import load_dotenv, dotenv_values, find_dotenv
 from getpass import getpass
 import click
 
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ def show_results(output, res):
 @click.option('--output', help='results filename, default to results.json', default="results.json", type=str)
 def main_entrypoint(phone_numbers, api_id, api_hash, api_phone_number, output):
     """Check to see if one or more phone numbers belong to a valid Telegram account"""
-    load_dotenv()
+    load_dotenv(".env")
     client = login(api_id, api_hash, api_phone_number)
     res =  validate_users(client, phone_numbers)
     show_results(output, res)