diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6098107..9d4f24b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -26,6 +26,15 @@ go.work
 
 # End of gignore: github.com/onyx-and-iris/gignore
 
+# Environment
+.env
 .envrc
-*_test.go
-gobs-cli.1
\ No newline at end of file
+
+# Man pages
+gobs-cli.1
+
+# Config files
+config.yaml
+
+# Test files
+*_test.go
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 63e0727..6993ee6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,17 +22,19 @@ gobs-cli --host=localhost --port=4455 --password=<websocket password> --help
 
 #### Environment Variables
 
-Load connection details from your environment:
+Store and load environment variables from:
 
-```bash
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
+-   A `.env` file in the cwd
+-   $XDG_CONFIG_HOME / gobs-cli / config.env (see [os.UserConfigDir][userconfigdir])
 
-export OBS_HOST=localhost
-export OBS_PORT=4455
-export OBS_PASSWORD=<websocket password>
-export OBS_TIMEOUT=5
+```env
+OBS_HOST=localhost
+OBS_PORT=4455
+OBS_PASSWORD=<websocket password>
+OBS_TIMEOUT=5
 ```
 
+
 ## Commands
 
 ### VersionCmd
@@ -433,4 +435,6 @@ gobs-cli virtualcam toggle
 
 ```console
 gobs-cli virtualcam status
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+```
+
+[userconfigdir]: https://pkg.go.dev/os#UserConfigDir
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 43e9918..a2f96b4 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,12 +6,14 @@ require (
 	github.com/alecthomas/kong v1.10.0
 	github.com/alecthomas/mango-kong v0.1.0
 	github.com/andreykaipov/goobs v1.5.6
+	github.com/titusjaka/kong-dotenv-go v0.1.0
 )
 
 require (
 	github.com/buger/jsonparser v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.3 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/logutils v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1 // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mmcloughlin/profile v0.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/muesli/mango v0.1.1-0.20220205060214-77e2058169ab // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 0e107c5..150d5db 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ github.com/hashicorp/logutils v1.0.0 h1:dLEQVugN8vlakKOUE3ihGLTZJRB4j+M2cdTm/ORI
 github.com/hashicorp/logutils v1.0.0/go.mod h1:QIAnNjmIWmVIIkWDTG1z5v++HQmx9WQRO+LraFDTW64=
 github.com/hexops/gotextdiff v1.0.3 h1:gitA9+qJrrTCsiCl7+kh75nPqQt1cx4ZkudSTLoUqJM=
 github.com/hexops/gotextdiff v1.0.3/go.mod h1:pSWU5MAI3yDq+fZBTazCSJysOMbxWL1BSow5/V2vxeg=
+github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1 h1:7eLL/+HRGLY0ldzfGMeQkb7vMd0as4CfYvUVzLqw0N0=
+github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1/go.mod h1:f4LDr5Voq0i2e/R5DDNOoa2zzDfwtkZa6DnEwAbqwq4=
 github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.5.0 h1:jeMsZIYE/09sWLaz43PL7Gy6RuMjD2eJVyuac5Z2hdY=
 github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.5.0/go.mod h1:bFUtVrKA4DC2yAKiSyO/QUcy7e+RRV2QTWOzhPopBRo=
 github.com/mmcloughlin/profile v0.1.1 h1:jhDmAqPyebOsVDOCICJoINoLb/AnLBaUw58nFzxWS2w=
@@ -32,5 +34,7 @@ github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZb
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0 h1:Xv5erBjTwe/5IxqUQTdXv5kgmIvbHo3QQyRwhJsOfJA=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
+github.com/titusjaka/kong-dotenv-go v0.1.0 h1:TmUjP/sXoNiKLr6oR7n9xrB5XyXi/Ssuebzfz5nxZj4=
+github.com/titusjaka/kong-dotenv-go v0.1.0/go.mod h1:pBgLjcu82oqUgb7+bngK9+Ch7jg49E0YADP8Wnj2MXU=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index d991b99..8521451 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -7,11 +7,13 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/alecthomas/kong"
 	mangokong "github.com/alecthomas/mango-kong"
 	"github.com/andreykaipov/goobs"
+	kongdotenv "github.com/titusjaka/kong-dotenv-go"
 )
 
 // ObsConfig holds the configuration for connecting to the OBS WebSocket server.
@@ -49,11 +51,18 @@ type context struct {
 }
 
 func main() {
-	cli := cli{}
+	userConfigDir, err := os.UserConfigDir()
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error getting user config directory: %v\n", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	var cli cli
 	ctx := kong.Parse(
 		&cli,
 		kong.Name("GOBS-CLI"),
 		kong.Description("A command line tool to interact with OBS Websocket."),
+		kong.Configuration(kongdotenv.ENVFileReader, ".env", filepath.Join(userConfigDir, "gobs-cli", "config.env")),
 	)
 
 	client, err := connectObs(cli.ObsConfig)