From 07e67d46841ee2ce3e67b72bb452452ecac4d071 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Harry Culpan <harry@culpan.org>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2026 18:22:37 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Make godotenv.Load() best-effort to support containerized
 deployments

A missing .env file no longer causes a fatal error. Env vars can now
come from the container environment (Docker/systemd) or a .env file
interchangeably.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 cmd/cli/main.go     | 6 +-----
 pkg/email/config.go | 5 +----
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cmd/cli/main.go b/cmd/cli/main.go
index 4d78b7d..5703be6 100644
--- a/cmd/cli/main.go
+++ b/cmd/cli/main.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ Copyright © 2024 NAME HERE <EMAIL ADDRESS>
 package main
 
 import (
-	"log"
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/hculpan/areweplaying/cmd/cli/cmd"
@@ -13,10 +12,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func main() {
-	err := godotenv.Load()
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
-	}
+	godotenv.Load()
 
 	logFile := os.Getenv("CLI_LOG_FILE")
 	if len(logFile) > 0 {
diff --git a/pkg/email/config.go b/pkg/email/config.go
index a545528..b11bc65 100644
--- a/pkg/email/config.go
+++ b/pkg/email/config.go
@@ -37,10 +37,7 @@ func NewConfigFromEnv() (*Config, error) {
 	var fetchServer string
 	var sendServer string
 
-	err := godotenv.Load()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error loading .env file: %s", err)
-	}
+	godotenv.Load()
 
 	username = os.Getenv("EMAIL_USERNAME")
 	password = os.Getenv("EMAIL_PASSWORD")