diff --git a/lightrag/api/lightrag_server.py b/lightrag/api/lightrag_server.py
index 60e39820..4477352b 100644
--- a/lightrag/api/lightrag_server.py
+++ b/lightrag/api/lightrag_server.py
@@ -43,12 +43,12 @@ from lightrag.kg.shared_storage import (
     initialize_pipeline_status,
 )
 from fastapi.security import OAuth2PasswordRequestForm
-from .auth import auth_handler
+from lightrag.api.auth import auth_handler
 
 # Load environment variables
 # Updated to use the .env that is inside the current folder
 # This update allows the user to put a different.env file for each lightrag folder
-load_dotenv()
+load_dotenv(".env")
 
 # Initialize config parser
 config = configparser.ConfigParser()
diff --git a/lightrag/api/run_with_gunicorn.py b/lightrag/api/run_with_gunicorn.py
index 126d772d..35724e8b 100644
--- a/lightrag/api/run_with_gunicorn.py
+++ b/lightrag/api/run_with_gunicorn.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from dotenv import load_dotenv
 
 # Updated to use the .env that is inside the current folder
 # This update allows the user to put a different.env file for each lightrag folder
-load_dotenv()
+load_dotenv(".env")
 
 
 def check_and_install_dependencies():