diff --git a/unitrack/settings.py b/unitrack/settings.py
index 8a3d427..5e94405 100644
--- a/unitrack/settings.py
+++ b/unitrack/settings.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 import os
 from pathlib import Path
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
 
 # Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
 BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@
 
 # 'DJANGO_ALLOWED_HOSTS' should be a single string of hosts with a space between each.
 # For example: 'DJANGO_ALLOWED_HOSTS=localhost 127.0.0.1 [::1]'
+load_dotenv(".env.dev")
 ALLOWED_HOSTS = os.environ.get("DJANGO_ALLOWED_HOSTS").split(" ")
 
 # Application definition