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 ## Running on Linux
 
-Grab a release from the [releases page](https://github.com/watn3y/steamsalty/releases). Make sure to set your **environment variables** accordingly.
+Grab a release from the [releases page](https://github.com/watn3y/steamsalty/releases). Make sure to set your  [environment variables](#environment-variables) accordingly.
 
 ## Environment Variables
 
-| Variable                      | Description                                                                                                                                   | Default            |
-| ----------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------ |
-| `STEAMSALTY_LOGLEVEL`         | LogLevel as described [in the zerolog documentation](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/rs/zerolog@v1.34.0#readme-simple-leveled-logging-example)  | 1 (Info)           |
-| `STEAMSALTY_TELEGRAMAPITOKEN` | Telegram Bot Token, get from @BotFather                                                                                                       | None, **required** |
-| `STEAMSALTY_STEAMAPIKEY`      | Steam API Key, get from [steamcommunity.com/dev/apikey](https://steamcommunity.com/dev/apikey)                                                | None, **required** |
-| `STEAMSALTY_CHATID`           | Chat to notify about new Comments                                                                                                             | None, **required** |
-| `STEAMSALTY_WATCHERS`         | SteamIDs (in SteamID64 format) to check for new Profile Comments                                                                              | None, **required** |
-| `STEAMSALTY_SLEEPINTERVAL`    | Amount of time to wait between requests to Steam in seconds                                                                                   | 60                 |
+> [!NOTE]  
+> For development purposes, SteamSalty supports loading environment variables from a .env file placed in the project root directory.
+
+| Variable                      | Description                                                                                                                                   | Default            | Required       |
+| ----------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------ | -------------- |
+| `STEAMSALTY_LOGLEVEL`         | LogLevel as described [in the zerolog documentation](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/rs/zerolog@v1.34.0#readme-simple-leveled-logging-example)  | 1 (Info)           | ❌             |
+| `STEAMSALTY_TELEGRAMAPITOKEN` | Telegram BotToken, get it from  [@BotFather on Telegram](https://t.me/BotFather)                                                              | None               | ✅             |
+| `STEAMSALTY_STEAMAPIKEY`      | Steam API Key, get it from [steamcommunity.com/dev/apikey](https://steamcommunity.com/dev/apikey)                                             | None               | ✅             |
+| `STEAMSALTY_CHATID`           | Chat to notify about new comments                                                                                                             | None               | ✅             |
+| `STEAMSALTY_WATCHERS`         | SteamIDs (in SteamID64 format) to check for new profile comments                                                                              | None               | ✅             |
+| `STEAMSALTY_SLEEPINTERVAL`    | Amount of time to wait between requests to Steam in seconds                                                                                   | 60                 | ❌             |