diff --git a/src/bot.py b/src/bot.py
index 1f653b5..930ac88 100644
--- a/src/bot.py
+++ b/src/bot.py
@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
 import discord
 from discord.ext import commands
 from asyncio import *
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+import os
 from random import randint,choice
 
+#get data from .env file
+load_dotenv()
+
+
 #create your bot class
 class CONFING:
-    TOKEN = 'BOT TOKEN'
+    TOKEN = os.getenv('TOKEN')
     PREFIX = '-'
 
 client = commands.Bot(command_prefix = CONFING.PREFIX)
diff --git a/src/requirements.txt b/src/requirements.txt
index f353f43..73a7a2f 100644
--- a/src/requirements.txt
+++ b/src/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 discord.py==1.6.0
+python-dotenv==0.20.0
diff --git a/src/simple_.env_file.txt b/src/simple_.env_file.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd01fc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/simple_.env_file.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+TOKEN=place_bot_token_here
\ No newline at end of file