diff --git a/app/config.js b/app/config.js
index 18824330..058a5064 100644
--- a/app/config.js
+++ b/app/config.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const dotenvExpand = require('dotenv-expand');
 const process = require('process');
 
 const env = {};
-let dotEnvConfig = dotenv.config({ processEnv: env });
+let dotEnvConfig = dotenv.config({ path: path.join(__dirname, '..', '.env'), processEnv: env });
 dotEnvConfig = dotenvExpand.expand({ parsed: env, processEnv: env });
 
 const getAppHttpHost = () => env.APP_HTTP_HOST||'nm3clol-express-app';