diff --git a/run-dashboard.sh b/run-dashboard.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4b88945
--- /dev/null
+++ b/run-dashboard.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -a
+source "$(dirname "$0")/.env"
+set +a
+exec python -m world_intel_mcp.dashboard.app
diff --git a/src/world_intel_mcp/dashboard/app.py b/src/world_intel_mcp/dashboard/app.py
index 7dc2b21..7e53822 100644
--- a/src/world_intel_mcp/dashboard/app.py
+++ b/src/world_intel_mcp/dashboard/app.py
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ import logging
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from pathlib import Path
 
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+load_dotenv(Path(__file__).resolve().parents[3] / ".env", override=False)
+
 from starlette.applications import Starlette
 from starlette.responses import HTMLResponse, JSONResponse, Response, StreamingResponse
 from starlette.routing import Route