diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bfb6be5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+BOT_TOKEN=
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 4948916..6b98121 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -1,15 +1,18 @@
+import os
 import discord
 from discord.ext import commands
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
 
 
-TOKEN = "bot_token" 
-USER_IDS = [123456789012345678, 987654321098765432]  
-EMOJI = "<:cool:123456789012345678>" 
+load_dotenv()
+TOKEN = os.getenv("BOT_TOKEN") or "bot_token"
+
+USER_IDS = {123456789012345678, 987654321098765432}  
+EMOJI = "<:cool:123456789012345678>"  
 
 
 intents = discord.Intents.default()
 intents.message_content = True
-intents.messages = True
 intents.guilds = True
 
 bot = commands.Bot(command_prefix="!", intents=intents)
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e34cd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+discord.py>=2.5.1
+python-dotenv>=1.0.0