diff --git a/api/app.py b/api/app.py
index 7bd778bf..c315844e 100644
--- a/api/app.py
+++ b/api/app.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 import pandas as pd
 import nltk
 import os
-from dotenv import load_dotenv
 import json
 import openai
 import asyncio
@@ -25,7 +24,6 @@
 
 nltk.download('wordnet')
 
-load_dotenv()
 app = Flask(__name__)
 CORS(app) # CORS(app, resources={r"/*": {"origins": "http://localhost:3000"}})
 server_thread = None