diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 96cfe22..1e83076 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -7,11 +7,7 @@ services:
       - db
     volumes:
       - .:/home/app
-    environment:
-      PGHOST: db
-      PGDATABASE: postgres
-      PGUSER: postgres
-      SESSION_SECRET: REPLACE_THIS_SECRET
+    env_file: .env
   db:
     container_name: learn-request-queue-db
     image: postgres
diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
index 34c9aa0..62799d0 100644
--- a/src/config.ts
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ if (!process.env.PORT) {
 }
 export const port: number = parseInt(process.env.PORT as string, 10);
 
+if (!process.env.TWITCH_SECRET) {
+	console.log("Missing environment variable TWITCH_SECRET");
+	process.exit(1);
+}
+export const twitchSecret: string = process.env.TWITCH_SECRET;
+
 if (!process.env.SESSION_SECRET) {
 	console.log("Missing environment variable SESSION_SECRET");
 	process.exit(1);