diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 6c9f5319b780b6c95dfa14c64aeb1c97b5f47117..54de82ef015ba35df5d229734496cdfce4a4f57d 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -10,5 +10,6 @@ docker-build-master:
     - docker login -u "$CI_REGISTRY_USER" -p "$CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD" $CI_REGISTRY
   script:
     - cp $ENV_FILE .env
+    - echo $CI_PROJECT_DIR
     - docker build --pull -t "$CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE":prod .
     - docker push "$CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE":prod
diff --git a/python_startup/01_load_db.py b/python_startup/01_load_db.py
index dbf60ca345383504817526fcbb4e7ee35e9978fd..a5c0a74a2f02f70ad6e6873d1897c9e23225d605 100644
--- a/python_startup/01_load_db.py
+++ b/python_startup/01_load_db.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ from dotenv import load_dotenv
 import psycopg2
 import pandas as pd
 
+load_dotenv("/usr/src/app/.env")
+
 def db_connect(db_name):
     conn = psycopg2.connect(
     host=os.getenv("DB_HOST"),