diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b258fde..a869836 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ making it ideal for cross-platform development.
   multiple runtimes.
 - **Validation:** Ensures environment variables are valid before usage.
 - **Error handling:** Provides clear error messages for unsupported runtimes or validation failures.
-- **Optional environmental file loading:** Supports loading variables from custom .env files _(experimental)_
+- **Optional environmental file loading:** Supports loading variables from custom .env(or other filename if supplied)
+  files.
 
 ## Installation
 
@@ -104,6 +105,13 @@ function isPositiveNumber(value: string): boolean {
 const timeout = validateAndGetEnv("TIMEOUT", isPositiveNumber);
 ```
 
+To automatically load environment variables at the start of the application. This only works for .env-files but is
+customizable in the main setup function setupEnv() instead if different behavior is desired.
+
+```javascript
+import "@cross/env/load.ts";
+```
+
 ## Configuration (optional)
 
 For more advanced use cases you can configure the behaviour of the library. The library defaults to showing console
@@ -114,7 +122,7 @@ await setupEnv({
     throwErrors: true,
     logWarnings: false,
     dotEnv: {
-        enabled: true,
+        enabled: false,
         path: ".env.local",
         allowQuotes: true,
         enableExpansion: true,
diff --git a/deno.jsonc b/deno.jsonc
index 7f4d742..fe37c4a 100644
--- a/deno.jsonc
+++ b/deno.jsonc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "@cross/env",
-    "version": "0.2.5",
+    "version": "0.2.6",
     "exports": "./mod.ts",
 
     "tasks": {
diff --git a/lib/filehandler.ts b/lib/filehandler.ts
index 21700ef..b657e21 100644
--- a/lib/filehandler.ts
+++ b/lib/filehandler.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import { readFile } from "node:fs/promises";
  *
  * @param {Runtimes} currentRuntime -  The current runtime environment.
  * @param {EnvOptions} options - setup options.
- * @param {boolean} failSilentlyOnError - supress errors and warnings while reading file.
  * @returns {Record<string, string>} A object of parsed environment variables.
  * @throws {UnsupportedEnvironmentError} If the runtime is unsupported and the 'throwErrors' flag is set.
  * @throws {FileReadError} If there's an error reading the .env file and the 'throwErrors' flag is set.
@@ -15,7 +14,6 @@ import { readFile } from "node:fs/promises";
 export async function loadEnvFile(
     currentRuntime: string,
     options: EnvOptions,
-    failSilentlyOnError: boolean,
 ): Promise<Record<string, string>> {
     const filePath = options.dotEnv?.path ? options.dotEnv.path : ".env";
     let fileContent = "";
@@ -40,13 +38,11 @@ export async function loadEnvFile(
                 break;
         }
     } catch (err) {
-        if (!failSilentlyOnError) {
-            if (options.throwErrors) {
-                throw new FileReadError(err.message);
-            }
-            if (options.logWarnings) {
-                console.warn(err.message);
-            }
+        if (options.throwErrors) {
+            throw new FileReadError(err.message);
+        }
+        if (options.logWarnings) {
+            console.warn(err.message);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/load.ts b/load.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6d472fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/load.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/**
+ * Automatically loads environment variables at the start of the application.
+ *
+ * By default, this script enables the loading of `.env` files, merging their values
+ * with the existing environment variables. This behavior is customizable in the
+ * main setup function if different behavior is desired.
+ *
+ * @module load
+ */
+
+import { setupEnv } from "./mod.ts";
+
+// Invoke the setupEnv function with default options for automatic environment variable loading.
+// The `dotEnv` option is enabled by default to automatically load variables from a `.env` file.
+try {
+    await setupEnv({
+        dotEnv: {
+            enabled: true,
+        },
+    });
+} catch (error) {
+    console.error("Failed to load environment variables:", error);
+}
diff --git a/mod.ts b/mod.ts
index 527ec61..7756f01 100644
--- a/mod.ts
+++ b/mod.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ const defaultOptions: EnvOptions = {
     throwErrors: false, // Errors are not thrown by default
     logWarnings: true, // Warnings are logged to the console by default
     dotEnv: {
-        enabled: true, // .env file loading enabled by default
+        enabled: false, // .env file loading disabled by default
         path: ".env", // Standard .env file location
         allowQuotes: true, // Allow quotes by default
         enableExpansion: true, // Enable variable expansion by default
@@ -47,28 +47,25 @@ let logWarnings = defaultOptions.logWarnings;
  * @param {EnvOptions} options - setup options.
  */
 export async function setupEnv(options?: EnvOptions) {
-    if (options) {
-        const mergedOptions = simpleMerge({}, defaultOptions, options);
+    const mergedOptions = simpleMerge(defaultOptions, options || {});
 
-        throwErrors = mergedOptions.throwErrors!;
-        logWarnings = mergedOptions.logWarnings!;
+    throwErrors = mergedOptions?.throwErrors || defaultOptions.throwErrors;
+    logWarnings = mergedOptions?.logWarnings || defaultOptions.logWarnings;
 
-        if (mergedOptions.dotEnv?.enabled) {
-            const failSilentlyOnError = options.dotEnv?.enabled ? false : true;
-            const currentRuntime = getCurrentRuntime();
-            const envVars = await loadEnvFile(currentRuntime, mergedOptions, failSilentlyOnError);
+    if (mergedOptions?.dotEnv?.enabled) {
+        const currentRuntime = getCurrentRuntime();
+        const envVars = await loadEnvFile(currentRuntime, mergedOptions);
 
-            switch (currentRuntime) {
-                case "deno":
-                    Object.entries(envVars).forEach(([key, value]) => Deno.env.set(key, value));
-                    break;
-                case "bun":
-                    Object.entries(envVars).forEach(([key, value]) => Bun.env[key] = value);
-                    break;
-                case "node":
-                    Object.entries(envVars).forEach(([key, value]) => process.env[key] = value);
-                    break;
-            }
+        switch (currentRuntime) {
+            case "deno":
+                Object.entries(envVars).forEach(([key, value]) => Deno.env.set(key, value));
+                break;
+            case "bun":
+                Object.entries(envVars).forEach(([key, value]) => Bun.env[key] = value);
+                break;
+            case "node":
+                Object.entries(envVars).forEach(([key, value]) => process.env[key] = value);
+                break;
         }
     }
 }