diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..786f212
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+token=
+apikey=
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 211007d..27fd60c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 /nbproject/
 *__pycache__*
+.env
diff --git a/ftsbot/cogs/channelmoderation.py b/ftsbot/cogs/channelmoderation.py
index a2b5156..4a6d555 100644
--- a/ftsbot/cogs/channelmoderation.py
+++ b/ftsbot/cogs/channelmoderation.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 import discord
 from dislash import *
 from discord.ext import commands
-from ftsbot import data, secrets
+from ftsbot import config, data
 
 class channelmoderation(commands.Cog):
 	def __init__(self, bot):
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ async def channelcreate(self, ctx, member):
 			overwrites[admin_role1] = discord.PermissionOverwrite(read_messages=True)
 		if admin_role2 is not None:
 			overwrites[admin_role2] = discord.PermissionOverwrite(read_messages=True)
-		channel = await guild.create_text_channel('temp_' + member.name, overwrites=overwrites, category=self.bot.get_channel(int(secrets.privcat)))
+		channel = await guild.create_text_channel('temp_' + member.name, overwrites=overwrites, category=self.bot.get_channel(int(config.privcat)))
 		await channel.send('This channel was created to discuss the private request of ' + member.mention)
 
 	@slash_commands.has_any_role('Admins', 'Liquipedia Staff')
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ async def channelcopy(self, ctx, channel=None):
 		else:
 			await ctx.send(embed=discord.Embed(colour=discord.Colour(0x00ff00), description='Messages have been archived'))
 			emptyarray = []
-			logtarget = self.bot.get_channel(secrets.logtarget)
+			logtarget = self.bot.get_channel(config.logtarget)
 			async for message in channel.history(limit=10000, oldest_first=True):
 				time = message.created_at
 				embed = discord.Embed(
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ async def channelkill(self, ctx, channel=None):
 		else:
 			await ctx.send(embed=discord.Embed(colour=discord.Colour(0x00ff00), description='Messages have been archived'))
 			emptyarray = []
-			logtarget = self.bot.get_channel(secrets.logtarget)
+			logtarget = self.bot.get_channel(config.logtarget)
 			async for message in channel.history(limit=10000, oldest_first='true'):
 				time = message.created_at
 				embed = discord.Embed(
diff --git a/ftsbot/config.py b/ftsbot/config.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..966c06e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ftsbot/config.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+# License MIT
+# Copyright 2016-2021 Alex Winkler
+# Version 3.0.0
+
+author = 138719439834185728
+
+logtarget = 339287109988909057 # Here the channel id of the channel we want the private channel logs to be stored in
+privcat = 360564294401916929 # This is the id of the "Private Channels" Category
diff --git a/ftsbot/functions/decoratorfunctions.py b/ftsbot/functions/decoratorfunctions.py
index 6a7ab0f..1843098 100644
--- a/ftsbot/functions/decoratorfunctions.py
+++ b/ftsbot/functions/decoratorfunctions.py
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@
 
 from discord.ext import commands
 from dislash import *
-from ftsbot import secrets
+from ftsbot import config
 
 def is_bot_owner():
 	def predicate(ctx):
 		if ctx.guild is None:
 			return False
-		return ctx.author.id == secrets.author
+		return ctx.author.id == config.author
 	return check(predicate)
diff --git a/ftsbot/secrets.py b/ftsbot/secrets.py
index cf13b9e..c3724f9 100644
--- a/ftsbot/secrets.py
+++ b/ftsbot/secrets.py
@@ -6,7 +6,12 @@
 
 token = ''
 apikey = ''
-author = 138719439834185728
 
-logtarget = 339287109988909057 # Here the channel id of the channel we want the private channel logs to be stored in
-privcat = 360564294401916929 # This is the id of the "Private Channels" Category
+with open('.env', 'r') as f:
+	for line in f.readlines():
+		try:
+			key, value = line.split('=')
+			locals()[key] = value
+		except ValueError:
+			# syntax error
+			pass
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..341c792
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+discord.py>=1.7.3
+dislash.py>=1.2.4
+requests>=2.26.0