diff --git a/studio/app/dir_path.py b/studio/app/dir_path.py
index 8ea1af0fb..7926989a5 100644
--- a/studio/app/dir_path.py
+++ b/studio/app/dir_path.py
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ class DIRPATH:
     STUDIO_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__))
     APP_DIR = os.path.dirname(__file__)
     CONFIG_DIR = f"{STUDIO_DIR}/config"
+    if os.path.isfile(f"{CONFIG_DIR}/.env"):
+        load_dotenv(f"{CONFIG_DIR}/.env")
 
     CONDAENV_DIR = (
         f"{os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__)))}/conda"
     )
-    if os.path.isfile(f"{CONDAENV_DIR}/.env"):
-        load_dotenv(f"{CONFIG_DIR}/.env")
 
     SNAKEMAKE_FILEPATH = f"{APP_DIR}/Snakefile"
     EXPERIMENT_YML = "experiment.yaml"