diff --git a/pgbot b/pgbot
index e1052d9..87bada7 100755
--- a/pgbot
+++ b/pgbot
@@ -20,14 +20,17 @@ def init(args: list) -> tuple:
     try:
         with open('pgbot.yml', 'r', encoding='utf-8') as data:
             config = yaml.safe_load(data.read())
-    except FileNotFoundError as err:
+        api_id = os.environ['API_ID']
+        api_hash = os.environ['API_HASH']
+        bot_token = os.environ['BOT_TOKEN']
+        db_spec = os.environ['DB_SPEC']
+    except (FileNotFoundError, KeyError) as err:
         sys.exit(err)
 
-    client = telethon.TelegramClient(
-            'bot_session', config['api_id'],
-            config['api_hash']).start(bot_token=config['bot_token'])
+    client = telethon.TelegramClient('bot_session', api_id, api_hash)
+    client.start(bot_token=bot_token)
 
-    db_conn = pgbotlib.dbstuff.DBConn(config['db_spec'])
+    db_conn = pgbotlib.dbstuff.DBConn(db_spec)
 
     return config, db_conn, client