# Verba doesn't read my .env-file

**URL:** <https://forum.weaviate.io/t/verba-doesnt-read-my-env-file/3381>\
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**Created:** [August 17, 2024, 11:37am UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/verba-doesnt-read-my-env-file/3381 "2024-08-17T11:37:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![hugmun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4491bb/32.png) [@hugmun](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/hugmun)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 11:37am UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/verba-doesnt-read-my-env-file/3381/1 "2024-08-17T11:37:50Z")

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Hi !  
I have a debian linux runing all fine.

I have made a venv and installed Verba with pip install .  
I have made a verba.env file and placed it in the venv/verrba/ folder.

In the file I have spec for Ollama and 2 api-keyes

GNU nano 7.2 verba.env  
OLLAMA\_MODEL=“dolphin-mistral”:latest  
OLLAMA\_EMBED\_MODEL=“snowflake-arctic-embed”  
OLLAMA\_URL=“[http://localhost:11434](http://localhost:11434)”

COHERE\_API\_KEY=“ZvyJeBa6Cab7KLBI8wlIDyGRzQ3uokGJVpeRK”

OPENAI\_API\_KEY=“org-kMcoaROCz7eZHtFn727fe”

I have ttyed both with and with out =“”

I have chmod 777 on it for full access.

It just gets ignored.

What am I missing?

Best regard  
//Magnus

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**Author:** ![DudaNogueira](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.weaviate.io/dudanogueira/32/7846_2.png) [@DudaNogueira](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/DudaNogueira)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2024, 12:43pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/verba-doesnt-read-my-env-file/3381/2 "2024-08-19T12:43:50Z")

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hi! Welcome to our community 🤗

The environment variable file must be called `.env` and **not** `verba.env`

Ps: @hugmun hope those keys are not valid ones 😬

Let me know if this helps!

Thanks!