diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..068bf10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import dotenv from "dotenv";
+dotenv.config();
+
+export const DATA_DIR = process.env.DATA_DIR ?? "./data";
+export const HISTORY_DIR_PATH = process.env.HISTORY_DIR_PATH ?? "./history";
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index 25bc100..ef81fdb 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ import { handleSoundboardButton } from "./soundboard";
 import { AudioPlayerStatus, AudioPlayerState, createAudioPlayer } from '@discordjs/voice';
 import { updatePlayer } from './playback';
 import SpotifyWebApi from 'spotify-web-api-node';
+import { DATA_DIR, HISTORY_DIR_PATH } from './config';
 
-export const DATA_DIR = "./data";
-export const HISTORY_DIR_PATH = process.env.HISTORY_DIR_PATH ?? "./history";
+export { DATA_DIR, HISTORY_DIR_PATH };
 
 // AUDIO
 export const player = createAudioPlayer();
diff --git a/src/soundboard.ts b/src/soundboard.ts
index dd4bb38..6fec8e7 100644
--- a/src/soundboard.ts
+++ b/src/soundboard.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {
     MessageFlags,
     parseEmoji,
 } from "discord.js";
-import { DATA_DIR } from "./main";
+import { DATA_DIR } from "./config";
 import { connectToChannelByInteraction } from "./util/helpers";
 import { playSoundboardFile } from "./playback";
 import { PRIMARY_COLOR } from "./theme";
diff --git a/src/util/downloader.ts b/src/util/downloader.ts
index f0969fd..17620b6 100644
--- a/src/util/downloader.ts
+++ b/src/util/downloader.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { spawn } from "node:child_process";
 import fs from "node:fs";
-import { DATA_DIR, spotify } from "../main";
+import { DATA_DIR } from "../config";
+import { spotify } from "../main";
 import ytSearch from 'yt-search';
 
 function ytDlpBin() {
diff --git a/src/util/history.ts b/src/util/history.ts
index b28ecef..bd8be26 100644
--- a/src/util/history.ts
+++ b/src/util/history.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import path from "node:path";
 import fs from "node:fs";
-import { HISTORY_DIR_PATH } from "../main";
+import { HISTORY_DIR_PATH } from "../config";
 
 export async function add_to_history(data: HistoryObject) {
     try {