diff --git a/config.lisp b/config.lisp
index 3140fc5..43c112b 100644
--- a/config.lisp
+++ b/config.lisp
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 
 (defpackage :scopes/config
   (:use :common-lisp)
-  (:export #:base #:make-system-path #:override-keys))
+  (:export #:base 
+           #:override-keys #:env-prefix #:env-path))
 
 (in-package :scopes/config)
 
@@ -15,6 +16,19 @@
    (env-prefix :reader env-prefix
                :initarg :env-prefix
                :initform "SCOPES_")
-   (env-file :reader env-file
-             :initarg :env-file
+   (env-path :reader env-path
+             :initarg :env-path
              :initform nil)))
+
+(defmethod initialize-instance :after ((cfg base) &key &allow-other-keys)
+  (let* ((prefix (env-prefix cfg))
+         (ep (env-path cfg))
+         (dotenv-data (if ep (dotenv:read-env ep))))
+    (print prefix)
+    (dolist (sl (override-keys cfg))
+      (let ((key (concatenate 'string prefix (string sl))))
+        (format t "~%key: ~s  " key)))))
+      
+
+;(defun dummy (cfg)
+;        (uiop:getenv key))
diff --git a/scopes-core.asd b/scopes-core.asd
index f168d81..ee19135 100644
--- a/scopes-core.asd
+++ b/scopes-core.asd
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   :version "0.0.1"
   :homepage "https://www.cyberconcepts.org"
   :description "Core packages of the scopes project."
-  :depends-on (:alexandria :com.inuoe.jzon :local-time :log4cl :str)
+  :depends-on (:alexandria :cl-dotenv :com.inuoe.jzon :local-time :log4cl :str)
   :components ((:file "config" :depends-on ("util"))
                (:file "forge/forge")
                (:file "util")
diff --git a/test/test-config.lisp b/test/test-config.lisp
index 9692c01..319c090 100644
--- a/test/test-config.lisp
+++ b/test/test-config.lisp
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   (:local-nicknames (:config :scopes/config)
                     (:util :scopes/util)
                     (:t :scopes/testing))
-  (:export #:run)
+  (:export #:run #:user #:password)
   (:import-from :scopes/testing #:deftest #:==))
 
 (in-package :scopes/test-config)
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@
 
 (defclass test-config (config:base) 
   ((config:override-keys :initform '(user password))
-   (user :initarg :user :accessor user)
-   (password :initarg :password :accessor password)))
+   (config:env-path :initform (t:test-path ".test.env"))
+   (user :initarg :user :reader user)
+   (password :initarg :password :reader password)))
 
 (defun run ()
   (let ((t:*test-suite* (t:test-suite "config")))
@@ -35,4 +36,5 @@
 
 (t:deftest test-env-override ()
   (format t "~&override-keys: ~s~%" (config:override-keys *config*))
+  (format t "~&env-path ~s~%" (config:env-path *config*))
   (== (user *config*) "default-user"))