From f645103946476e8e20042c2890ee3da4344b1182 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: alma <alma@governance-labs.org>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 21:17:22 +0100
Subject: [PATCH]  Fondation

---
 scripts/validate-env.ts | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/validate-env.ts b/scripts/validate-env.ts
index 9ede7dc..cca8116 100644
--- a/scripts/validate-env.ts
+++ b/scripts/validate-env.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,23 @@
  *   npm run validate:env
  */
 
+// Load environment variables from .env file
+const dotenv = require('dotenv');
+const path = require('path');
+const fs = require('fs');
+
+// Try to load .env file
+const envPath = path.resolve(process.cwd(), '.env');
+if (fs.existsSync(envPath)) {
+  dotenv.config({ path: envPath });
+  console.log(`✅ Loaded environment variables from ${envPath}\n`);
+} else {
+  console.warn(`⚠️  Warning: .env file not found at ${envPath}`);
+  console.warn('   Trying to load from process.env only...\n');
+  // Still try to load from current directory
+  dotenv.config();
+}
+
 const requiredVars = [
   // Core
   'DATABASE_URL',