diff --git a/backend/pyproject.toml b/backend/pyproject.toml
index c95a8fe..6f6a872 100644
--- a/backend/pyproject.toml
+++ b/backend/pyproject.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "certifi==2024.12.14 ; python_full_version >= '3.6'",
     "charset-normalizer==3.4.1 ; python_full_version >= '3.7'",
     "click==8.1.8 ; python_full_version >= '3.7'",
+    "dotenv>=0.9.9",
     "fastapi==0.115.7 ; python_full_version >= '3.8'",
     "fastapi-cli==0.0.7 ; python_full_version >= '3.8'",
     "h11==0.14.0 ; python_full_version >= '3.7'",
diff --git a/backend/src/configuration/__init__.py b/backend/src/configuration/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/backend/src/configuration/environment.py b/backend/src/configuration/environment.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a7625bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/configuration/environment.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+"""This module is for loading variables from the environment and passes them throughout the code using the Environment dataclass"""
+
+import os
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+
+
+# Load variables from environment
+load_dotenv(override=True)
+
+
+@dataclass
+class Environment :
+
+    supabase_url = os.environ['SUPABASE_URL']
+    supabase_admin_key = os.environ['SUPABASE_ADMIN_KEY']
+    supabase_test_user_id = os.environ['SUPABASE_TEST_USER_ID']
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/uv.lock b/backend/uv.lock
index 0576fde..6fbf664 100644
--- a/backend/uv.lock
+++ b/backend/uv.lock
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 version = 1
-revision = 2
+revision = 3
 requires-python = ">=3.12"
 
 [[package]]
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "certifi" },
     { name = "charset-normalizer" },
     { name = "click" },
+    { name = "dotenv" },
     { name = "fastapi" },
     { name = "fastapi-cli" },
     { name = "h11" },
@@ -188,6 +189,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "certifi", marker = "python_full_version >= '3.6'", specifier = "==2024.12.14" },
     { name = "charset-normalizer", marker = "python_full_version >= '3.7'", specifier = "==3.4.1" },
     { name = "click", marker = "python_full_version >= '3.7'", specifier = "==8.1.8" },
+    { name = "dotenv", specifier = ">=0.9.9" },
     { name = "fastapi", marker = "python_full_version >= '3.8'", specifier = "==0.115.7" },
     { name = "fastapi-cli", marker = "python_full_version >= '3.8'", specifier = "==0.0.7" },
     { name = "h11", marker = "python_full_version >= '3.7'", specifier = "==0.14.0" },
@@ -414,6 +416,17 @@ wheels = [
     { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/02/c3/253a89ee03fc9b9682f1541728eb66db7db22148cd94f89ab22528cd1e1b/deprecation-2.1.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:a10811591210e1fb0e768a8c25517cabeabcba6f0bf96564f8ff45189f90b14a", size = 11178, upload-time = "2020-04-20T14:23:36.581Z" },
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dotenv"
+version = "0.9.9"
+source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
+dependencies = [
+    { name = "python-dotenv" },
+]
+wheels = [
+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/b2/b7/545d2c10c1fc15e48653c91efde329a790f2eecfbbf2bd16003b5db2bab0/dotenv-0.9.9-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:29cf74a087b31dafdb5a446b6d7e11cbce8ed2741540e2339c69fbef92c94ce9", size = 1892, upload-time = "2025-02-19T22:15:01.647Z" },
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "executing"
 version = "2.2.0"