diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
deleted file mode 100644
index 305c9de..0000000
--- a/.env.example
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-JELLYFIN_ADDRESS=
-JELLYFIN_USER=
-JELLYFIN_PASSWORD=
-
-DISCORD_APP_ID=
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 9535f0a..44ce05a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 jellyfin-apiclient-python==1.11.0
-python-dotenv==1.2.1
 getmac==0.9.5
 pypresence==4.6.1
 pydantic==2.12.5
+pydantic-settings==2.12.0
diff --git a/settings.py b/settings.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d10937a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/settings.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+from pydantic import Field
+from pydantic_settings import BaseSettings, SettingsConfigDict
+
+class Settings(BaseSettings):
+    jellyfin_server_url: str = Field(..., env="JELLYFIN_SERVER_URL")
+    jellyfin_username: str = Field(..., env="JELLYFIN_USERNAME")
+    jellyfin_password: str = Field(..., env="JELLYFIN_PASSWORD")
+
+    discord_app_id: str = Field(..., env="DISCORD_APP_ID")
+
+    model_config = SettingsConfigDict(env_file=".env", env_file_encoding="utf-8")
+
+settings = Settings()