diff --git a/deploy/autodeploy.sh b/deploy/autodeploy.sh
index 90ed30e..31b28b8 100644
--- a/deploy/autodeploy.sh
+++ b/deploy/autodeploy.sh
@@ -10,4 +10,6 @@ cd "$REPO"
 git fetch -q origin main
 [ "$(git rev-parse HEAD)" = "$(git rev-parse origin/main)" ] && exit 0
 git reset -q --hard origin/main
-docker compose -f deploy/docker-compose.yml up -d --build --remove-orphans
+ENVFILE=""
+[ -f deploy/.env ] && ENVFILE="--env-file deploy/.env"
+docker compose $ENVFILE -f deploy/docker-compose.yml up -d --build --remove-orphans