diff --git a/backend/services/ws/.env b/backend/services/ws/.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f707a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/services/ws/.env
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+SERVER_PORT=""
+SERVER_AUTH_TOKEN=""
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/services/ws/go.mod b/backend/services/ws/go.mod
index 5fdd0ba..3ed1063 100644
--- a/backend/services/ws/go.mod
+++ b/backend/services/ws/go.mod
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ go 1.21.6
 require (
 	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.1
 	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.1
+	github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1
 )
 
 require golang.org/x/net v0.17.0 // indirect
diff --git a/backend/services/ws/go.sum b/backend/services/ws/go.sum
index 8b329b1..ba860c1 100644
--- a/backend/services/ws/go.sum
+++ b/backend/services/ws/go.sum
@@ -2,5 +2,7 @@ github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.1 h1:TuBL49tXwgrFYWhqrNgrUNEY92u81SPhu7sTdzQEiWY=
 github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.1/go.mod h1:AKf9I4AEqPTmMytcMc0KkNouC66V3BtZ4qD5fmWSiMQ=
 github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.1 h1:gmztn0JnHVt9JZquRuzLw3g4wouNVzKL15iLr/zn/QY=
 github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.1/go.mod h1:x3kM2JMyaluk02fnUJpQuwD2dCS5NDG2ZHL0uE0tcaY=
+github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1 h1:7eLL/+HRGLY0ldzfGMeQkb7vMd0as4CfYvUVzLqw0N0=
+github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1/go.mod h1:f4LDr5Voq0i2e/R5DDNOoa2zzDfwtkZa6DnEwAbqwq4=
 golang.org/x/net v0.17.0 h1:pVaXccu2ozPjCXewfr1S7xza/zcXTity9cCdXQYSjIM=
 golang.org/x/net v0.17.0/go.mod h1:NxSsAGuq816PNPmqtQdLE42eU2Fs7NoRIZrHJAlaCOE=