From fcc6b70e846139d33484b7cf227409b673714fb6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ryan Hamamura <58859899+ryanhamamura@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2026 12:42:10 -1000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: warn when .env file is missing instead of silently
 ignoring

---
 config/config.go | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 6c09cd9..31774f2 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 package config
 
 import (
+	"log/slog"
 	"os"
 	"sync"
 
@@ -46,7 +47,9 @@ func getEnv(key, fallback string) string {
 }
 
 func loadBase() *Config {
-	godotenv.Load() //nolint:errcheck // .env file is optional
+	if err := godotenv.Load(); err != nil {
+		slog.Warn("no .env file found, using environment variables and defaults")
+	}
 
 	return &Config{
 		Host: getEnv("HOST", "0.0.0.0"),