diff --git a/.env b/.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c3968e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+CONSUMER_KEY='XXXXXXXXXXXXXX'
+CONSUMER_SECRET='XXXXXXXXXXXXXX'
+ACCESS_TOKEN='XXXXXXXXXXXXXX'
+ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET='XXXXXXXXXXXXXX'
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 97a5748..774f056 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ tweets = api.get_tweets(query = 'Job Opportunities', count = 500)
 
 - Install **Tweepy** using pip command: `pip install tweepy`
 - Install **TextBlob** using pip command: `pip install textblob`
+- Install **Python-DotEnv** usint pip command: `pip install python-dotenv`
 
 ### How to run?
 
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ tweets = api.get_tweets(query = 'Job Opportunities', count = 500)
 - In order to fetch tweets through **Twitter API**, you need to register an App through your twitter account. 
 - Follow this [link](https://apps.twitter.com/) to register your app.
 - Get the API keys. Need help, follow this [link](https://themepacific.com/how-to-generate-api-key-consumer-token-access-key-for-twitter-oauth/994/)
-- Open `jobtweets.py` and replace '**XXXXXXXXXXXX**' with your API keys.
+- Open `.env` and replace '**XXXXXXXXXXXX**' with your API keys.
 
 ```python
 
diff --git a/jobtweets.py b/jobtweets.py
index 02793e7..2112b48 100644
--- a/jobtweets.py
+++ b/jobtweets.py
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
+import os
+from os.path import join, dirname
 import re
 import tweepy
 from tweepy import OAuthHandler
 from textblob import TextBlob
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
  
 class TwitterClient(object):
     '''
@@ -11,12 +14,13 @@ def __init__(self):
         '''
         Class constructor or initialization method.
         '''
-       
-        consumer_key = 'XXXXXXXXXXXX'
-        consumer_secret = 'XXXXXXXXXXXX'
-        access_token = 'XXXXXXXXXXXX'
-        access_token_secret = 'XXXXXXXXXXXX'
- 
+        dotenv_path = join(dirname(__file__), '.env')
+        load_dotenv(dotenv_path)
+
+        consumer_key = os.getenv('CONSUMER_KEY')
+        consumer_secret = os.getenv('CONSUMER_SECRET')
+        access_token = os.getenv('ACCESS_TOKEN')
+        access_token_secret = os.getenv('ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET') 
        
         try: