From 03e3155bd6bc577a9d35651afc47ec4eb223570f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robert Helewka <r@helu.ca>
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2026 06:30:07 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix(settings): load .env from repo root instead of project
 dir

---
 mnemosyne/mnemosyne/settings.py | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mnemosyne/mnemosyne/settings.py b/mnemosyne/mnemosyne/settings.py
index 1847725..c71b6d8 100644
--- a/mnemosyne/mnemosyne/settings.py
+++ b/mnemosyne/mnemosyne/settings.py
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@ env = environ.Env(
     DEBUG=(bool, True),
 )
 
-# Read .env file if it exists
-environ.Env.read_env(BASE_DIR / ".env")
+# Read .env file if it exists. Lives at the repo root (one level above the
+# Django project package), shared with the docker-compose stack.
+environ.Env.read_env(BASE_DIR.parent / ".env")
 
 # --- Security ---
 SECRET_KEY = env("SECRET_KEY", default="django-insecure-change-me-in-production")