diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6e98104..38464e9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # Umgebung
 .env
+.env.ingest
 .env.job_matching
+.env.backup
 venv/
 __pycache__/
 *.pyc
diff --git a/ingest.py b/ingest.py
index d0ed1b8..6244ac8 100644
--- a/ingest.py
+++ b/ingest.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     PDF_SUPPORT = False
 
-load_dotenv()
+load_dotenv(".env.ingest")
 
 # --- Konfiguration ---
 OPENAI_API_KEY = os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY")
diff --git a/ingest_anythingllm.py b/ingest_anythingllm.py
index d0ed1b8..56da6ff 100644
--- a/ingest_anythingllm.py
+++ b/ingest_anythingllm.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     PDF_SUPPORT = False
 
-load_dotenv()
+load_dotenv(".env.anythingllm")
 
 # --- Konfiguration ---
 OPENAI_API_KEY = os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY")