From 1b0fafda2421d9bced2be6f3c343bb10cf730a26 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Martin Porwoll <martin.porwoll@complexcaresolutions.de>
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2026 14:13:23 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: add --env-file=.env to PM2 node_args

Node.js doesn't load .env files automatically. Using Node 22's
native --env-file flag instead of adding dotenv dependency.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 ecosystem.config.cjs | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/ecosystem.config.cjs b/ecosystem.config.cjs
index a06ade6..ce09b70 100644
--- a/ecosystem.config.cjs
+++ b/ecosystem.config.cjs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ module.exports = {
     {
       name: 'whatsapp-bot',
       script: 'dist/server.js',
+      node_args: '--env-file=.env',
       instances: 1,
       exec_mode: 'fork',
       autorestart: true,